Too Much Ado about Nothing on the Orient Express

Rating: 6/10 (3 December 2017)

If you haven't read the original novel nor have watched the 1974 movie, you will like the movie. But if you are an Agatha Christie's fan or have done one of both before mentioned, there is a high chance that you won't like the movie (as that is my case).
This movies highly differs form the original source material. Here we are presented with Poirot solving another case before embarking on the Orient Express. Then we are presented the characters in a very rushed way and finally the crime happens and the action begins. Yes, there is action. And the question we are all asking ourselves is: Since when Poirot and action are on the same page? Since now, apparently. Instead of following the path that the previous (and brilliant) installment did, which is: there is a murder, then we spend the whole movie solving it following Poirot inquisition; here there is too many adding that don't add anything to the story: chases, going out of the train, going back in, questioning this one, questioning the other one, and worst of all: and indecisive and lovesick Poirot. And I can only ask: why!? Why!!!?
Then we have the whole cast. It is clear here that they wanted to do as in the old movie, bring a huge international known cast (more or less) and make a masterpiece. Sorry, but nope. Having many movie stars doesn't mean having a good movie, and here we have the perfect case. Personally, none of the cast members gives a good performance of their characters. which is normal, seeing as they changed tha characters and made them less interesting than in the novel.
Finally, there is the story. The character introduction is a bit of a mess up, pointing out things about the characters that are irrelevant and adding more things than necessary. Moreover, the whole movie too much Americanized, it doesn't have the tension or the interest that an Agatha Christie work would have: too much action, too many unnecessary kind of cliffhangers and the way of solving the mystery too rushed and too dramatic. Again, unnecessary.
The movie will be a unforgettable one with the time. If you really want to enjoy a good work, go watch the 1974's version of Murder on the Orient Express, there you will appreciate what is reuniting a star cast.