A reckless adaption which contains senseless subplots and baseless detective work.

Rating: 2/10 (9 April 2020)

I've seen 6 different productions (1 stage, 3 TV movies and 2 feature movies) and read the original novel through the years. This is the worst adaption in plot and second worst in the total appreciation. Only the CGI scenery lifted up the score a bit. Even the Japanese adaption which put the set on Hokkaido instead of Balkan is better than this. Unnecessary subplots like the wailing wall case and money stealing only lengthen the movie and shorten the reasoning. e.g., The association of Freebody and Debenham was gone and suddenly, magically, Poirot was convinced Debenham was the governess. Amazing. The association of twelve people in a jury, threatening letter and the no. of passengers was gone. Poirot also didn't need to ask the maid for the first name of the Princess (which is Natalia) so that he could deduce the association N and H in the handkerchief. So, this Poirot suddenly accused the whole team of passengers of killing and they amazing admitted right away. In the original novel, it was only when Poirot "guess" quite correctly about what happened in the train on the night of murder then the passengers confessed that he knew everything. Also, an elegant Poirot who insisted on using his grey cells needed to fighter in this adaption. Did the studio require the writer to add some fight scene? This is a fail adaption. This is a waste of talents of the cast. It turned a mystery into a movie tragedy. I actually took pain in seeing it. Dame Agatha has every reason to turn in her grave.