Surprisingly uninteresting

Rating: 3/10 (24 July 2018)

So here we have a rather good cast and some lovely production and costume design. What we don't have is a good script. Or any atmosphere. Or drama. Or, in spite of Kenneth Branagh's undisputed acting chops, a believable Poirot.
Quite apart from the fact that Murder on the Orient Express has been very successfully adapted for the screen twice before (with the 2010 David Suchet version surely unsurpassable), and without any comparison to either, this iteration must be considered a failure, purely on its own terms and conception.