Good actors but not a good movie

Rating: 3/10 (19 June 2018)

Kevin Branagh is a great actor. But not in this movie. Not only did he fail to delivere a convincing French accent... but he also failed to deliver an authentic Poirot, otherwise we might forget about the accent.
The real Poirot is all brains and no brawn. But Branagh/Poirot chases a suspect around a train testle (it holds up the train just fine but is so rotten the suspect falls through the wood).
Branagh's Poirot is weary, he needs a vacation. He is tired, he is devastated by the evil he is deciphering, he's overwrought. Alright, he can play it this way, but there's no payoff. There's not really any thrill along the way, and the ending fizzles. The whole movie seemed tired and listless.
Positives, a cast of big names. And as a period piece, it did that well. Nice costumes and sets.