Oh what a mess!

Rating: 5/10 (26 April 2018)

There have been a fair share of movies that have done justice to their adapted books. Murder on the Orient Express is NOT one of those movies. Maybe it is the curse of reading the book right before watching the movie, but Murder on the Orient Express was a train wreck from start to finish (pun intended).
Now i don't mind if the movie changes some of the details of the books in order to make the movie more glorifying and entertaining. But Kenneth Branagh, who has surely justified some classic stories in the past, takes the soul out of this one. I particularly could not stand the personality difference of the main character
Hercule Poirot who doesn't even seem to be the same legendary character from the Hercule Poirot classic book series.
Now credit should be given where it is due. The sets are quite impressive, the scenery is astonishing and the continuity has done a justifiable job to give the feel of the older period.
But other than than it is extremely difficult to connect with the movie. Despite a star studded cast ( I actually thought Johnny Depp would play the lead role, oh well) and a winner classic mystery crime story handed to him, Kenneth Branagh could not turn this one into a thriller we all deserved.