murder on a train type of deal with Johnny Depp

Rating: 5/10 (25 November 2017)

Murder On the Orient Express seemed to be exciting and with a clever plot in the trailer. Kenneth Branagh starring as the detective, with a murder on the train and everyone is a suspect. The film tries to recapture the mystery drama and the element of the train into that genre. But the story felt a little sloppy as by the end of the movie you try to piece together the clues to see if they add up. Kenneth Branaghs acted brilliantly as the lead role of the film, but the can't save the film from it's plot-holes and rough script. The movie's reveal of the killer isn't what you'd expect, some may like it, other may not. But with Daisy Ridley's performance, Willem Dafoe's, Michelle Pfeiffer's and Penelope Cruz's the film was entertaining but wasn't expected from the source material of the novel it's based on. Kenneth Branaugh's directing and producing wasn't what it was when he directed Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Macbeth, and Cinderella. Also he was producer of Thor: The Dark World. Michael Green wrote the screenplay for the movie previously he did Green Lantern back in 2011, this year's Blade runner 2049, Alien Covenant and Logan. With a resume like that and improving himself from the boring script of Green Lantern you'd think the script would be smooth but not so much. Overall the film has it's problem's it really come's down to opinion.