Kenneth Branagh Brings Back The Mystery To The Orient Express

Rating: 7/10 (30 November 2017)

Well, I have to say that I haven't watched the original movie, nor read the book, so I cannot tell if this is a good adaptation or which of the the two is better. Branagh is well know for adapting English literature classics into movies and I think he is really great at that.
The movie tells us the story of Hercules Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) who has to find out who is the murder that has killed a person inside the Orient Express. The story keeps you interested, its full of tension, suspense and even drama, and it surprises you at the end in a way I couldn't see coming (I won't spoil it).
The cast is what you could call a Dream Team of the Actuation. You have Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Daisy Ridley, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad, Willem Dafoe, etc. All of them are great in their roles. They all have a little part in the story, but they all have little moments to shine (well, apart from Branagh that takes the main role).
As a director, Branagh gives us some really interesting shots that are really beautiful to look at, even they were created in a studio. He creates longs shots where he likes to show is big ensemble cast by long panoramic of the train windows or inside the train. He is a usual collaborator with composer Patrick Doyle, who here creates a really beautiful score for the moments where it's needed, but also creates some really tense tracks that help build the tension a lot.
I would recommend you this mainly because it does not happen that much that we have a cast as wonderful as this all together in the same screen and also because it's a really interesting and entertaining movie, a little bit different of all of the modern action blockbusters were are getting again and again.