MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS -- a review
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS A 20th Century Fox movie, Murder on the Orient Express is based on a novel by Agatha Christie with the same title and is t he fourth adaptation today of one of her most ingenious works. The 2017 movie directed by Kenneth Branagh is a multi-starrer and opens in Jerusalem with Poirot ( Director Branagh himself) solving a case there and wishing to go on a ‘oliday’ (holiday) to take a break from it all. He just wants a vacation. With the help of an associate Bouk ( Tom Bateman ) working for the Orient Express, he secures a luxurious first class cabin on the train with a bunch of characters played by several stars from Hollywood such as Penélope Cruz as Pilar Estravados, Judi Dench as Princess Dragomiroff, Johnny Depp as Samuel Ratchett, Leslie Odom Jr. as Dr. Arbuthnot, Michelle Pfeiffer as Caroline Hubbard and many more. A suspenseful mystery, the classic predecessor in the 1974 movie directed by Sydne...