Whether from the investigators’ point of view or the perpetrators: Crime fiction satisfies our fascination with abysmal evil and asks questions that get under our skin: How is it that crimes are committed? Are all of us capable of truly evil deeds? And exactly when does good become evil?
Also, Netflix is aware of the incredible popularity of crime stories. It has some genre jewels up its sleeve, which might belong to the same treasure chest, but which could not sparkle more differently. There are murders in the first classes of the passenger train. The own intellectuality is stroked utilizing crime, humorously investigated or the action-packed coup of a lifetime is carried out. The motto is: Crime doesn’t pay, but exciting crime thrillers do.
This remake of the 1974 crime thriller starring Peter Ustinov, again based on Agatha Christie’s bestseller of the same name, features a reunion with master detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh), who must here, the title suggests, investigate a murder on the elegant Orient Express. With its beautiful images, this crime chamber play features an illustrious cast of suspects: Besides Johnny Depp and Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, Michelle Pfeiffer and Olivia Colman, among others, have to face the detective’s critical questions and fear his extraordinary sleuthing skills.
An emphatically old-fashioned and classically staged “whodunit” flick that looks beneath the glittering surface of high-society in the best “Columbo” style and comes up with a surprising final twist. Aesthetically pleasing and charming but not as good as the original.
