Review of Murder on the Orient Express (1974) by Tor M — 03 Feb 2018

Agatha Cristie's novels first adaptation, and in these days it's up for a new film version.

This film is taking place on a train, a murder happen, but luckily Poirot is there, doing his stuff. This is not the first film or series putting a face to the famously written character, but Albert Finney was the first actor in ten years to do so.

We mostly witness his interrogations with the passengers. There are many clues, many details, some interesting characters and lots uf suspicion. The cast is the most impressing part for me. Incredible actors deliver but the film is for me a bit too much talk-based and too dragged for a case that never really interest me.

Even if the dead guy got a story we get to know after a while, I never care much. it does get better after 90 minutes, where Poirot puts on a show in famous ways, as he opens up the story, giving out details that slowly proves the guilty. That's a long scene, a good one and a definite climax of the film. It saves much of it, but not all. Smart, long, dialogue-filled film with a worthy climax.

6 out of 10 knife wounds.