Dir: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michelle Yeoh
Kenneth Branagh’s latest turn as iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is the best of the series to date. With an intriguing murder mystery at the centre and a spooky Venetian setting, it makes an excellent gateway into horror for younger audiences.
Ever since he broke on to the scene in 1989 with his retelling of Shakespeare’s Henry V, Kenneth Branagh has established himself as a filmmaker with a penchant for classical literature. Over the next couple of decades, Branagh would go onto adapt several more works from the famous bard, including; Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995) and Hamlet (1996). This early success saw Branagh compared to the great Orson Welles, mostly due to his sense of showmanship and egotistical demeanour. It then came as no surprise in 2017 when Branagh released his version of Agatha Christie‘s Murder on the Orient Express, that he himself donned the iconic moustache of Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot…