I enjoyed the second half of this movie a fair bit, certainly more than Orient Express. There are lots of twists and turns, the fake accents get in the way less than in the first movie, the characters act like humans and Poirot's deductions mostly seem reasonable. Unfortunately, the first half exists, with a pointless Poirot flashback that aims for drama but lands on Last Crusade levels of silliness (he has two ridiculous reasons for his moustache!) and a lot of contrived, overlong set-up and padding amongst some Jumanji-esque cartoonish CG backdrops. Perhaps COVID can be blamed for that last one, at least. If only they had spent that first hour on the boat, developing all the characters more, this could have been a stand-out murder mystery.
Rating: Alright.
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