Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (2001) Review

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(More customer reviews)I first saw this production of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" when it was aired on Network TV back in 2001, and was more than excited to see it. I am a fan of the novel, Albert Finny movie, and even of the BBC radio drama version (which is still the closest adaptation to the novel). And while the acting, direction and the over all look is fine... I had a problem with the modern spin that was taken on it. Especially where Poirot uses a laptop computer to find information that he needed on the background of the case. Which left the traditional "detecting" out of the window, and made me think that the modern Poirot is only as smart as his Google search engine will let him.

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This made-for-television mystery is a contemporary version of the Agatha Christie book that was made into the classic 1974 all-star version starring Albert Finney Lauren Bacall and Ingrid Bergman. This time around Hercule Poirot (Alfred Molina) uses modern technology to help solve the murder of a corrupt and devious Antiques dealer named Ratchett (Peter Strauss). Agatha Christie originally based MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS on the infamous Charles Lindbergh kidnapping case. This adaptation is given a current twist by making the despised Ratchett the abductor and murderer of the little girl of a wealthy software tycoon named Armstrong instead of a famed aviatrix. When Ratchett is found stabbed to death in his compartment and the train comes to a halt as a result of a rock slide that is blocking the tracks Poirot interrogates all of the passengers on the train. As the questioning proceeds Poirot realizes that virtually everyone has some kind of connection to Armstrong. But who is responsible for the grisly murder? Only Poirot can solve the mystery with the help of his "little gray cells of the brain" (and a few technological gadgets like a laptop computer palm pilot and VCR).System Requirements:Running Time 100 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating:NR UPC:783722735824 Manufacturer No:ARD27358

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