A strong supporting cast featuring Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz, and many other familiar faces performs well. That being said, it is a decent mystery that follows the plot of the story pretty well and it would probably be enjoyable to people seeing the story for the first time and having no preconceived notions of what Poirot should be. Branagh's portrayal of the legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot bares only a passing resemblance to the source material with an inconsistent accent, the wrong mustache, and only some of his iconic quirks and mannerisms. This movie was clearly made for a modern audience with no familiarity with Agatha Christie's work. I will leave the train here to conclude formalities. The police have accepted my first solution to the crime: the lone assassin who made his escape. There are no killers here, only people who deserve a chance to heal. And I must learn for once, to live with the imbalance. Hercule Poirot: Ladies and gentlemen, I have understood in this case that the scales of justice. My very existence depends upon this hope, upon order and method and the little grey cells. I have always wanted to believe that man is rational and civilized. So many broken lives, so much pain and anger giving way to the poison of deep grief, until one crime became many. I have seen the fracture of the human soul.

I have now discovered the truth of the case and it is profoundly disturbing. Hercule Poirot: My Dear Colonel Armstrong, finally, I can answer your letter, at least with the thoughts in my head and the feeling in my heart that somewhere you can hear me.

Murder on the blue train poirot