Death on the Nile (2022) Movie Review

I've never rated thespian icon Kenneth Branagh as either an actor
or a director - the only time I have really liked anything he's
done was in a Harry Potter movie. So after his turgid Murder on
the Orient Express hit every bum note I expected from him, and
completely ignored the electric Agatha Christie rebirth of Knives
Out, I nearly avoided this one entirely, bad reviews and all. I'm
glad I didn't, after a first hour that resembles the previous
film as well as other vacuous, overly glossy work like The Great
Gatsby, the film and characters became far more compelling -
leading to a fairly thrilling second half. There it became far
more alive and even injected some much needed grit - the same
goes for Branagh's performance of Hercule Poirot.