Just too much unnecessary stuff in this film. From unnecessary (or just contrived) scenes ... to unnecessarily overdone CGI imagery. And don't get me started about the unnecessary historical inaccuracies. It all just distracted me from the film itself...which I found to be overconfidently flashy and show-offish. Pretentious.

I hope a genius like Kenneth Branagh can find another outlet for his directorial style and leave Dame Christie alone. I guess he fancies himself Poirot and wants that role. Like with Orient Express, he is not all that interesting. If anything, he gets a little too flamboyant at times. The story is great in the book. Here it plods along, taking nearly the first half for anything to happen. It's more than exposition. In one scene there is a menu of characters presented to the viewer. Show them. Don't tell them. I have to say I was disappointed because I was told by a friend that this was really an excellent movie. Live and learn.

"Death on the Nile" is a Mystery - Drama movie which is based upon the novel of Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot's vacation being interrupted by a terrifying search of a murderer while on a river cruise on the Nile.

Since I had already read the book of Agatha Christie, I knew the story behind the movie and I had some expectations from it. I enjoyed the movie because it had a lot of mystery that was combined very well with suspense and made the movie interesting and captivating. The direction which was made by Kenneth Branagh was very good and he did an excellent job on the way of presenting both the plot of the movie and his main characters. The interpretations of Gal Gadot who played as Linnet Ridgeway, Emma Mackey who played as Jacqueline de Bellefort, Armie Hammer who played as Simon Doyle and of course Kenneth Branagh who played for one more time as Hercule Poirot. To sum up, I have to say that if you have already watched and enjoyed "Murder on the Orient Express" of 2017 then I am sure you will enjoy "Death on the Nile", too.