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As the clues pile up, Christie's craftiness takes hold, but the movie tries in vain to spruce up the better-constructed 1978 version

Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades later, but that’s nothing compared to the time that’s passed since Branagh’s preceding 2017 whodunit “Murder on the Orient Express.” That film, which

"Death on the Nile," stuck somewhere between the past and today, tries vainly to spruce up an old-fashioned style of movie with buckets of CGI and a nervous camera that cant stop swooping around.

ComingSoon's Death on the Nile review explains how the whodunit film doesn't quite reach its full potential but is still plenty of fun for a watch.

Kenneth Branagh's “Death on the Nile" is making its humbled way into theaters this Friday

Kenneth Branaghs Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a...

Kenneth Branaghs Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades later, but that’s

Kenneth Branaghs Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades later, but that’s

Kenneth Branagh's "Death on the Nile" is making its humbled way into theaters this Friday

Disney says it was too expensive to reshoot the Kenneth Branagh-directed film despite serious allegations about one of its lead actors