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It can entertain with its continuous action. There are a couple of entertaining if a bit over the top action sets, like the one with the boxes falling from the plane and the one with the ships carried by the helicopters. Other than that, the fights were a bit soulless and there was never a feeling that the characters were in real danger. It all looked like a choreography with too much CGI.

The movie makes an attempt to create some chemistry between the main characters, but it mostly doesn't work, and the whole thing comes out routinary and uninspired.

Watchable once, but easy to forget.

The first thing you need to do if you have read the books is forget about them and try to experience the show as it's own thing... Although, is that really something that makes sense? If they want to tell a story that has little to do with Foundation, why not tell a original story?

Anyway, while the original was cool because it showed how individuals were less important than the forces of history, this show is all about far-fetched action scenes where super-special chosen ones miraculously save the galaxy. The plot is really dumbed down. Things happen that don't make much sense, just whatever it's convenient for the plot.

On the other hand, the stuff with the clone emperors (also stuff that has nothing to do with the books) was kind of cool.

All in all, a good example of the current state of Hollywood. It's in the line of Marvel TV shows rather than a ideas-focused science fiction classic.

What is it with Branagh and Poirot? Why does he feel the need to modernize Agatha Christie's work so? If he has no respect for the original, or no faith that it can succeed with modern audiences, why not adapt instead a modern novel? Because this adaptation is thoroughly fake.

Poirot feels the need to be running around after suspects and waving (even shooting) guns. Instead of grey cells, Branagh gives him plenty of emotions, a tragic love story, even a motivation for his moustache. He sure is not Poirot. And why? Just adapt a modern detective story, with their traumatized detectives.

The strength to this story, apart from the clever trick the killer used and the setting, is in the characters. And what do we have? Instead of 1930s characters, we get a collection of 21st century identity politics talking points, lecturing about racism, sexism and lesbophobia. Seriously, if that's what you want, why not adapt a modern story instead of one written and set in the early 20th century? Are they unable to do a period piece now?

The CGI-fest cinematography looks expensive but also fake. Not as fake as the previous Poirot movie by Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express), but still fake.

All in all a missed opportunity. Watchable, but try to forget that it's supposed to be a Poirot story, and when it is supposed to be set.