First of all, I am a big fan of Ustinov, his appearance in Death on the Nile, and Evil under the Sun, terrific, sadly this one is a somewhat tacky affair. To start with, why has the time setting changed? Death on the Nile was a sumptuous historical extravaganza, this is a 1980's set mess, with Poirot appearing on TV, it's as far away from what Christie penned as possible.
Ustinov delightful as always, I liked Faye Dunaway, but the main problem was the character of Brian Martin, he is just ghastly, totally over the top, and those action sequences, just cheapen the whole movie.
What truly rubbed salt into the wound, was the appearance of the legendary David Suchet, as Japp, the very idea.
It's watchable enough, but compared to Lord Edgeware dies, it really does miss the mark. 5/10
Ustinov delightful as always, I liked Faye Dunaway, but the main problem was the character of Brian Martin, he is just ghastly, totally over the top, and those action sequences, just cheapen the whole movie.
What truly rubbed salt into the wound, was the appearance of the legendary David Suchet, as Japp, the very idea.
It's watchable enough, but compared to Lord Edgeware dies, it really does miss the mark. 5/10