Luke Williams encounters and strikes up a conversation with an elderly lady on a train, she explains that her village is beset by accidental tragedy, and as soon as she departs the station, she is killed in another......accident.
I have to say Murder is Easy is one of my all time favourite Agatha Christie books, I love the characters, I love the witchcraft element, I also love the concept of murder being easy, it is undoubtedly one of Christie's cleverest themes.
I actually like this adaptation, it's one that's grown on me over the years, early on I didn't really care for the modern setting, or the probability theme, but in recent times, I've come to accept them.
I'm surprised by just how much of the book is actually present here, of course there are lots of differences, but the core of the story is very much here, most or the deaths are covered, and they didn't veer too far off the grizzly ends that Christie originally wrote.
The script is a little clunky at times, some of Luke's dialogue doesn't work, but the whole thing is elevated by a wonderful cast, the cast list makes for impressive reading, and fair play the acting is terrific, Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Freddie Jones all spot on, and of course there's real Star quality in the form of Olivia del Havilland.
It deserves a remake, it deserves a quality remake, I know one is coming from The BBC/Britbox, I'm intrigued to see what they do with it.
Overall, it's a thumbs up.
7/10.
I have to say Murder is Easy is one of my all time favourite Agatha Christie books, I love the characters, I love the witchcraft element, I also love the concept of murder being easy, it is undoubtedly one of Christie's cleverest themes.
I actually like this adaptation, it's one that's grown on me over the years, early on I didn't really care for the modern setting, or the probability theme, but in recent times, I've come to accept them.
I'm surprised by just how much of the book is actually present here, of course there are lots of differences, but the core of the story is very much here, most or the deaths are covered, and they didn't veer too far off the grizzly ends that Christie originally wrote.
The script is a little clunky at times, some of Luke's dialogue doesn't work, but the whole thing is elevated by a wonderful cast, the cast list makes for impressive reading, and fair play the acting is terrific, Bill Bixby, Lesley-Anne Down, Freddie Jones all spot on, and of course there's real Star quality in the form of Olivia del Havilland.
It deserves a remake, it deserves a quality remake, I know one is coming from The BBC/Britbox, I'm intrigued to see what they do with it.
Overall, it's a thumbs up.
7/10.