Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Lechuguilla This is not one of Agatha Christie's better whodunits. Still, it's set in an interesting locale. And it's got Peter Ustinov. So for those two reasons the film is worth watching, once.Apart from Ustinov, however, casting isn't very good. Secondary actors and their performances are rather bland and uninteresting. Younger females tend to have similar looks. Lauren Bacall looks too old for the role she plays. David Soul has got to be one of the most boring actors I have ever watched. And Piper Laurie, normally a fine actress, overacts here, possibly due to poor direction.But the worst element of the casting is what made the old "Murder, She Wrote" television series so disappointing. In those shows, the murderer was almost always played by the actor who ... To say more would be to give away too much for this film.Cinematography is acceptable, though nothing special. Period-piece costumes and production design are adequate. But the score is dreadful. It lacks style; it's nondescript, something seemingly put together quickly, or cheaply.Set mostly in the Middle East near the Dead Sea in the 1930s, the story unites an archaeological expedition with murder. A wealthy but grumpy old woman takes her brood along and they predictably encounter Poirot. A murder occurs, and Poirot solves it. The formula is the same as for most other Christie whodunits. This one lacks artistic flair and eloquence. Though worth watching once, it's no match for earlier Agatha Christie films.

ma-cortes Suspense and intrigue with Poirot on holidays in Jerusalen . This whodunit deals with Hercules Poirot (Peter Ustinov) as the Belgian sleuth man in he case of killing a rich , unpopular heiress in an archaeological dig during a luxurious vacations . He investigates the travelers and as numerous suspects , all support cast ( Carrie Fisher, Nicholas Guest , David Soul , Hayley Mills , John Terlesky , Lauren Bacall and Jenny Seagrove married to Michael Winner). Who is the killer? , can he find the guilty? . Hercules Poirot is helped by a British Colonel (John Gielgud). After the clues have been shown we will get a chance to give the answer with Poirot finding out about the culprit at a twisted finale with outstanding surprises but are taken the murders from different viewpoints of everyone which it makes a little bit boring, pedestrian , endless and overlong.The film is a detective story in which you are the detective . In the picture there are mystery , emotion, love story , suspense and wonderful outdoors from Jerusalen , Italy and the rout on the cruise ship . The movie gets a lush costume design ( John Bloomfield ) and magnificent production design . Colorful and sunny cinematography by excellent cameraman David Gurfinkel . Sensitive and atmospheric musical score by Pino Donaggio . Actors 's interpretation are first-rate , Peter Ustinov acting is similar to Albert Finney ( Murder on the Orient Express). Ustinov starred various Hercules Poirot films as : ¨Evil under the sun¨(Guy Hamilton), ¨Death on the Nile¨(John Guillermin) and for TV with low budget as : ¨Murder in three acts¨,¨Dead man's folly¨ and ¨Thirteen at dinner ¨; but the best considered is Death on the Nile .This film is professionally directed by Michael Winner though contains some flaws and poor edition . After directing the successful ¨Death wish¨ he made worst sequels in which Bronson-Paul Kersey goes on to torture robbers , all of them inferior and the violence could be deemed excessive , are the following : ¨Death wish II¨ with Jill Ireland and Vincent Gardenia , ¨Death wish III¨ with Ed Lauter and Deborah Raffin. Subsequently Michael Winner career was failed , alternating some hit as ¨The sentinel¨ and various flops as ¨ Firepower, The big sleep, The wicked lady, Appointed with death, A chorus of disapproval, and Bullseye ¨. The flick will appeal to suspense lovers and Agatha Christie-Poirot novels buffs .

Ken McMurtrie An avid fan of Agatha Christie, I enjoyed this film greatly. Particularly because of the quality of the cast and their impressive portrayal of the characters. Although David Suchet, in his series and films makes a very impressive Hercule Poirot, Peter Ustinov creates a far more real character and is a superb actor. Lauren Bacall, as always, impresses. Carrie Fisher excels and moves on from the Starwars era, to her advantage. Am I the only viewer to "fall in love with" Amber Bezer? Hayley Mills is also excellent, but I continually find it a bit difficult to not keep remembering her as Pollyanna and her other early successful parts. As usual in Christie movies, the reproduction of the period seems to be perfect, from the vehicles, the dress, realistic and appropriate sites and scenery, to the actor's portrayals is, in my opinion, superb.

bob the moo When her husband dies Emily Boynton cannot accept that her husband had written a second will splitting his fortune among all his children. She blackmails their lawyer to destroy the second will and only use the original that leaves the whole estate to her. Her children are fuming but can prove nothing and accompany her on a holiday around Europe. It is during this trip that the noisy family come together with a collection of other guest on a cruise – including the famous Hercule Poirot among the passengers. During the trip she is murdered and the British Officer in the region turns to Poirot for help in identifying the killer.I generally like mystery films and as such I welcomed the chance to see this Agatha Christie film with a starry cast and the idea that it was directed by the dread Michael Winner was only a minor worry for me. At the start I thought everything would be fine because it looked polished and expensive and I knew the starry cast would help it. However what I didn't realise was that the film would be delivered in a very slow fashion with no real intrigue or mystery built up and very little to really engage the viewer. It all goes through the genre motions of course but for all his beautiful sets and lavish locations, Winner has forgotten to inject tension and pace into the delivery.The cast are all fairly impressive on paper but they are surprisingly lacking on the screen. Ustinov seems a bit bored by the whole affair and he offers little to suggest a sharp mind inside – he sounds like a man reading his lines. Bacall is lively and Gielgud is a nice sidekick to Ustinov but other than that the rest of the cast are quite forgettable – indeed were it not for the fact that Fisher and Soul are so familiar then I would have likely not been able to keep track of who was who. This isn't helped by the lacklustre material but they don't really help themselves with their performances.Overall, genre fans may find enough in here to satisfy their needs but I imagine many viewers will be surprised by how uninvolving the mystery is and how dull parts of it are. Winner's direction is OK but he can't get any pace into it and his choice of music doesn't help at all. There are better detective mysteries out there than this half-baked affair.