Death On The Nile(2022) Review: Is The Murder Mystery Worth Your Time?

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Death On The Nile(2022) is the second part or you can call it a sequel to the Murder on the Orient Express(2017). The cinema is an adaptation of the literary work by Agatha Cristie. The movie casts some great actors of which Kenneth Branagh along with Tom Bateman returns for this part, where Kenneth Branagh plays Hercule Poirot once again. He also directed the same while co-producing the flick too similar to the prequel.

Death On The Nile(2022) Review
Death On The Nile(2022) Review/ Picture Source:  20th Century Fox

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Death On The Nile(2022) is a 20th Century Studios project that runs for around 127 minutes. It was produced with a budget of $90 million while it earned around $136.2 million declaring it hit worldwide.

So should you be watching Death On The Nile(2022) this weekend? Here is the review but before getting the subtle idea of the verdict, let us get to know who is in the cast of this murder mystery.

So, what are the notable names that you get to watch in this movie?

The Cast Of Death On The Nile(2022)

Well, you have-

  • Tom Bateman playing Bouc
  • Annette Bening playing Euphemia
  • Kenneth Branagh plays Hercule Poirot, a renowned detective
  • Russell Brand playing Linus Windlesham
  • Ali Fazal playing Andrew Katchadourian
  • Dawn French playing Mrs. Bowers
  • Gal Gadot playing Linnet “Linnie” Ridgeway-Doyle
  • Armie Hammer playing Simon Doyle
  • Rose Leslie playing Louise Bourget
  • Emma Mackey playing Jacqueline “Jackie” de Bellefort
  • Sophie Okonedo playing Salome Otterbourne
  • Jennifer Saunders playing Marie Van Schuyler
  • Letitia Wright playing Rosalie “Rosie” Otterbourne
  • Susannah Fielding playing Katherine

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What You Might Like About The Death On The Nile(2022)

The Story

The story is good. You will enjoy the scandals, the affairs, the romance, the jealousy, the trickery, and the betrayal, all in this story. The narrative focuses on the newly married couple and their honeymoon taking place on the river Nile.

Death On The Nile(2022) Review
Death On The Nile(2022) Review/ Picture Source:  20th Century Fox

Bad time intervenes when their old friend interferes with the event and also, a series of deaths suddenly starts to take place during their good times.

The Landscapes

Yes, there has been too much usage of the green screen, but it genuinely prepended some alluring effects on the presentation. Every scene that required the CGI effect changed the mood of the sequence with its picturesque montages.

Death On The Nile(2022) Review
Death On The Nile(2022) Review/ Picture Source:  20th Century Fox

The slanted golden lights, falling over the landscapes were too good. It was beautifully styled to match the theme of Egypt and the ambiance of the plot.

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The Music

The lyrics of the blues played in the background and prominently on the occasions, were beautifully placed. If you render a close look at the lines, you will understand what the plot has in store for you. Each time a note is played something new or a change of events is sure to transcend.

Death On The Nile(2022) Review
Death On The Nile(2022) Review/ Picture Source:  20th Century Fox

Basically, the music in the movie were maps, steering the plot brilliantly. You just have to put a closer look at the lines.

The Scripts

The lines written for each of the characters held some elegance and significance that stunningly added gravity to each of the courses of the flick. Be it a romantical scene, a betrayal scene, or a death scene, the pitching of the lines by the actors was superb. Hence it calculated depth of the roles along with the episodes taking place in the movie.

Death On The Nile(2022) Review
Death On The Nile(2022) Review/ Picture Source:  20th Century Fox

The Camerawork

The camerawork in this movie is great. It takes you in first-person perspective and then slowly changes the view giving you an idea of whoever is present or missing on the screen. It was mesmerizingly executed thus offering us, the audience several tricky angles to enjoy the movie.

Death On The Nile(2022) Review
Death On The Nile(2022) Review/ Picture Source:  20th Century Fox

What You Might Not Like About Death On The Nile(2022)

The Direction

The direction of Death On The Nile(2022) was not up to the mark. If you watch the movie paying unfeigned focus, then you might even end up deducing who is the killer on your very first watch. Yes, the direction gave way too much in a murder mystery hence the plot point seemed predictable from the very beginning.

Death On The Nile(2022) Review
Death On The Nile(2022) Review/ Picture Source:  20th Century Fox

Also, there were a few unneeded scenes in the movie. Those unrequired instances are completely built to launch any new or recurring character on the show. It seemed shallow and extra, reducing the gravity of the sequence.

The Performance

All the talented actors, who were involved with this project, gave us a pretty number of nice and satisfying performances in their other projects. However, in Death On The Nile(2022) they did not give their best.

You may feel either they are overacting or underacting. Thanks a lot to the script that saved their performance in the movie.

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TOTT’s Take On Death On The Nile(2022)

Precisely speaking the Murder on the Orient Express(2017) made us wait for Death On The Nile(2022) and it neither disappointed you nor made you too happy. When the movie ends you might not be delighted at all, since you might have already deduced who the culprit is. Also, their justification might make you cringe.

We give this movie 3/5 stars.

So, have you watched Death On The Nile(2022)? If so what do you like about the movie? And if not, what made you not like the movie? Do tell us everything in the comment section below.

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