![]() ![]() In the book, after Poirot solves the grisly mystery, he leaves the train with little fanfare. Spoilers for Murder on the Orient Express are below. The ending of the new Orient Express differs from the book in one specific way, and Branagh - who both directed and stars in the new film - says the change was absolutely the only way a contemporary audience would accept a story like this today. But then again, for fans of the novel, this new film adaptation twists the twist. For moviegoers who haven’t read the novel, here’s a spoiler alert 83 years in the making: Don’t read the book if you do not want the big twist of Kenneth Branagh’s epic drama ruined. With her 1934 novel, Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie not only set the standard for whodunnits, she subverted the genre with a shocking twist. ![]()
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