We love being told stories. And so far, cinema is an art that has managed to most effectively immerse us in them. But long before the advent of moving picture recording, literature had already ceased to offer undeniably original stories to the public. For this reason, some are similar to others, but their combination and, perhaps, the point of view of the authors distinguishes them. That’s why, we remember Agatha Christie sees High-speed train.
Not explicitly, of course. Unquestioned style film by David Leitch, as well as his powerful hand-to-hand combat choreography will never make us think about the author’s work. And, in the case of an offer from an American director who has gone from being a specialist and genre double to directing feature films such as atomic or dead pool 2nothing is more remote from the customs and tastes of the queen of the British mystery.
However, don’t be fooled by the cheeky, light tone, black humor and thrilling showdown scenes. Despite all this, what is the intrigue behind? High-speed train this, in essence, is similar to what Agatha Christie imagined. Not intentionally, its origin can also be found on the pages book. those of Mary Beetlewritten Kotaro Isaka in 2010, a very successful Japanese storyteller. To whom, on the other hand, the texts have already been filmed thirteen times in his country.
Premise High-speed train this is actually very Agatha Christie
Something curious happens when you compare this film by David Leitch with the latest film adaptations of Agatha Christie’s work in the cinema. Specific moments of action during Murder on the Orient Express D death on the Nile they are consumable. There is also not enough time between investigations to unravel the saga’s criminal mysteries. But those from cocktail High-speed train they don’t seem to be squeezed in.
They fit seamlessly into the premise and the unknowns that we can learn from Agatha Christie. Let’s start with the fact that a series of symbols gathered on the same stage, from which it is difficult to escape, by another character who wants revenge on them. And they are liquidated one after another under different circumstances. Something that the one pulling the strings already had. Of course, in the end, there are survivors.
White deathbandit leader played by Michael Shannon in High-speed trainyou want to get rid of hardships and enemies. And that Carver, who is replaced on this mission by Brad Pitt’s Ladybug, is paying to kill his wife, played by Joanna Watts. But, for example, the Prince and the Elder, animated by Joey King and Hiroyuki Sanada, intend for the other to end the same way.
Among ten blacks D Murder on the Orient Express
Match characters in a place where they can’t escape to exterminate them one by one Point at ten blacksfantasy novel published by Agatha Christie in 1939. High-speed trainwhere the characters fall one by one.
Also, let David Leitch show us little by little who each respective passenger is. High-speed train, his past and what he wants on board follows the dynamics of what the investigations of Hercule Poirot or Jane Marple reveal. But, in particular, those of the first in the chapters Murder on the Orient Express. That novel of 1931, in which it is no coincidence that all these travelers chose this train to travel.
No freshness, no situations, no absurd and funny dialogues High-speed trainin which Brad Pitt returns to take advantage of his grateful comedic good looks after Burn after reading, might make us ignore his literary support other than Kotaro Isaki. The one who should probably be considered the real culprit Agatha Christie’s shadow is so long.
