As Christmas approaches, the “cover and film” plan It becomes a timeless religion for weekend afternoons. Especially since we had never before had at our disposal a catalog of content so overwhelming like that of this golden age of streaming. A range of fiction with great weekly releases that make us pay attention day after day to the main news from Netflix and company. That’s why today we bring you an addictive thriller which, although it arrived a few hours ago on the video on demand service, is already Max’s most viewed.
The film in question is Mystery in Venicethe latest adaptation of Agatha Christie starring and directed by Kenneth Branagh. A new case for detective Hercule Poirot, who this time must face supernatural elements in the city of canals. Produced by 20th Century Fox, the company’s new commitment to the crime genre comes after the major box office successes of Murder on the Orient Express And Death on the Nile. The first grossed around $351 million, while the sequel experienced several complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic and ended up grossing $137 million at the box office. Considerably lower numbers than its predecessor, but that hasn’t stopped a new approach to Christie’s material by the Disney-owned label. However, although all three start from the same pattern of “detective novel“, Mystery in Venice incorporated several new features in its interest in surprising viewers.
A change of protagonist
Adaptation of the novel ‘The apples’Death in Venice actually places Poirot in the version of a story in which he was not originally the protagonist, but the writer Ariadne Oliver. This plot took place on Halloween in the United Kingdom, but for the occasion the screenwriter Michel Green I set the action in an Italian city recently after World War II. Reluctantly attend a sessionwhile tending to his retired life and living in his own personal exile, the inspector must return to action when one of the guests is found murdered. However, the character of Oliver does appear in the feature film played by Tina Fey.
On the international billboard and after its premiere a year ago, the franchise once again appears financially strong. On a budget of 60 million, Poirot’s most esoteric adventure grossed $122 million at the box office, carrying out the continuation of the Christie’s universe through future adaptations of “And there were none left.” And “Prosecution witness”. Both feature old Miss Marple, so Poirot probably won’t appear again and Branagh will only take on directing duties. Mystery in Venice managed to become Max’s most watched, with the added difficulty of having rivals to match Twists, The trap or the Oscar winner Parasites.
Most viewed on Max
Among the different reasons explaining the M audience phenomenonisterio in Venice inside Max, the big cast This is one of its main assets. With the participation of Branaght as a common element, the British director counted on Murder on the Orient Express starring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley and Derek Jacobi and in Murder on the Nile the cast included such well-known faces as Gal Gadot, Letitia Wright, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening and Emma Mackey.
In the adaptation of “The Apples”, the Oscar winner for the screenplay of Belfast managed to gather Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Kelly Reilly, Ricardo Scamarcio and the aforementioned, Fey.
Another tone for the Poirot mystery
International reviews received with some irregularitymainly highlighting the director’s attempt to Hamlet for giving the story a turn to terrorwhen the two previous cases, whatever the criminal side, were much brighter. A somewhat tired hero who perhaps needs to pass the baton to other characters created by the great writer.
With a duration of just over an hour and a half, subscribers have had the most watched Max at their fingertips for a few hours, even if in Movistar + and Disney + Mystery in Venice is also available.
