Tuesday, January 26, 2016

And Then There Were None (2015)

And Then There Were None is a three-part BBC TV mini-series adapted from the same-named famous novel by Agatha Christie.

The story is set on an isolated island.  The scenery is poetic and the cinematography is poetic. The set production is beautiful and it really looks like the 40's. The editing is excellent as the flashback of the characters are done brilliantly without interrupting the flow of the story. I like the practical effects in the story, for example, the hanging and gunshot looks realistic.

The acting is superb and I recognize many faces such as Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Charles Dance, Burn Gorman, etc. I remember Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson acted together in Merlin (1998). Burn Gorman always act as the bad boy, for instance, in Torchwood, Agatha Christie's Marple, and The Dark Knight Rises, etc.

By the way, there are some very good senior British actors that I like, to name a few, Ian Richardson [Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000), Gormenghast (2000)], Ian McKellen [X-men (2000), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Vicious (2013), Mr. Holmes (2015)], Michael Caine [Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Cary Grant [Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), A Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), Walk Don't Run (1966)], Christopher Lee [Gormenghast (2000), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)].

A plot hole I can think of is that the figures are removed as each person is killed. They can then just hide somewhere near the table and observe who removes the figures!


This is another case on lynching. It reminds me of Curtain: Poirot's Last Case which also talks about lynching.

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