![]() ![]() This entire plot setup is entirely different from how the detective seemingly finds out about the murder on the Nile at the end of the first film. However, when Linnet is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Poirot sets out to solve the case and discover the killer’s identity before anyone else gets hurt. But while the film serves as a direct sequel to Murder on the Orient Express, it sidesteps delivering on the latter’s ending setup.ĭeath on the Nile sees Poirot on holiday in Egypt, but bumps into his old friend Bouc, who invites him to join the wedding party of Linnet Ridgeway, an heiress, and her husband Simon Doyle, who have rented a private boat to tour the Nile River in a bid to prevent Jacqueline de Bellefort, Simon’s ex-fiancée, from following them. ![]() Kenneth Branagh returns to direct, reprising his role as esteemed detective Hercule Poirot. ![]() Death on the Nile is adapted, like its predecessor, from an Agatha Christie novel. Warning: Spoilers ahead for Death on the Nileĭeath on the Nile retcons Murder on the Orient Express’ ending tease. ![]()
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