This new three part series on Amazon Prime is something to behold. The most memorable aspect of the remake of this Agatha Christie classic is Poirot himself. Unlike the mincing perfection of David Suchet's Poirot and the badass Poirot of Kenneth Branagh, John Malkovich's Poirot is sad in the traditional sense of anger turned inward. He is constantly disappointed in what man will do to man. He is still Belgian, but he has frequent flashbacks to the German invasion of Belgium in WWI and his evacuation to England soon thereafter.
The plot is unchanged from the original book in terms of who done it, how, and why. Inspector Japp is replaced by a not so young looking Inspector Crone (played by Rupert Grint of Ron Weasley fame, Do not worry, you will not have flashbacks to his best known role, he is completely changed), and he and Poirot gain in trust as the murders continue and they close in on catching the killer. This is well worth seeing, and I like this Poirot a lot.
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