The second film version of the celebrated Agatha Christie novel; this British adaptation is splendidly handled and wonderfully entertaining for fans of the book.
The setting has been changed from a mansion on a remote island to a mansion on top of a mountain but it works well enough. A few changes here and there are made, most relatively successful but some are not (a really out-of-place fistfight, for one) and overall; "Ten Little Indians is a good mystery.
It does suffer somewhat from a very boring (and jazzy) music score, which actually diminishes suspense instead of increasing it. Some performers here are not up to the task and the revised ending (which Christie herself made when adapting the book for the stage) is present here instead of the strikingly sombre one in the book.
The mountain surroundings are visually striking, the mansion is creepy (there's a particularly good scene in a cellar) and the kills are splendidly done. For fans of the book this is a must see; though I still prefer the original 1945 version a bit more.
The setting has been changed from a mansion on a remote island to a mansion on top of a mountain but it works well enough. A few changes here and there are made, most relatively successful but some are not (a really out-of-place fistfight, for one) and overall; "Ten Little Indians is a good mystery.
It does suffer somewhat from a very boring (and jazzy) music score, which actually diminishes suspense instead of increasing it. Some performers here are not up to the task and the revised ending (which Christie herself made when adapting the book for the stage) is present here instead of the strikingly sombre one in the book.
The mountain surroundings are visually striking, the mansion is creepy (there's a particularly good scene in a cellar) and the kills are splendidly done. For fans of the book this is a must see; though I still prefer the original 1945 version a bit more.