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Poirot: The Labours of Hercules (2013)
Fading Poirot
I cannot say if this adaptation is close to the original story or not as I have not read it.
I found this episode of Poirot to be overly-long, uninteresting, complicated and hard to follow with not much of a pay-off. It is hampered by the same problems that other latter Poirot episodes suffer from including a dark, seriousness which sucks most humour and character out of it, very fake-looking cgi, poor colour-tinting which leaves you with very green images.
The whole episode feels quite claustrophobic, perhaps deliberately so which I did not enjoy but certainly achieved the effect of making you feel cooped up like the stranded guests at the hotel. There are some laughably poor accents though not from David Suchet who is his usual brilliant self as the famous Belgian sleuth. The character of Poirot however does seem very serious here once again, a common element in later episodes which is not so enjoyable.
I cannot recommend this episode, watch at your own risk.