Many times, emotions and the law will always conflict, just like it is difficult to reconcile emotion and reason. Events always have two sides, and people are the same. Reason asks us to give up, but the emotional level insists that we move forward, so we are in a dilemma and suffer a lot. When one party is strong enough to overwhelm the other, the torment can end and the action can continue. What drives you to make a choice is always. The final result of the contest between the two sides. It's hard for someone to stay sane all the time, and it's hard for someone not to be controlled by emotions. This is our life, this is our instinct. This also shows that we are really a human being, not an animal. People live under the control of reason and emotion all the time, and there is never a moment to escape.
A piece of piano music seems to be telling something, and the story is about to begin. What is quite disturbing is the music. It seems that we should have a hunch. With the cooperation of the piano orchestra, it creates a disturbed atmosphere. Yes, the movie begins with a mansion revealed in the dark, starting in 1930's Long Island, New York, where the mansion belongs to Armstrong, followed by old newspapers, bold headlines, pictures of children, a messy house, this is a In a kidnapping case, in reality, there are dark shadows and people tied to chairs and falling down, which seems to be a repeat of the kidnapping case. But there is no resistance, it seems that it has been premeditated for a long time. The major newspapers continue to report on the kidnapping of children. Before the domestic servants could resist, they were subdued, while the maid among the domestic servants who witnessed the escape of the suspect was suspected. The news reporters took the news and outflanked Armstrong's private jet to snatch exclusive news and first-hand information. The young and beautiful Mrs. Armstrong and the tall Colonel Armstrong protected his wife from the crowd. It was a grief, and the beloved daughter was kidnapped like this, and the couple had to wait for news other than to pay the ransom. The news keeps reporting. The newspapers, however, miss out on the appalling news. Messages like "DAISY FOUND SLAIN" are deadly for parents. Who is so cruel, to kill the little girl after getting the ransom?
The last story seems to have unsolved mysteries. The starting point of the story has been redefined. Five years later, in Istanbul in the Asian part, Miss Debenham, a British governess, a slender brown-haired girl, walks to the port, and there is already a short, fat man with a beautiful mustache on board. He looks gentle, but he is a well-known detective. Through the chatter of the officers, we learned that Mr. Detective has just saved the honor of the British army. Therefore, even the military will invite people to solve the case, and they must have good strength. The officer bragged about things he had never experienced, and the detective was always on point, it seemed that the detective was a man who didn't like to talk nonsense and pander to others, and then a man appeared, he was a British soldier in India, Abu Colonel Snow, since this ship is going to transfer the Orient Express, it looks like they will all be passengers on the next journey. The men and women who boarded the ship seemed to know each other well, hugged and kissed, and then the woman said "wait for it to be over" and rejected the man. These words seemed ordinary but seemed a little unusual, and they didn't seem to be an ordinary couple.
In the high-end restaurant, old friends meet. The detective's friend is the director of the Orient Express Company. Based on this, it is inferred that the detective knows many celebrities and maintains friendly relations with them. The old friend who talked very much, but the waiter informed the detective at this time that all the first-class sleeper berths on the Orient Express had been reserved. However, the director expressed surprise, "In December?" It seemed that he was very familiar with train operation. Such surprise means that the first-class sleeper on the train would not be so popular in this month of previous years. The character introduced by the subtitle appeared again. He was a wealthy American businessman, Ratchett, a white-haired old man smoking a cigar. The messy train station, all kinds of people have appeared one after another, the full-fledged Tsarist royal descendant Princess Natalia, the princess' German maid Miss Schmidt. The respectful cabin attendant Pierre has been waiting for a long time. The attendant can communicate with the master and servant in French and German. It seems that the business is very pure and he is a well-trained staff member. As you can see later, he uses the passenger's communicate with them in their native language. On the other hand, the service staff on the train are carefully selecting various ingredients. Immediately afterwards, the Hungarian aristocratic diplomat Count Andrei and his glamorous wife Elena, and the beautiful middle-aged American lady Mrs. Herbard appeared, and then Mr. Detective and his director friend arrived, and the director asked the flight attendant for Poirot. The husband arranged a berth, and then the Swedish devout Christian Miss Olsen appeared a little nervous and nervous, and then the rich American businessman appeared with his servants, the young male secretary McQueen and the businessman's male servant Bedos. And the secretary's explanation to the flight attendant was that he didn't want anyone else in his upper bunk. Box 16, which was always vacant, also lived in a gentleman named Hardman. It looks like the first class on the Orient Express is so lively today. There are so many people who have chosen the first class of this train by coincidence. And they all have different identities. As Mr. Poirot walked through the corridor, he saw different states of the passengers.
This is how the journey begins. In the dining room of the train, there were the countesses who left anxiously, the wealthy businessmen who were eating comfortably but kept picking on their business problems, and the wealthy business secretary who complained that he didn't sleep well last night because someone snored, and the secretary was very angry when he left, Because it was just a casual complaint, but he lost the food that he was about to eat. The wealthy businessman is a mean person, he only knows how to enslave his subordinates. The subordinates should be full of complaints about this, but they have a hard time to endure it. Hardman, an American theater manager, and Foscarelli, an Italian-American car salesman, seemed to meet here and chat cordially. . The rich businessman unexpectedly invited Mr. Poirot to take over a business to ensure his own safety. But Poirot rejected him. It's hard to believe what a man with a hoax says, and he's full of lies. Mr. Poirot rejected the "money buys life" agreement, after all, for a detective who already has a reputation and money, his life is not about making money. The secretary who got off the train quickly returned to the train. The director's friend gave up his box to Mr. Poirot, so he lived next door to the rich businessman. The rich businessman needed a tranquilizer, so Mr. Poirot met the footman who came to deliver the medicine. Everything was calm and orderly, but when the footman came out of the box, the music was a weird scream, maybe it was the sound of the train moving, the rich businessman always kept ordering others, so the footman seemed to have a little Angry and impatient. On the way back to the box, the footman asked the secretary to go to the boss to discuss the work as required, while Mr. Poirot was preparing for sleep in an orderly manner. In the middle of the night, the music was weird, and someone suddenly screamed. The flight attendant came to ask, but said that it was a nightmare and that the igloo was in serious trouble. Mrs. Hubbard, who was always chattering, insisted that there was a man hiding in her box. A good snowy night suitable for sleeping, but "accidents" occurred one after another. The next day, the valet who came to deliver the refreshing wine found that the door of the master's box could not be knocked on. M. Poirot asked the flight attendant to use the master key to open the door, but found that there was another chain inside the door. The footman went in first, only to find the master lying dead in the sleeper with his eyes open.
Seeing this, it finally dawned on me, no wonder it was called "Murder on the Orient Express". But we have to ask again, does the kidnapping that happened on Long Island five years ago have anything to do with the murders on the Orient Express? We seem to see the answer, but it seems so far away.
The director invited his detective friends to help solve the case, otherwise the train would have to cooperate with the police investigation at the next stop, and the trip would be delayed. Mr. Detective agrees to help, and a scrappy investigation begins.
The Greek doctor Constantine in the soft-seat carriage also assisted the detectives in starting the investigation. The doctor judged that the deceased should have been drugged before his death, and was killed by 12 knives. The pocket watch on the deceased stopped at 1:15 in the morning. The time is determined to be between 0:00 and 2:00 in the morning. The doctor thinks that it must be the time of death, and the detective thinks that it makes sense. So an investigation officially began, and detectives began to prepare to question the 12 guests in the first-class soft sleeper box. Mrs. Hubbard insisted that there had been a man in her private room. After collecting the passports, the questioning began. The secretary of the deceased took out two anonymous letters with simple language, but claimed that the deceased was also the murderer. There are many clues in the box. Through a piece of burnt scrap paper, the detective used his knowledge to reveal the words on the piece of paper. The detective thus knew the real name of the deceased who was withheld and the reason why he left the United States. Too many clues in the box made the detective suspicious. Snow blocked the tracks and the trains were forced to wait for rescue, which seemed to be the natural setting for it all to begin. The detective chatted with friends and finally talked about the sensational case of kidnapping and tearing up tickets for girls. The name on the scrap of paper belonged to the little girl. But the murderer of that year was actually just a substitute. The mastermind had already gotten the ransom and escaped. The case from five years ago was turned over again. The detective was extremely angry. Because the child was torn up the ticket, the pregnant mother died of dystocia. , One corpse and two lives, the father couldn't bear the death of the people he loved, so he shot himself. The maid was suspected of being an accomplice of the murderer, so she committed suicide.
Five people died in one case. The mastermind at the time was a heinous crime. Flight attendant Pierre said his daughter died of scarlet fever five years ago, and his wife followed. The valet's recollection recreates the scene, and in short, this boss is definitely not likable. The inquiries were carried out in an orderly manner. Mrs. Herbard always gave evidence at critical moments, and based on this, she judged that it should be left by the "murderer", and there was a flight attendant suit with missing buttons in the princess maid's trunk. The maid seemed to reveal her identity. The characters come on stage one by one, and everyone has their own rhetoric. Mrs. Hubbard found the dagger again. After talking to the passengers one by one, the detective has already made up his mind. He is about to unravel the mystery and solve the case. He stated his inferences one by one, and they were extremely accurate. We have seen Mr. Detective's wonderful reasoning. He has a sharp mind, strong observation, and extensive knowledge to support his reasoning. Mr. Detective has strong associative ability and does not miss any details.
The case gradually became clear, and the guests were inextricably linked with the original Armstrong family. They were mothers, sisters-in-law, servants, secretaries, friends, and relatives of servants. Treating his subordinates like family members, unfortunately, fate was cruel, and the god of death did not let them go. Maybe it was not just the god of death, but the criminals of the year were too cruel. He got the ransom but also killed people, so he did not have a career as a kidnapper. Ethics, he is cruel, he deserves it, karma, so his enemies are coming for revenge. They held their daggers high and stabbed the unconscious criminal. This is the deepest punishment, the last revenge for the loved ones, and the rest for the dead.
However, how to choose, the "mafia" suspect created by the so-called "Mafia" is still these 12 passengers who have lost their loved ones. Director Bianchi decided that the feud between the mafia and the suspect had escaped by taking advantage of the darkness and the delay of the train. This is the final battle between emotion and law, and emotion overcomes reason. But in reality, such a situation may never happen. In a society ruled by law, many times, no matter whether the deceased is a good person or a bad person, those who end their lives will be punished. This is fair treatment given to everyone by the law, but it is a lack of emotion. We will consider emotional factors, but we will never let the suspect go because of emotional factors, no matter what the reasons are, no matter what heinous crimes the deceased committed during his lifetime.
This film is an unquestionable classic, with outstanding actors, not only Ingrid Bergman, who won the Oscar for this piece, contributed a wonderful performance. Every actor is quite good. I think it's a great example of a drama. The whole film is supported by the plot. A good story makes a good movie. Of course, this is my personal opinion. Just the right amount of suspenseful soundtrack. No matter how you look at it, this movie is a rare good movie.
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