History Film / DeathOnTheNile2022

** At the beginning of the film, there is a shot of Louise trying on Linnet’s necklace, implying she yearns for the rich life her employer has and may benefit from killing her. However [[spoiler:she ends up being killed by Jacqueline after witnessing Linnet's killer in the act, and [[BlackmailBackfire attempting to extort them with her silence]].]]

* ScaryMinoritySuspect: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Andrew, who fears the police will shoot him on sight on the basis of being "a brown man with a gun".

** Poirot figures out [[spoiler:Jacqueline's [[note]]and Simon's[[/note]]]] plan, which would probably have gone off without a hitch had he not been aboard the ''Karnak''.

* TooHappyToLive: Bouc and Rosalie are madly in love, [[spoiler: so if course, he gets killed.]]

--->'''Linnet:''' ''(in response to Jacqueline's query about why Simon isn't coming to their cabin with her)'' "Oh, we've already made love today. ''Twice''".\\

* DarkerAndEdgier: Darker than the previous film, ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}''. The death toll is higher, Poirot is given an additional tragic backstory to his character arc and is overall more dramatic and tense, [[spoiler:ending on a very bittersweet note, with the detective being profoundly broken by the murder of Bouc.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Bouc does not actually die in the source material, nor had a role in ''Death on The Nile'', in contrast to here]].

* CanonForeigner: Euphemia, Bouc's mother, is an original character created for the film, who does not appear in ''any'' of the novels. However, [[spoiler:she does broadly play a similar role to Mrs. Allerton from the original story.]]

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Poirot is revealed to have grown his mustache to hide the massive scarring across his upper lip... except scar tissue cannot grow hair. His luxurious whiskers should be patchy at best.
** His luxurious whiskers may not be one hundred percent genuine.

*** [[spoiler:Also, in this version Jacqueline and Simon planned to murder Linnet for her money from the get-go, even before Jackie introduced them. In the novel, Simon was unemployed after having been caught embezzling, and Jackie, who loved her friend Linnet dearly, counted on her to give Simon a job managing her estate. What she WASN'T counting on was that Linnet, desiring Simon as soon as she laid eyes on him, would blatantly and shamelessly try to seduce him away from Jackie, never caring in the least that Jackie was her friend. After all, Linnet had never been denied anything she wanted in her life, and believed she was simply entitled by virtue of her birth to everything she desired, even if it was her best friend's fiance. Simon had no interest in Linnet, but was VERY interested in her money, and only got the idea for marrying and killing Linnet after she started throwing herself at him. Jackie knew that he wasn't capable of pulling it off without getting caught, and couldn't dissuade Simon from his intentions, so she entered into the plot to come up with a foolproof method and protect Simon. (By that point, she had no love left for Linnet, and figured that if she was going to die anyway it might as well be in a way that wouldn't implicate Simon.) As Poirot reflected sadly, Jackie had no interest in Linnet's money, but became an accessory to her murder for the love of a selfish and mercenary man. In this film, Jackie's just as cold-blooded and mercenary as Simon, and IS out for Linnet's money.]]

''Death on the Nile'' is a 2022 American-British [[MysteryFiction mystery thriller]] and the follow-up to 2017's ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}''. The third screen adaptation of Creator/AgathaChristie's [[Literature/DeathOnTheNile novel of the same name]], following [[Film/DeathOnTheNile1978 the 1978 film]] and the 2004 episode of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', it is part of Creator/KennethBranagh's [[Film/HerculePoirotKennethBranagh film series]]. Branagh directs again and [[DirectedByCastMember stars]] again as Poirot, with a screenplay by Michael Green. It was due to release on October 9, 2020, but was delayed several times until ultimately releasing on February 11, 2022 (due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and scandals surrounding Creator/ArmieHammer).

A third Poirot film, ''[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/a-haunting-in-venice-cast-revealed-kenneth-branagh-1235238310 A Haunting in Venice,]]'' has been announced.

''Death on the Nile'' is a 2022 American-British [[MysteryFiction mystery thriller]] and the follow-up to 2017's ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}''. The third screen adaptation of Creator/AgathaChristie's [[Literature/DeathOnTheNile novel of the same name]], following [[Film/DeathOnTheNile1978 the 1978 film]] and the 2004 episode of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', it is part of Creator/KennethBranagh's [[Film/HerculePoirotKennethBranagh film series]]. Branagh directs again and [[DirectedByCastMember stars]] again as Poirot), with a screenplay by Michael Green. It was due to release on October 9, 2020, but was delayed several times until ultimately releasing on February 11, 2022 (due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and scandals surrounding Creator/ArmieHammer).

''Death on the Nile'' is a 2022 American-British [[MysteryFiction mystery thriller]] and the follow-up to 2017's ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}''. The third screen adaptation of Creator/AgathaChristie's [[Literature/DeathOnTheNile novel of the same name]], following [[Film/DeathOnTheNile1978 the 1978 film]] and the 2004 episode of ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', it is directed once again by Creator/KennethBranagh (who [[DirectedByCastMember stars]] once again as Poirot), with a screenplay by Michael Green. It was due to release on October 9, 2020, but was delayed several times until ultimately releasing on February 11, 2022 (due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and scandals surrounding Creator/ArmieHammer).

* SuperOCD: Poirot's obsession with order and symmetry is displayed once again. At the London nightclub, he demands one of his little desserts be taken away because he cannot arrange the seven plates on his table in a pleasing fashion. Later, after [[spoiler:Linnet]] is murdered and the body brought to the ship's cold store, he twists one foot of the corpse so that the toes on both feet are pointing straight up.

** Due to being a CompositeCharacter with Dr. Bessner, Lord Windlesham becomes ''Dr.'' Windlesham in this adaptation, as opposed to being a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob.

* Euphemia Bouc (Creator/AnnetteBening), mother to Linnet and Poirot's mutual friend Bouc (Creator/TomBateman), hates that Linnet introduced her beloved son to Rosalie, since she disapproves of the match.

A third Poirot film, ''[[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/a-haunting-in-venice-cast-revealed-kenneth-branagh-1235238310/ A Haunting in Venice]]'', has been announced.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The passengers/suspects aboard the ''Karnak'' become a lot more overtly suspicious and even hostile towards each other as the story progresses, compared to the original novel. At one point, two of the suspects literally come to blows. The reveal, towards the end of the film, that [[spoiler: Poirot was hired to investigate the Otterbournes at Euphemia Bouc's behest]] further adds to the atmosphere of distrust. Exaggerated by the fact that [[spoiler: the person who stole Linnet's necklace and the third murder victim in this adaptation are none other than Poirot's old friend Bouc, which emotionally shatters the detective and makes the case much more personal for him.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The film includes a new subplot that was completely absent in the novel [[spoiler: involving Poirot's secret investigation of the Otterbournes, at Euphamie Bouc's request, which is the reason why he is in Egypt in the first place. Poirot's backstory as a soldier during the First World War, and his ill-fated relationship with Katherine, are also elements that are original to this film, and indeed, this version of the character.]]

** Marie Van Schuyler and Miss Bowers seemingly retain their traditional relationship as employer and nurse-companion but [[spoiler: are later revealed to be secret lovers]].

** Happens to none other than ''Poirot'' himself in the DistantPrologue. [[spoiler: While Poirot is traditionally depicted as being a Belgian police chief prior to World War I, here he's shown to have been a soldier during the war who was aspiring to be a farmer. That said, the [[Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017 previous film]] alluded to him being a former police officer in this continuity as well.]]

** [[spoiler: Jacqueline and Simon who are quite [[TragicVillain sympathetic]] in the book and previous adaptations, are portrayed as much more sinister and psychotic here, pulling out guns when they are outed as the killers. They also don't show any regret for murdering Linnet, unlike the book where Jackie was filled with remorse and Simon couldn't cope with the guilt and eventually confessed to his crime. Jacqueline in particular is more antagonistic here and lacks the touching bond with Poirot that she does in the book and other two versions.]]
*** [[spoiler: Also, in this version Jacqueline and Simon planned to murder Linnet for her money from the get-go, even before Jackie introduced them. In the novel, Simon was unemployed after having been caught embezzling, and Jackie, who loved her friend Linnet dearly, counted on her to give Simon a job managing her estate. What she WASN'T counting on was that Linnet, desiring Simon as soon as she laid eyes on him, would blatantly and shamelessly try to seduce him away from Jackie, never caring in the least that Jackie was her friend. After all, Linnet had never been denied anything she wanted in her life, and believed she was simply entitled by virtue of her birth to everything she desired, even if it was her best friend's fiance. Simon had no interest in Linnet, but was VERY interested in her money, and only got the idea for marrying and killing Linnet after she started throwing herself at him. Jackie knew that he wasn't capable of pulling it off without getting caught, and couldn't dissuade Simon from his intentions, so she entered into the plot to come up with a foolproof method and protect Simon. (By that point, she had no love left for Linnet, and figured that if she was going to die anyway it might as well be in a way that wouldn't implicate Simon.) As Poirot reflected sadly, Jackie had no interest in Linnet's money, but became an accessory to her murder for the love of a selfish and mercenary man. In this film, Jackie's just as cold-blooded and mercenary as Simon, and IS out for Linnet's money.]]
** [[spoiler: Andrew dropping the rock on Simon and Linnet is mentioned to be a genuine accident in the book and previous adaptations. In this version, it is purposeful, though he regrets it immediately.]]

* {{Bookends}}: The film's main narrative begins with Poirot visiting a London nightclub where Salome Otterbourne is performing and where he first encounters many of the principal characters of the story. It ends with [[spoiler: Poirot visiting the same nightclub six months after solving the case, only this time he's the sole witness to Salome Otterbourne's rehearsal.]]
** The film's opening scene, set during World War I [[spoiler: features a clean-shaven Poirot, and reveals that he chooses to grow a moustache due to a facial injury he sustained on the battlefield. By the end of the film, in the aforementioned nightclub scene, he has shaved off his moustache and his scars from the old injury are visible.]]
** Poirot grew out his signature mustache at the suggestion of Katherine, the love of his life, [[spoiler: after Bouc, whom he loved like a little brother, was slain by the murderess, he shaves it off in grief and heartbreak]].

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Euphemia mentions that the Red Carmine has disappeared from her painting kit. Turns out Simon stole it to simulate his gunshot wound.]]

** Bouc once again acts as TheWatson to Poirot, a role that was filled by Colonel Race in the novel. He also serves as Rosalie Otterbourne's love interest, a role fulfilled by Tim Allerton in the novel, [[spoiler: and like Allerton is the one who steals Linnet's jewels]]. He also [[spoiler:replaces Salome Otterbourne as the witness to the second murder and the third murder victim.]]

* CrimeAfterCrime: [[spoiler: Simon and Jacqueline were only planning to murder Linnet so they could make off with her money, but then Jacqueline had to kill both Louise (who saw Simon sneak in Linnet's room to murder her) and Bouc (who saw her dispose of Louise).]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: Darker than the previous film, ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}''. The death toll is higher, Poirot is given an additional tragic backstory to his character arc and is overall more dramatic and tense, [[spoiler: ending on a very bittersweet note, with the detective being profoundly broken by the murder of Bouc.]]

* DistantPrologue: The film begins in 1914, with Poirot as a soldier during World War I [[spoiler: and reveals how a wartime injury led him to grow his iconic moustache, as well as touching upon his relationship with Katherine]], before jumping forward to the main narrative in 1937.

** While welcoming everyone on board the Karnak, Linnet is startled by a loud popping noise that turns out to be Simon opening a champagne bottle. [[spoiler: The sound mimics that of a gunshot, and Simon is the one who shoots her.]]
** When Jacqueline rails at him in the bar, Simon scoffs "get ready, she's about to do a scene." Sure enough [[spoiler: the whole thing turns out to be a performance of her "shooting" him]].
** Linnet and Jacqueline met during a school production of ''Antony and Cleopatra'' where Linnett was Cleopatra. Just like [[spoiler: those lovers, both of them, and Simon, end up dead in a twisted romance]].
** Jacqueline repeatedly mentions how [[spoiler: she cannot live without Simon and speaks of killing herself if she can't be with him.]]
** After everyone's return from the Temple of Abu Simbel and the noting of how strong the love of Rameses II was for his queen Nefertari, so much so they are depicted together forever on the exterior of the temple, Jackie tells Poirot that pharaoh's wives were buried alive with them so that they could be together in the afterlife. [[spoiler: This again is foretelling Jackie and Simon's murder-suicide so that they too will be together in death.]]
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Jacqueline shows Poirot her .22 in response to him trying to convince her to leave Simon and Linnet alone. [[spoiler: Played with later. It's Simon who uses the .22 to kill Linnet, whereas Jacqueline steals Windlesham's scalpel and Andrew's .45 to kill Louise and Bouc respectively]]
* HandCannon: Andrew carries a gigantic .45, which he produces as evidence that he would not have committed Linnet's murder with a tiny .22. [[spoiler: The .45 is later stolen from Andrew's cabin and serves to murder Bouc during his interrogation.]]
* HeartbrokenBadass: Poirot ''starts'' this film as this, like he did in ''Orient Express'', having lost his one true love Katherine in World War I, and even more so by the finale, wherein [[spoiler: he loses Bouc, his dearest friend, to the murderess' gun thanks to his insistent interrogation for him to reveal her identity]].

** [[spoiler: Simon tells Jacqueline to kill Louise who saw him sneak into Linnet's room.]]
** [[spoiler: Later he signals Jacqueline to shoot Bouc through the throat after realizing that he was about to tell Poirot who killed Louise.]]
* HisNameIs: [[spoiler: Bouc]] is shot just before revealing critical information, hesitating to speak because it's also self-incriminating.

** Ultimately, [[spoiler: Poirot is right about the motive being inheritance: Jacqueline and Simon plannet Linnet's murder so Simon would get all her money]].

* TheLostLenore: Katherine, the one-time love of Poirot's life who was mentioned in the [[Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017 previous film]], appears here in a flashback. [[spoiler: It is later implied that she died in a train accident (or enemy attack) while on her way to meet Hercule over Christmas in 1914.]]
* LittleUselessGun: The .22 Derringer used to commit the first murder is derided as a 'toy'. Averted with [[spoiler: Andrew's]] [[HandCannon .45 semi-automatic]]

* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Simon and Linnet were about to fulfill this trope on top of a narrow walkway before [[spoiler: Andrew]] shoved a rock at them.

* MurderMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: Jacqueline isn't exactly in the most stable state by the end of the film.]]

* MyBelovedSmother: Euphemia Bouc thinks that any woman interested in his son is just after him for his money, and so she finds ways to drive them away, even [[spoiler: hiring Poirot to investigate Rosalie Otterbourne]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: By the end of the film, the hearts of both [[spoiler: Euphemia and Poirot]] are heavy with guilt for being ''directly'' responsible for [[spoiler: Bouc's death, the former due to her stubbornly cynical refusal to support her son's happiness driving him to steal Linnet's diamond necklace to finance his marriage with Rosalie, and the latter's insistent interrogation of him for the murderer's identity forcing Jackie to silence him with a gunshot to the throat.]]

* NeverOneMurder: [[spoiler: One murder quickly turns into three due to GambitPileup. This is played for a point of contrast to the previous film and for heavy drama as the passengers of the ''Karnak'' become horrified and furious at the fact that Poirot not only failed to prevent Linnet's murder but didn't deduce or apprehend the killer fast enough to prevent two more killings from happening, with them realistically calling out his ego and reputation. Things get even more crushing once Bouc is killed, more personally devastating Poirot and making him feel all the more like a failure.]]
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer for the film puts a lot empathise on Linnet, framing it like she will be one of the suspects for the crime [[spoiler: rather than being the victim herself]]. This was likely very intentionally done for those haven't read the book or seen the previous two adaptations.

* PeekABooCorpse: [[spoiler: Louise's]] body is seen thumping against an inspection window in the cover of one of the ship's paddlewheels.

** Poirot and Salome. In the book and following two adaptations, Salome has a one-sided attraction to the detective who considers her a AbhorrentAdmirer and politely rebuffs her poor seduction like a gentleman. In the film Poirot finds himself attracted to her and reciprocates her flirtation. [[spoiler: He even attends her show at the jazz club in the ending.]]

** [[spoiler: Marie Van Schuyler and Miss Bowers. In the book and previous adaptations Van Schuyler treats Miss Bowers terribly, never wasting any opportunity to bully and demean her nurse. Here the "demanding boss" aspect is just a cover up for their secret lesbian romance.]]

** Jacqueline who [[StalkerWithACrush follows Simon and Linnet around]] and [[WomanScorned becomes the most obvious suspect once the titular death happens]]. [[spoiler: Averted in the end, however, since she never was, technically speaking, Simon's ex. They never broke up and actually planned him leaving her for Linnet so that he could kill her, inherit the money and marry Jacqueline]]
** Poirot suspects Bessner to be [[GenderInvertedTrope a male version of this trope]] due to his failed engagement to Linnet. [[spoiler: The eventual reveal of the real murderers undermines that suspicion completely]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Rosalie delivers one to Poirot after [[spoiler: he reveals that he was hired by Bouc's mother to investigate her and her aunt]], calling him, among other things, a vain, egotistical freak. A version of Agatha Christie's own description of Poirot as a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep".

** At the beginning of the film, there is a shot of Louise trying on Linnet’s necklace, implying she yearns for the rich life her employer has and may benefit from killing her. However [[spoiler: she ends up being killed by Jacqueline after witnessing Linnet's killer in the act, and [[BlackmailBackfire attempting to extort them with her silence]].]]

* RichesToRags: Poirot deduces [[spoiler: that Miss Bowers used to be wealthy, as she certainly has the attitude of a wealthy woman, but her belongings, while fancy, are old and worn. It turns out that Linnet's father ruined the Bowers family business.]]

* SignificantHaircut: [[spoiler: Poirot grew out his signature giant-mustache to cover up the gruesome shrapnel wounds he sustained in World War I at the suggestion of his love Katherine. After losing Bouc, whom he loved like a little brother, to the murderess, he finally shaves said mustache off in grief, revealing the scars beneath]].
* SlainInTheirSleep: [[spoiler: Linnet by Simon, though she wakes up for long enough to whisper his name]]

** Poirot figures out [[spoiler: Jacqueline's [[note]]and Simon's[[/note]]]] plan, which would probably have gone off without a hitch had he not been aboard the ''Karnak''.

** He realizes that the bed in Bowers' room looks perfectly made in the bedspread style that was used when they first boarded and not the hospital-corner style that's been in use since they departed. This leads him to conclude that [[spoiler: Bowers was with Van Schuyler as they're actually lovers]].
** He sees that [[spoiler: Bouc's mother painted him wearing a green coat, rather than red because her red paint was missing. That leads him to realize it was used by Simon to fake his "shooting."]]
** While Andrew Katchadourian and Dr. Windlesham are fighting, [[spoiler: he leans back against a bulkhead that was splattered with Louise's blood and sees there's a man-shaped gap in the droplets, leading him to conclude somebody witnessed the murder.]]
** [[spoiler: He realizes that Bouc knows more than he's telling about the murders when Bouc insists on contacting Louise's ex to tell him that she's dead and realizes that he didn't wake Linnet when Simon was shot is because he already knew she was dead (though he isn't the killer)]].
* StagedShooting: [[spoiler: Jacqueline fires a blank round at Simon, causing everybody to run out, either to fetch Dr. Windlesham or take Jacqueline away. This gives Simon the chance to run off, shoot Linnet, and then return to the saloon and shoot himself for real. With Jacqueline drugged and under Mrs. Bowers' watch, and Simon's leg shattered, they both have alibis for Linnet's murder.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Jacqueline [[spoiler: appears to be that way towards Simon but actually the whole thing was planned by the two of them]].
* StarCrossedLovers: Bouc and Rosalie become sincerely attracted to each other, but his mother Euphemia refuses to give him her blessings. [[spoiler: And then he is murdered by Jacqueline, ensuring they will never be with each other.]]

* SuperOCD: Poirot's obsession with order and symmetry is displayed once again. At the London nightclub, he demands one of his little desserts be taken away because he cannot arrange the seven plates on his table in a pleasing fashion. Later, after [[spoiler: Linnet]] is murdered and the body brought to the ship's cold store, he twists one foot of the corpse so that the toes on both feet are pointing straight up.
* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler: Euphemia and Poirot]] at the end of the film for being ''directly'' responsible for [[spoiler: Bouc's death at the hands of Jackie]].

* TrailOfBlood: Gets left behind after [[spoiler: Louise's]] murder. [[spoiler: A gap in the spray allows Poirot to realize that there was a witness to the killing.]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Simon fakes a leg injury with a help of some red paint that he stole from Bouc's mother to sneak into Linnet's room and kill her while everyone's busy dealing with Jacqueline]]

*** [[spoiler: Also, in this version Jacqueline and Simon planned to murder Linnet for her money from the get-go, even before Jackie introduced them. In the novel, Simon was unemployed after having been caught embezzling, and Jackie, who loved her friend Linnet dearly, counted on her to give Simon a job managing her estate. What she WASN'T counting on was that Linnet, desiring Simon as soon as she laid eyes on him, would blatantly and shamelessly try to seduce him away from Jackie, never caring in the least that Jackie was her friend. After all, Linnet had never been denied anything she wanted in her life, and believed she was simply entitled by virtue of her birth to everything she desired, even if it was her best friend's fiance. Simon had no interest in Linnet, but was VERY interested in her money, and only got the idea for marrying and killing Linnet after she started throwing herself at him. Jackie knew that he wasn't capable of pulling it off without getting caught, and couldn't dissuade Simon from his intentions, so she entered into the plot to come up with a foolproof method and protect Simon. (By that point, she had no love left for Linnet, and figured that if she was going to die anyway it might as well be in a way that wouldn't implicate Simon.) As Poirot reflected sadly, Jackie had no interest in Linnet's money, but became an accessory to her murder for the love of a selfish and mercenary man.]]

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends six months after the events on the Nile, with Poirot visiting Salome Otterbourne during her rehearsal at the same nightclub from the start of the film, with his moustache having been shaved off. It's unclear if this means he's seeking a relationship with her, or is already in one. It's also unclear if this means that he has retired from detective work.]]

* AwesomeByAnalysis: The opening battle scene shows Poirot doing this even before becoming a detective. He observes the flight of birds and deduces that the wind has shifted, making it the perfect time to advance on a German position behind a poison gas attack. They manage to take the bridge with minimal casualties. Also averted, as only too late does Poirot [[spoiler: notice the German tripwire trap that blows up the bridge and his Captain]].

--> I am Hercule Poirot! I do not need to be told!

* CanonForeigner: Euphemia, Bouc's mother, is an original character created for the film, who does not appear in ''any'' of the novels. However, [[spoiler: she does broadly play a similar role to Mrs. Allerton from the original story.]]

** Bouc once again acts as TheWatson to Poirot, a role that was filled by Colonel Race in the novel. He also serves as Rosalie Otterbourne's love interest, a role fulfilled by Tim Allerton in the novel, [[spoiler: and like Allerton is the one who steals Linnet's jewels]]. He also [[spoiler: replaces Salome Otterbourne as the witness to the second murder and the third murder victim.]]
** Ms Van Schuyler takes on Mr Fergunson's role as an ardent communist criticizing the passengers.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Bouc does not actually die in the source material, nor had a role in ''Death on The Nile'', in contrast to here]].
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Bouc]] is murdered before he and Rosalie can take the next step in their future.
* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler: Jacqueline goes from having her VillainousBreakdown to this right before killing Simon and herself]]

* DysfunctionJunction: The ''Karnak'', since practically everyone aboard is a StepfordSmiler and has a motive for murdering [[spoiler: Linnet]]. [[spoiler: As it turns out later, Simon purposefully invoked this for RuleOfDrama and averting the suspicions away from himself]]

--> [[SuddenlyShouting What do you want me to say?!]] What do you want me to say? That I know I'm ridiculous? ''(sighs deeply)'' I'm not a fool. I knew she was settling for me. I didn't mind. When she married Simon, I actually thought about ending my own life. They all thought our engagement was for the families, the papers, for the damn aristocratic theatrics of it all. The shame of it is... I loved her.

---> '''Linnet''': ''(in response to Jacqueline's query about why Simon isn't coming to their cabin with her)'' "Oh, we've already made love today. ''Twice''".
---> '''Simon''': ''(holds up three fingers and mouths "'''Three''' times")''

** At the beginning of the film, there is a shot of Louise trying on Linnet’s necklace, implying she yearns for the rich life her employer has and may benefit from killing her. However [[spoiler: she ends up being killed by Jacqueline after witnessing Linnet’s killer in the act, and [[BlackmailBackfire attempting to extort them with her silence]].]]

** Poirot figures out [[spoiler: Jacqueline's [[note]]and Simon's [[/note]] ]] plan, which would probably have gone off without a hitch had he not been aboard the ''Karnak''.

* AnAxeToGrind: While chasing the killer ([[spoiler: or one of them]]) through the galley, Poirot hurls a meat cleaver at them. They respond by swinging a fire axe at Poirot's head, narrowly missing him.

* NeverOneMurder: [[spoiler: One murder quickly turns into three due to GambitPileUp]]

** Linnet Doyle comes across as a more sympathetic character here than she did in the original novel and previous adaptations. She genuinely feels at least somewhat apologetic for taking her friend Jackie's fiancee from her, but makes a valid point that Simon shouldn't be forced to be with someone he no longer loves. In her [[spoiler:last]] conversation with Jackie, she even makes an attempt at reconciliation. She also seems more sad, than bitter, about the fact that her wealth potentially damages all her relationships. We later learn from Rosalie (who is [[RaceLift black]] in this adaptation) how Linnet befriending her at school paved the way for her to be accepted by the other girls too.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the novels, Hercule Poirot was already a renowned detective and retired Belgian police chief when the First World War broke out, at which point he came to England as a refugee. The film establishes a new backstory for this version of Poirot, [[spoiler: depicting him as a soldier during the First World War, who aspired to be a farmer after the war was over. The tragic death of his lover Katherine is seemingly what drove him to become a detective.]]

** Linnet Doyle comes across as a more sympathetic character here than she did in the original novel and previous adaptations. She genuinely feels at least somewhat apologetic for taking her friend Jackie's fiancee from her, but makes a valid point that Simon shouldn't be forced to be with someone he no longer loves. In her [[spoiler: last]] conversation with Jackie, she even makes an attempt at reconciliation. She also seems more sad, than bitter, about the fact that her wealth potentially damages all her relationships. We later learn from Rosalie (who is [[RaceLift black]] in this adaptation) how Linnet befriending her at school paved the way for her to be accepted by the other girls too.
** Happens to Marie Van Schuyler as well. As opposed to the novel's portrayal of her as a snobbish and tyrannical rich widow who runs roughshod over her nurse-companion Miss Bowers and her cousin Cornelia, here she is presented as being a socialist who has given away much of her fortune and seems to genuinely believe in her stated political leanings. She also seems to have genuine feelings for Linnet, her goddaughter. And while she still plays the demanding boss to Miss Bowers [[spoiler: it's later revealed to be a cover for the fact that they are in a relationship]].
** A downplayed example with Salome Otterbourne. The original version isn't a bad person, but she is TheAlcoholic who's obsessed with talking about sex, and consequently has a somewhat troubled relationship with Rosalie. Here, she's shown to be a relatively sober, wise and dignified jazz-singer, who has a far better relationship with Rosalie, and who [[spoiler: Poirot starts to develop feelings for.]]
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: