Let´s have a look at "Death on the Nile", the first one. Bette Davis, Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Angela Lansbury, Mia Farrow and many more made that 1978 movie a perfect example for classic style, witty dialogue and suspense in the gold old Agatha Christie way. "Knives Out" ist destined to go on that trip but 40 years later they simply don´t know how to do it. It starts with the cast of which only Toni Collette convinced me. As always she knows how to create a character without overdoing it. If you need a lesson in bad acting, just have a look at Daniel Craig as the private eye. I am German but I take the guess that his southern accent is completely wrong. And so is his acting. What is his character about? I don´t care, the same goes for the rest of the cast which I don´t blame on the actors per se, it´s the script that´s lousy and the dialogue could win with more one-liners and sophistication. But it doesn´t have all that. And the story? Very transparent from the beginning and the whodunit aspect is wasted on a rather uptight attempt to make sure the story is twisted. It isn´t really, but that´s for everybody to find out. I wasted my time with this and don´t know where the 7.9 comes from.