Movie Review: 'A Haunting In Venice'

At The Movies: A Haunting In Venice

Verdict: 2.5/5 Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) is back for a third murder mystery in ‘A Haunting in Venice’, and it’s probably the least engaging of the lot. 2022’s ‘Death on the Nile’ offered a fair bit of excitement, plot twists and anticipation, but its sequel is more formulaic than its predecessor, never really departing from the mechanics of an old fashioned murder mystery. And it’s certainly got nothing on ‘Murder on the…

Movie Review: 'A Haunting In Venice'

“A Haunting in Venice” is director/star Kenneth Branagh’s third go-around as Agatha Christie-penned detective Hercule Poirot. The other two were 2017’s “Murder on the Orient Express” and 2022’s “Death on the Nile.” “A Haunting in Venice” comes barely a year and a half after the latter film, though the turnaround is less impressive when one remembers that trailers for “Death on the Nile” were playing a year and a half before that film opened, wit…