In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard and eager rookie Constable Stalker take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.
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Fun fact: the actress who plays Agatha Christie was in the Doctor Who episode Love and Monsters where she turns into a paving stone. I will not elaborate. A really clever way to adapt the Mousetrap to the big screen. Sam Rockwell is always a delight and is paired brilliantly with Saoirse Ronan. Rockwell’s Columbo-esque character bounces off of Ronan’s bright-eyed constable so well. This is definitely getting filed into the modern classics folder.
"You've seen one, you've seen them all" Sama intryga jakaś zawiła nie jest, ale rekompensuje to brytyski typ humoru, który często naprawdę siada. Ogólnie jest to dużo bardziej komedia kryminalna, niż kryminał komediowy. Para głównych bohaterów bardzo likeable.