Invitation to a Murder (2023): ⭐️⭐️⭐️
This starts as a very fun homage to Agatha Christie movies, with a very 10 Little Indians basic setup and a lot of other classic Christie tropes wrapped up all together. But somehow by the end it just sort of feels like it fizzles out, with the final resolution depending on some things that felt very out of place and anachronistic. Mostly a lot of fun, but needed a better way to wrap things up at the end.
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Specifically, the end reveal depends on the use of a CCTV system that includes the ability to record and review footage, which feels anachronistic to the point of science fictional, as the film is obviously set somewhere around the 1930s, maybe 40s. It’s hand-waved away as “American military technology”, but it’s a rather bizarre thing to have pop up right at the end.