Part Two

The Pale Horse is a book I've read several times. This adaptation is really well done, with a great acting and the central mystery is done well. But the changes have not improved the story but made it worse, mainly by completely changing Mark Easterbrook personality. Another thing was the fact that a central point of the way of kill is highlighted with all but neon signs, while in the book it is much subtler and its revelation is more interesting. In summary, it is watchable but not great.

As many others I find the ending of this adaption disasterous to the plot. Why Phelps dosen't like Christie endings and why she feels urged to twist the plots, I really don't know. So thus the setting and the performance from the main characters are good, the damage done to Dame Agatha's novel is makes all in all this TV adaption a big mistake.

If you can forget the book, and forget other adaptations you will enjoy this, if you know the story, and are expecting it to play out in a certain way, think again.

Phelps has taken the main elements of the story and remixed them into this story, it's a visual feast, it looks beautiful, from the cast to the buildings. It's definitely chilling, and makes use of the horrors of the book, as well as some added bits.

There are definitely bits of it that will have you scratching your head, wondering what's going on, the last scene in particular, but as a stand alone drama, I enjoyed it very much.

I wasn't bored at any stage. 7/10