What makes a good whodunit?
Is it a brilliant story with enough twists to light up a ’60s ballroom?
Is it the cast full of familiar faces playing even more familiar tropes?
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Is it the setting, a stately, secluded manor where every corner hides a new secret?
Or is it something else entirely, an elusiveje ne sais quoithat brings it all together?
Whatever it is,the new adaptation ofAgatha Christie’sTowards Zerodoesn’t quite have it.
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And yet,it’s hard not towish thatTowards Zerowas more than the sum of its parts.
What Is ‘Towards Zero’ About?
Becausethis is a work by Agatha Christie, a collection of intriguing characters joins them, too.
It commits the cardinal sin of the whodunit: it’s simply uninteresting.
Towards Zeroalsoloses some of its impact on its way to the small screen.
The Queen of Crime inspired many shows.
Here, Keene plays a similarly tricky role, an apparent femme fatale with more than a few secrets.
Even so, the different approach to the whodunit formula is laudable.
If only it started sooner.
Towards Zeropremieres on BritBox starting April 16, with new episodes released daily on April 17 and April 18.
Towards Zerobegins streaming on BritBox on April 16.
