Murder on the Blackpool Express
Published April 28, 2024
Film info
- Title Murder on the Blackpool Express
- Director Simon Delaney
- Year 2017
- Run time 1hr 30m
- Genres Comedy, Mystery
- Tagline A who's who of a who dunnit
In this feature-length mystery comedy, a crime writer takes fans on a coach tour of locations from his books. Soon, the passengers are faced with the possibility of a murderer on board.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:29 | “Always the same, these literary tours. Book-reading psychopaths.” |
| 5:28 | Loving Mildred with the nunchucks! |
| 15:38 | They are going to some nice locations, it has to be said. |
| 20:44 | It makes no sense, why are they carrying on? |
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Thoughts
I’ve noticed this series of TV films in passing occasionally, and thought they were probably worth a look - featuring lots of well known faces, and helmed by the lovely Sian Gibson from Peter Kay’s Car Share. But I tried this one, the first in the series, and it just didn’t grab me at all - very few laughs, a slow pace, and a weird idea that they would just ignore a murder and carry on.
Rating: Unrated