Riccardo Scamarcio – Kings movie reviews

“A Haunting in Venice” is a 2023 mystery/thriller and the third installment of the Hercule Poirot detective movies based on the Agatha Christie novels. It follows “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile.” It has a star-studded cast starring Kenneth Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express), Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Tina Fey (Date Night), Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick: Chapter 2), Jude Hill (Mandrake), and Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone).

Hercule Poirot (Branagh) is lured out of retirement by a longtime friend and author (Fey) to attend a seance to try and debunk a world renowned medium (Yeoh) on Halloween night. Everything is not as it seems as guests start turning up dead. Are people to blame or is it something more paranormal? Hercule Poirot is determined to get to the bottom of it before the night is over.

It’s like the other two as in it’s your basic who done it murder mystery with plenty of twists and turns thrown in to keep you guessing throughout who the murderer is. It’s darker and more gothic than the other two. It reminds me of a murder mystery mixed with “The Haunting in Connecticut.” It’s a little bit slower than the other two but still enjoyable as it does keep you guessing throughout what is really going on. If you’re a fan of the first two, you will enjoy this one as well. I give it a 7/10.

‘Welcome Home’ is a 2018 thriller starring Emily Ratajkowski (Gone Girl), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick: Chapter 2), and Francesco Acquaroli (Fargo). A couple (Ratajkowski, Paul) whose relationship is on the rocks spend a week in the Italian Countryside in an attempt to fix their relationship. They won’t be left alone by the overfriendly neighbor, and they soon find out his sinister plans.

This movie is basically ‘The Intruder’ with Dennis Quaid mixed with ’13 Cameras’. Instead of the overly nice creepy seller, you have the overly nice creepy neighbor. Then like ’13 Cameras’ you have cameras set up all over the house, with the creepy guy sitting there watching the couple. The best way to describe this movie is, it’s the perfect mashup of those two. I haven’t heard of ‘Welcome Home’, but it just came to Netflix, and I like Aaron Paul, so I figured I would watch it. Honestly it’s a pretty solid movie. It doesn’t have as many twists and turns as I would prefer in a thriller and it was a little predictable, but the acting is really good. Scamarcio plays the creeper part perfect. He reminds me a lot of Javier Bardem’s character in ‘No Country for Old Men’. I was surprised how well Ratajkowski does, she is mostly a model, not a whole lot under her belt as far as acting, but she plays a good part. Overall I give it a 7.5/10.