The Horsemen (2009)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jonas Åkerlund

Writer (WGA):

Dave Callaham (written by)

Release Date:

6 February 2009 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Four victims. Four painful secrets.

Plot:

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Plot Keywords:

Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse | Murder | Church Service | Frozen Lake | Torture

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Aidan Breslin
Ziyi Zhang	...	Kristen
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Alex Breslin
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Stingray
Barry Shabaka Henley	...	Tuck
Patrick Fugit	...	Corey
Eric Balfour	...	Taylor
Paul Dooley	...	Father Whiteleather
Thomas Mitchell	...	Thug
Liam James	...	Sean Breslin
Chelcie Ross	...	Police Chief Krupa
Manfred Maretzki	...	Bob
Arne MacPherson	...	Navratil
David Dastmalchian	...	Terrence
Peter Stormare	...	David Spitz

Also Known As:

Horsemen (USA) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated R for grisly and disturbing content, some sexual images and language.

Runtime:

110 min | UK:90 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | UK:18 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Bell Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Mandate Pictures

Trivia:

Neal McDonough was originally cast as Krupa and shot all of his scenes. After almost a year there were reshoots in Chicago which involved all McDonough's scenes; he was not available so Chelcie Ross replaced him.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: At the part when Det. Breslin (Dennis Quaid) figures out his sons are in trouble and drives to pick up Sean there is a Canadian flag visible on top the the buildings in the background.

Soundtrack:

The Last Time We Talked

7even goes emo

What is happening to Dennis Quaid? Seriously now, he is playing the role of the distant father more and more and he plays in worse and worse movies. I like the guy! Cast him in something decent!

As for the movie, it kind of sucked. I mean, the mythos behind the killings was shabby, the police-work ridiculous and, worst of all, I could not relate to ANY of the characters except Dennis Quaid's one... part of the time. And the casting just reveals too much.

Bottom line: if you take Seven, you make it a lot less gruesome, you add cardboard policemen and even cardboard villains, you dumb it down considerably, then you get The Horsemen. Gave it a 6 only for Zhang's efforts on speaking English.