The Horsemen - Movie Review and Synopsis

Aidan Breslin is a bitter detective emotionally distanced from his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife. While investigating a series of murders of rare violence, he discovers a terrifying link between himself and the suspects in a chain of murders that seem to be based on the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death.

Jonas Åkerlund’s oft-delayed thriller, the music video director’s first feature since 2003’s Spun, looks like the recent X-Files bore and, call me lazy, but brings Se7en to mind. And despite a promising cast (including Zhang Ziyi going all Audition on us?), the trailer is anemic at best. Rumor has it the reshoots here wiped out Neal McDonough’s character entirely, but to me it sounds like he avoided career suicide. (Oh, wait: He’s in the new Street Fighter movie!) And though the studio doesn’t seem behind this one at all, gore hounds might lap up Åkerlund’s limits-pushing scenes of abuse and torture. But I thought this genre was dead?

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

Director: Jonas Åkerlund
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci
Studio: Lionsgate
Release Date: 6 February 2009 (Italy)
Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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