- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 90 min
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Lou Taylor Pucci, Clifton Collins Jr. ... see all
- Director: Jonas Åkerlund
- Plot: 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,... Read more
User Reviews
Nice try
Jul 16, 2009
kosmasp - imdb.com
Jul 16, 2009kosmasp - imdb.com
This is not the first movie to start on a high note and then gradually fall down, as the expectations were set pretty high from that beginning. And it won't be the last. While the premise is nice and the acting... Full review
7even goes emo
Jul 05, 2009
siderite - imdb.com
Jul 05, 2009siderite - imdb.com
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,... Full review
Decent new blood for the thriller genre
Jun 24, 2009
Heislegend - imdb.com
Jun 24, 2009Heislegend - imdb.com
I'll certainly say one thing for this movie...I'm surprised it hasn't received any sort of real theater time (to my knowledge). You'd think that Dennis Quaid's name alone could carry at least a decent box office take. But no matter...that's not... Full review
Goes offtrack in the later half, and the villain pretty much admits it too
May 27, 2009
Lawson - imdb.com
May 27, 2009Lawson - imdb.com
The Horsemen didn't get a wide release in the US despite having one here. I figured out the reason halfway into the movie: Zhang Ziyi ("Ziyi Zhang" just looks stupid). Despite having second billing, she actually doesn't have all that much... Full review
Great movie!! The makers cared about it... It even has a theme!!
May 21, 2009
fede_ng - imdb.com
May 21, 2009fede_ng - imdb.com
This movie was great. The plot is interesting and original, and it has a message. But most importantly, everything has a purpose. The mood is right. There is gore, but just enough to convey the perversion of the killer. The dialogs... Full review
The Perfect Mood
May 15, 2009
geurts-2 - imdb.com
May 15, 2009geurts-2 - imdb.com
I don't know about you, but when I sit down to watch a horror film, I don't expect to be blown away. My expectation is only to be engaged, kept in suspense, and hopefully scared out of my mind (this last... Full review
Warning: Almost contains a spoiler
May 15, 2009
mr bongo - imdb.com
May 15, 2009mr bongo - imdb.com
This was one of those "clever" movies that had a twist at the end. The whole point in these films is the twist at the end. The twist in this film was obvious in the extreme but so stupid that you... Full review
Don't come and see: yet more religious nonsense
May 14, 2009
bonsai-superstar - imdb.com
May 14, 2009bonsai-superstar - imdb.com
7.2 on IMDb? Really? It must be a reaction of Middle America to the recent atheist uprising (books by Hitchens, Dawkins, etc.) that there are so many fantastical movies lately. Not satisfied with comic book heroes (Batman, Iron Man, Spiderman, etc.),... Full review
Doesn't hold a candle to the movies it copied
May 13, 2009
Maddis - imdb.com
May 13, 2009Maddis - imdb.com
The Horsemen touts itself as another serial killer cat and mouse and admirably attempts to mix in several sub-genres including torture, exotic piercing, plot twists, and even a silence of the lambs (more Primal Fear in execution) style prison exchange. What... Full review
A Nutshell Review: The Horsemen
May 01, 2009
DICK STEEL - imdb.com
May 01, 2009DICK STEEL - imdb.com
I was gearing up for a good serial killer movie given the premise of having the four horsemen of the apocalypse, with the trailer piquing my interest from its fair share of unflinching blood and gore. Sad to say though that... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jul 10, 2009DVD Talk
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.....the results are muddied, with the filmmaker mistaking lurid detail for persuasive storytelling.....Outside of one marvelous reveal of a dead fetus, the film is pretty much devoid of scares or compelling turns of suspense.....Director Jonas Akerlund assembles a dynamic aura of panic for "Horsemen....a film encouraged by its own sense of misery.... ... Full Review
| Jan 23, 2009Bloody-Disgusting
Over at Badtaste.it you'll find six clips from the film, unfortunately they're in Italian.
In the film Dennis Quaid will play a bitter detective grieving over his wife's recent death.
... Full Review
News
"Horsemen": Good Film Up to the End
associatedcontent.com –
2009-08-01
What do a widower father of two boys, a detective, and a tooth specialist all have in common? The answer is that they are all traits found in Aidan Breslin (portrayed by Dennis Quiad) in the film Horsemen. ... Full Article
'Horsemen' was supposed to be one of the next big thrillers that was to hit DVD this last week with a vengeance. Unfortunately after seeing this film, it sounded more like 'The Mouse That Roared"! ... Full Article
A step down for Asian actors?
straitstimes.com –
2009-04-26
IT WAS not a good week for Beijing-born actress Zhang Ziyi. Last Tuesday, the 30-year-old - who called off her plans to marry Israeli billionaire Vivi Nevo last Friday - came under fire from Chinese netizens for her portrayal of... ... Full Article
Watchmen is a film about the murder investigation for a former comic book superhero. The Horsemen is a murder mystery about a serial killer's crime spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. ... Full Article
Guess what? Lionsgate's The Horsemen is in limited theaters as we speak. No press screenings and in fact, pretty much no press. Unfortunately the film isn't playing near anyone here at Bloody-Disgusting, so if any of you readers get a... ... Full Article

The Horsemen (Italian Trailer)
The Horsemen 2009 trailer 2
The Horsemen
THE HORSEMEN - Trailer

