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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 376459" data-attributes="member: 23">Horsemen (2009) <img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F_hrdwcncbaQ4%2FTCQEWSJ9XMI%2FAAAAAAAABvc%2FZkeE2aS3k4k%2Fs1600%2FHorsemen%2B(2009).jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b6816d433caf6b7910b1aa09fa773d39106039575341d108b8218ef72931e28b&ipo=images" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> This ended up in my watch list based on suggestions from other films I've recently watched or added. I'd never heard of it and knew nothing about it other than the write-up saying it was about serial killings based on the Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse. I envisaged something akin to Seven, and I suppose there are some similarities, though it arguably evokes other procedural/race for time/gimmicky serial killer films even more strongly: think The Bone Collector, Copycat or even The Silence Of The Lambs (the latter part of this film even featured the protagonist making frequent visits to the cell of one sociopathic killer in a bid to find another, subjecting himself to degrading taunts and crumbs of false hope in the line of duty). Horsemen may invite direct comparison with some of the films mentioned, but whether it deserves or is worthy of this is a matter of opinion. It's certainly not as stunningly perfect as Silence, for instance. But then few films of its kind are. Because the genre was most dominant perhaps a decade or a decade-and-a-half before Horsemen was made I'd assumed as I watched it was filmed around the late Nineties. Like a number of the other films mentioned, there's a kind of timeless quality to it, with the drabs making it feel almost mid-century at times. Perhaps by 2009, this kind of film would be viewed as old hat. By this time, the genre had been done thoroughly and well to the point there were very few surprises left. This film valiantly attempts to push the boundaries a little, and while most of the skin-stretching is very clearly prosthetic, some of the imagery successfully shocks at times: one rather sick out-of-the-blue reveal around 30 minutes in is pretty difficult to shake once seen. Past this point, though, most of the film's turns can be seen coming from a mile away, and the film's ending felt positively anti-climactic to this slightly jaded viewer. The casting helped this film. Beyond Jaws 3-D and Innerspace, I can't think of any other Dennis Quaid films I've watched (though I dare say there are one or two others). He turned in a good performance here that's piqued my interest enough to want to check out more at some point. Also in the film's favour is its brisk 90 minute running time, which felt just enough. Had it been as long as most of its stablemates, it would have stretched things a bit too thin, and I appreciate the powers that be having the class to recognise this.</blockquote>

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