Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- disturbing
- paranoid
- late night thriller viewing
- horror mystery marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film predictable and overreliant on stylized torture, abrupt editing, reversals, and crude neon-noir imagery.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The murders are explicitly linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Conquest.
Aidan Breslin investigates the murders while emotionally distanced from his sons after his wife’s death.
Critical reception specifically identifies overstylized torture and crude neon lighting as defining stylistic choices.
A chain of unusually violent murders gradually reveals a connection to the four prophetic horsemen.
Films like Horsemen, and why
Se7en
Shares a police investigation into ritualistic serial murders, grim neo-noir atmosphere, and religiously inflected mystery.
The Bone Collector
Combines a detective procedural with macabre killings, psychological distress, and an ominous puzzle surrounding the murderer.
The Silence of the Lambs
Features a dark crime investigation, stylized violence, and a serial-killer mystery driven by disturbing symbolic clues.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Shares bleak neo-noir crime storytelling, graphic murder investigation, and a protagonist struggling with personal trauma.
Movie Details
- Director
- Jonas Åkerlund
- Release Date
- 2009-02-06
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (649)
Cast
- Dennis Quaid
- Zhang Ziyi
- Lou Taylor Pucci
- Clifton Collins Jr.
- Barry Shabaka Henley
- Patrick Fugit
- Eric Balfour
- Paul Dooley
- Thomas Mitchell
- Liam James
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Horsemen about?
- A grieving detective hunts a ritualistic murderer whose killings invoke the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
- What is Horsemen like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Horsemen as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Horsemen violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Horsemen as graphic.
- What did critics think of Horsemen?
- Critics broadly found the film predictable and overreliant on stylized torture, abrupt editing, reversals, and crude neon-noir imagery.
- Which films are like Horsemen?
- Films with a similar feel include Se7en, The Bone Collector, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
- How long is Horsemen?
- Horsemen runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Horsemen?
- In United States, Horsemen streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
