Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
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.
Horsemen is a middling serial-killer thriller that borrows heavily from Se7en's biblical-horror playbook without adding much of its own. The Four Horsemen premise offers a potentially distinctive hook but the film executes it in a formulaic, by-the-numbers fashion with telegraphed twists and a murky, unsatisfying resolution. Dennis Quaid brings a grounded performance and the supporting cast is serviceable, but the material rarely gives anyone room to distinguish themselves. Visually the film is competent — dark, desaturated, and moody — but it feels derivative of better genre entries rather than establishing its own visual identity. The ending in particular deflates whatever tension was built, relying on an emotional reveal that feels unearned given the thin character development throughout.