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Horsemen (2009)

Horsemen poster
Directed by
Jonas Åkerlund
Genre
drama film, horror film, mystery film, LGBTQ-related film, neo-noir, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 633 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective grieves his wife's death while investigating a string of murders. The killings seem connected to biblical prophecies about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

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What happens

Horsemen is a 2009 American psychological thriller film directed by Jonas Åkerlund, written by David Callaham, produced by Michael Bay, and starring Dennis Quaid and Zhang Ziyi. It follows Aidan Breslin (Dennis Quaid), a bitter and emotionally distracted detective who has grown apart from his two sons after the death of his devoted wife. While investigating a series of murders, he discovers a terrifying link between himself and the suspects that seem to be based on the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence and Death. The film was shot in Winnipeg and was released on March 6, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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