Horsemen went direct-to-video with Dennis Quaid and Ziyi Zhang. It's surprising because it's a Platinum Dunes production--the guys who remade Friday the 13th; I thought Michael Bay would have a firmer distribution deal.
The director, Jonas Åkerlund, is fine. With a better script, he might have made a better movie.
Horsemen would have been more successful as a TV pilot. It's decently paced at its ninety minutes. Things start to fall apart halfway through as the dynamic changes occur. Quaid and Zhang--with Zhang as Hannibal Lecter--facing off is a disaster. Zhang's terrible once the character changes.
The script's incompetent but it does pace the film with the scenes--almost--in vignettes. There's a good, short sequence with Patrick Fugit. Fugit's good. Paul Dooley shows up for a little while and he and Quaid have a Breaking Away reunion (though I can't remember if they had any scenes together in that film).
Peter Stormare's awful enough to make one forget he's ever been good.
It's a dumb family drama with Quaid and his two sons. Quaid's not really good, but he's not terrible. Clifton Collins Jr. is great. One of the more interesting things in the film are he and Quaid's hairstyles. They both have these late seventies cop movie hairstyles.
A lot of the film relies on Lou Taylor Pucci, as Quaid's older son. He's not bad, just ineffectual. Fugit would have been a better choice.
I was expecting to turn it off but didn't.
CREDITS
Directed by Jonas Åkerlund; written by Dave Callaham; director of photography, Eric Broms; edited by Jim May and Todd E. Miller; music by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek; production designer, Sandy Cochrane; produced by Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller; released by Lionsgate.
Starring Dennis Quaid (Aidan Breslin), Ziyi Zhang (Kristen), Lou Taylor Pucci (Alex Breslin), Clifton Collins Jr. (Stingray), Barry Shabaka Henley (Tuck), Patrick Fugit (Corey), Eric Balfour (Taylor), Paul Dooley (Father Whiteleather), Liam James (Sean Breslin), Chelcie Ross (Police Chief Krupa) and Peter Stormare (David Spitz).
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