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A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London.A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London.A New York detective investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon in London.
Eva Röse
- Detective Sergeant Agneta Hoglund
- (as Eva Rose)
Dylan Devonald Smith
- Pieter Holl
- (as Dylan Devonald-Smith)
Daniel Sjöberg
- Male Detective
- (as Daniel Sjoberg)
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New York police detective Jacob Kanon (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his wife Valerie (Famke Janssen) arrive in Europe to retrieve their daughter's body after she was murdered by a serial killer. The killer poses the bodies to mimic great works of art. Jacob stays behind to track down the killer himself. Dessie Lombard (Cush Jumbo) is a reporter who starts writing about Jacob and the killer. Meanwhile, hulking Pieter Holl introduces himself to an American couple (Naomi Battrick, Ruairi O'Connor) traveling on an European train.
This is a rather bland murder procedural. It feels like a weak British TV killer procedural. There is a functional twist but there is nothing else after that. The tension is never raised and this just falls flat.
This is a rather bland murder procedural. It feels like a weak British TV killer procedural. There is a functional twist but there is nothing else after that. The tension is never raised and this just falls flat.
This film wasn't that bad, but with very little rework, could've been much better.
The main issue was the amateur screenplay put together by the novel's author, Liza Marklund, and newb writer Andrew Stern. Had a seasoned screenwriter proofread and edited the script, this film would've been impressive.
The 104 min runtime dragged on with terribly slow pacing. This film should've had the pacing sped up and/or the writing cut down to about 85-90 mins max.
Directing by Danis Tanovic was adequate, except for the annoying fade-ins to out-of-focus dizzying shots. The cinematography was decent however, and the score quite fitting. Casting and performances were on point, particularly from Morgan.
This film isn't much of a who-done-it, as we find out underwhelmingly half way through, but more of an international chase, of which also ended as underwhelming, with a silly final scene.
Still, not as bad as the critics say it is. I still enjoyed it, and it's a generous 7/10 from me.
The main issue was the amateur screenplay put together by the novel's author, Liza Marklund, and newb writer Andrew Stern. Had a seasoned screenwriter proofread and edited the script, this film would've been impressive.
The 104 min runtime dragged on with terribly slow pacing. This film should've had the pacing sped up and/or the writing cut down to about 85-90 mins max.
Directing by Danis Tanovic was adequate, except for the annoying fade-ins to out-of-focus dizzying shots. The cinematography was decent however, and the score quite fitting. Casting and performances were on point, particularly from Morgan.
This film isn't much of a who-done-it, as we find out underwhelmingly half way through, but more of an international chase, of which also ended as underwhelming, with a silly final scene.
Still, not as bad as the critics say it is. I still enjoyed it, and it's a generous 7/10 from me.
Ok this movie is not a masterpiece, from Patterson's novel is not a great movie like kiss the girl , but however postcard killing is a very good thriller with an AMAZING Jeffrey Dean Morgan and with some very cool twist. My rating is 7/10
This was an intense serial killer film and it died on entry and then kept dying. Bad acting from start to finish. Constantly you can tell they cut scenes. It was so choppy. Then they have loud emotional crying from both main characters, but they never developed the characters enough to believe or care they are hurt. Horrible acting horrible script.
This was such a great idea for a movie, but they killed it.
This was such a great idea for a movie, but they killed it.
An American couple is murdered in Europe. The girl's father, a police investigator travels to Europe to hunt down the murderer. Other young couples in France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden have since then been killed....
Sounds like a good serial killer film but....
Started off well. Similar to A Perfect Getaway. Midway the twist became predictable n the film came close to Crimson Peak. Then came the lousy unrealistic ending.
Started off well. Similar to A Perfect Getaway. Midway the twist became predictable n the film came close to Crimson Peak. Then came the lousy unrealistic ending.
Did you know
- TriviaConnie Nielsen was the first choice for the role of Valerie Kanon and actually shot part of her scenes, but due to problems of conflict with another set she had to give up finishing the film, she was replaced in the course of work by Famke Janssen.
- GoofsThe address shown on the envelope in Belgium includes the postal code 78605 for Brussels. Belgian postcodes have only 4 digits, not 5, and the codes for the 19 Brussels municipalities are all situated between 1000 and 1210. The "Rue de Lessines" exists, but it is situated in Molenbeek, postal code 1080.
- Quotes
Inspector Klau Bublitz: It seems Simon Haysmith was impotent in more ways than one; he specifically selected them both.
Jacob Kanon: Early genetic engineering at work.
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- $181,415
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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