The Postcard Killings

2020 1h 41m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 665

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After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across Europe.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Jacob Kanon
Famke Janssen
Valerie Kanon
Cush Jumbo
Dessie Lombard
Joachim Król
Inspector Klaus Bublitz
Steven Mackintosh
Detective Inspector Rupert Pierce
Naomi Battrick
Marina Haysmith / Sylvia Randolph
Ruairí O'Connor
Simon Haysmith / Mac Randolph
Denis O'Hare
Simon Haysmith

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Danis Tanović
Writers: Andrew Stern, Ellen Brown Furman, Tena Štivičić
Languages: Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Russian, Swedish
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Russian, Swedish.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Postcard Killings Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Danis Tanović, shot by Salvatore Totino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Simon Lacey. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sean Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Famke Janssen and Cush Jumbo carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Danis Tanović directs. Salvatore Totino behind the camera. Simon Lacey scores. Sean Barton cuts. Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Russian, Swedish.

Trivia

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1Released 6 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 6 languages: Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Russian, Swedish.
3International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Part of the "The Postcard Killings Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Danis Tanović, shot by Salvatore Totino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Simon Lacey. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Sean Barton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Famke Janssen and Cush Jumbo carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt4106514 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Salvatore Totino
Original score: Simon Lacey
Editing: Sean Barton
Production design: Jennifer Williams
Makeup / hair: Heather Pitchford
VFX supervisor: Robert Treen
Sound: Rob Hughes
Stunt coordinator: Pål Morten Hverven
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NC-17
IMDB: The Postcard Killings (2020)

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The Postcard Killings Collection

A series of thriller films based on the novel by James Patterson and Liza Marklund.

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JPV8522020-05-15
★ 5/10
Generally I like these crime-dramas, which I is why I also watched CSI and Criminal Minds when they were on. However, this adaptation of the James Patterson/Liza Marklund novel has some editing problems and sloppy dialogue. There were a couple okay scenes that did surprise, otherwise it kind of plods along at a slow pace. If not for Jeffrey Dean Morgan, this would've been tough to sit through. 2.75/5
r96sk2022-03-22
★ 5/10
Big fan of Jeffrey Dean Morgan, but this isn't a good film. <em>'The Postcard Killings'</em> should be full to the brim with vigour and vitality as the plot involves a mystery that takes the characters across Europe. Unfortunately, it's extremely dull from start to finish. It's not anything necessarily terrible, it's just the uneventful feel to things hampers this 2020 release hard. Morgan gives a solid performance, though I kinda wanted more from him - at times he kinda felt miscast, if I'm honest. I'm not fully sure if that's the case or not though. The support cast are fine if forgettable, the minor standout behind Morgan is Naomi Battrick; who I recall seeing in a few early episodes of television show <em>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown_(TV_series)" rel="nofollow">Jamestown</a>'</em>, which I found to be equally as uninteresting as this. This needed a quicker pace and more action, without that it's a disappointment.
CinemaSerf2022-04-04
★ 5/10
When a young girl is murdered on her honeymoon, her devastated detective dad "Kanon" (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) joins in the investigation. It doesn't take long for him to discover - with the aid of Swedish journalist "Dessie" (Cush Jumbo) - that this is not an unique crime, even though the perpetrator leaves the bodies as if they were features in a famous work of art. Meantime, the young Naomi Battrick and Ruairi O'Connor are travelling thorough Europe on a train when they encounter the burly, tattooed "Pieter" (Dylan Devonald-Smith). Might they be in the same danger? The story has quite a few twists and turns, and were it in better hands with a better cast then it might have been, well, better... As it is, though, the more interesting aspects of the plot are seriously undercooked; it takes far too long for us to get going and the quality of the acting and the dialogue - pretty much across the board - is nothing special. Some nice scenery, I suppose, but despite his tragedy I just couldn't warm to "Kanon" nor to his underused wife "Valerie" (Famke Janssen). It's a standard television movie that passes the time, but nothing more.