Steve Kastrissios's Aussie revenge thriller has had a fair bit of love on these pages, and not without good reason. The Horseman is a startlingly single-minded tale of retribution shot with an intense, kinetic flair using a grainy bleached-out palette populated by assorted antipodean scumbags. When the grieving Christian (a marvellous Peter Marshall) is sent a grim porn video featuring his recently deceased daughter, he sets off to get some answers, crowbar in hand. Whilst its uncompromising approach is admirable, the relentless nature of Christian's rampage does become somewhat self-defeating, as the succession of beatings meted out quickly becomes repetitive. That said, it's streets ahead of your typical revenge flick, anchored by Marshall's compelling and remarkably sympathetic performance.
The Horseman is out UK DVD and Blu-Ray through Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment from 1st March 2010.
DVD Details
SPECIAL FEATURES: DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 Sound The Making of Horseman (36 minutes) Deleted Scenes
BLU-RAY: Blu-Ray exclusive: 'The Horseman Short Movie - Original Short Story' (16 minutes) Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 Sound The Making of Horseman (36 minutes) Deleted Scenes
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Well that's just bloody great. We're still waiting to see it down here, even though it was classified R18+ in August by the OFLC here.
It's not unusual to read about our films on sites like Twitch before any news in local papers.
Madman are usually pretty good though. We might see a theatrical release.