| The Postcard Killings | |
| Director: | Danis Tanović |
| Screenplay: | Tove Alsterdal Ellen Brown Furman Liza Marklund Andrew Stern Tena Štivičić |
| Producer: | Paul Brennan Tracey Edmonds Leopoldo Gout Anna Sofia Mörck Peter Nelson James Patterson Miriam Segal Jeffrey Dean Morgan |
| Starring: | Jeffrey Dean Morgan Famke Janssen Cush Jumbo |
| Cinematography: | Salvatore Totino |
| Editing: | Sean Barton |
| Music: | Simon Lacey |
| Studio: | Good Films Collective |
| Distributor: | RLJE Films |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $181,415[1] |
The Postcard Killings is a 2020 American crime film directed by Danis Tanović, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke Janssen and Cush Jumbo, and based on the 2010 novel The Postcard Killers by James Patterson and Liza Marklund.[2] [3] The film was released on March 13, 2020, receiving negative reviews from critics.
Jacob Kanon, a New York detective, investigates the death of his daughter who was murdered while on her honeymoon; he recruits the help of an American journalist working in Sweden, Dessie Lombard, when other couples throughout Europe suffer a similar fate.
The movie opens with someone killing a young couple. It turns out to be Jacob Kanon's daughter and her husband who are in London on their honeymoon. He goes to London to identify the bodies of his daughter and her new husband at the morgue.
After that Kanon starts investigating on who's the killer and moves to other European cities as the killer doesn't stop. With the help of Lombard and a German policeman he exposes the truth and understands what's going on.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 29 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[5]
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "The filmmakers are clearly hoping that Patterson's name will be enough to attract moviegoers, but this misbegotten effort only serves to further tarnish a cinematic brand already diminished by 2012's Tyler Perry-starrer Alex Cross."[6] Dennis Harvey of Variety said: "This uninspired detour into impersonally commercial English-language terrain for Bosnian director Danis Tanovic (an Oscar winner for 2001's No Man's Land) should provide Patterson's fans and undemanding miscellaneous viewers with an acceptably slick if not-particularly-suspenseful crime potboiler for home viewing."[7] Brian Costello of Common Sense Media awarded the film three stars out of five.[8]