The Postcard Killings is a mundane crime thriller in which an American Detective called Jacob Cannon is trying to solve the murders of his newlywed daughter and her husband. Starting in London, the chase takes him to Munich and Stockholm and it turns out that there is a recently married couple murdered at each location by a pair of killers who announce their presence in each city via postcard which has a quote on it and is sent to a journalist a few days prior to the killings. The placement of the bodies also resembles famous works of art but with a gruesome twist.
The movie starts of interestingly enough but it becomes very predictable. The identity of the killers is hardly ever in doubt and the reasoning behind the murders is weak and glossed over in a few short scenes. A lot of the scenes seem rushed and editing appears choppy. The flashback scenes and certain scenes when Jacob is looking at a map of Europe seem very cheap and more suitable to a bad made-for-tv movie. Some of the acting is also not always on par although Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Jacob is decent but he could probably do this kind of role in his sleep. Famke Janssen as his ex-wife is phoning it in and is involved in assisting the investigation from the U.S. and that seems farfetched. There is a moment half way through the film where there is supposed to be this big reveal about who the killers are but its flat and expected and the ending is both unlikely and unrealistic.
Overall The Postcard Killings is somewhat watchable but more easily forgettable than anything else.
The movie starts of interestingly enough but it becomes very predictable. The identity of the killers is hardly ever in doubt and the reasoning behind the murders is weak and glossed over in a few short scenes. A lot of the scenes seem rushed and editing appears choppy. The flashback scenes and certain scenes when Jacob is looking at a map of Europe seem very cheap and more suitable to a bad made-for-tv movie. Some of the acting is also not always on par although Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Jacob is decent but he could probably do this kind of role in his sleep. Famke Janssen as his ex-wife is phoning it in and is involved in assisting the investigation from the U.S. and that seems farfetched. There is a moment half way through the film where there is supposed to be this big reveal about who the killers are but its flat and expected and the ending is both unlikely and unrealistic.
Overall The Postcard Killings is somewhat watchable but more easily forgettable than anything else.