From the team that brought back Hawaii Five-0, the Transformers, and G.I. Joe, comes this modernization on the classic tale. Ichabod Crane wakes up in the 21st century and runs once again into his old nemesis the Headless Horseman. When I first heard about the extra twist of the Headless Horseman being one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalype, I thought it might get kind of cheesy, but they've made it work. It is a superb acting job by what is largely a cast of unknowns. I'm not used to seeing Clancy Brown in front of the camera. I've been so used to him as the voice of Lex Luthor in various DC Comics animated projects. It is creepy at times, and if you have small children, I would absolutely not let them watch it, because it will give them nightmares. I do give them credit in that when the horseman does cut someone's head off, they try to keep it from getting too graphic. They will show the head, but at an angle where you cannot tell that it has been severed from the rest of the victim's body. On the lighter side, they do have Ichabod learning to exist in the modern world. There is some good comedy moments of when he is trying to learn to use modern appliances such as the coffee maker, the shower, the hair dryer, etc. It appears that they will be fighting a different evil entity each week trying to prevent the end of the world, and I can't wait to see more.
Review of Sleepy Hollow
