Netflix has just added a dark new thriller with an A-list cast

Perfect weekend viewing.

Looking to his estranged father (De Niro), a retired former police detective, for help, he discovers a connection between the disappearance and a decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as 'The Whisper Man'.

The new Netflix film is full of talent both on-screen and off. It is produced by Anthony and Joe Russo (the Avengers films), directed by James Ashcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen), and written by Ben Jacoby (The First Omen) and Chase Palmer (It).

Watch the trailer for The Whisper Man right here:

Reviews are still trickling in for The Whisper Man. So far they seem mostly positive, with many praising the movie's performances and comparing it to classic serial killer thrillers from the 1990s like Copycat, The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en.

You can read a sample of these glowing write-ups below:

Arizona Daily Sun: "Adam Scott and Robert De Niro give heart to twisty crime thriller The Whisper Man."

Collider: "It doesn't exactly reinvent the formula or offer anything particularly fresh, but it's a solid and extremely eerie watch nonetheless, and a throwback to a time when these sorts of thrillers were commonplace and reliable."

Fandom Wire: "The Whisper Man's pacing, atmosphere, tone, and strong procedural engine keep audiences hooked until its unusual, poignant finale."

Midwest Film Journal: "A worthy successor to serial-killer thrillers that studded the 1990s, The Whisper Man is the rare film adaptation of a contemporary murder-mystery that doesn't merely go for the bloodiest, broadest strokes of the story."

The Wrap: "Oh, how we long for an era when we could take films like The Whisper Man for granted, instead of thanking our lucky stars that an above-average serial killer thriller with a respectable cast was made at all."

Michelle Monaghan in Netflix's new thriller The Whisper Man

When JOE interviewed Hamish Linklater last year about his scene-stealing turn in the second season of Prime Video's adult superhero series Gen V, we had to ask him about The Whisper Man.

At first, Linklater was tight-lipped about the project, telling us: "Yeah, I can tell you that I worked on it with Robert De Niro and Michael Keaton... It was a total thrill, total thrill."

When we responded by telling him we are big fans of The Whisper Man's director James Ashcroft, Linklater got very excited, calling him "unbelievable". This was before recommending that people check out the filmmaker's earlier 2024 horror, The Rule of Jenny Pen, which is streaming on Shudder.

Linklater told JOE: "Oh my God, he's unbelievable. That director James Ashcroft is unbelievable.

"He did this movie [The Rule of Jenny Pen] that is so scary. It's set in a retirement home in [New Zealand], and it stars Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow.

"It's so gross, and those two guys give the most unbelievable performances, but it's beautifully shot.

"Horror with old people... I had to watch it in like increments, but it's so good."

When JOE said we were hoping for some of that energy in The Whisper Man, Linklater crossed his fingers for good luck.

The Whisper Man is streaming on Netflix right now.