Director Jordan Downey was previously involved in the B-movie business. He helmed pictures such as “ThanksKilling” and “ThanksKilling 3,” and added a bit of ghoulishness to “V/H/S/Beyond.” Downey aims to get somewhat restrained and atmospheric with “The Cycle,” which follows a forensic anthropologist as she’s called in to investigate a horrible crime, getting in touch with her past in the process. There’s more to the tale, a lot more, but Downey (who co-scripts with Kevin Stewart) goes slow-burn with the offering, creating a first half that’s primarily about character histories and procedural events, eventually reaching increasingly intense matters that change the tone of the movie. “The Cycle” isn’t the most tightly edited endeavor, but it does maintain an involving case to follow, and Downey scores some surges of horror during the investigation, nailing intensity when the effort gets around to physical events. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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