The Mortician (2011/Lionsgate DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: C Film: B-
The Mortician, in the worst part of a run
downed town, a lone mortician carries out the thankless job recording the
endless John and Jane Does in a violence filled city. He has no friends, and is
closer to the dead than the living. That
is until a he finds a young boy hiding in his morgue, looking for his mother's
corpse and hiding from an abusive father that killed his mother. He is tired of all the dead bodies being sent
his way, decides at least protect the boy from the violence that surrounds his
morgue.
In a corrupt
and bankrupted city, a lone mortician is all the city can afford for a city of
drugs, vice and violence. Not a day goes
by without another corpse being delivered to the city morgue. The Mortician quietly cleans the bodies and
tags their death, hiding and avoiding the violence and street punks who prowl
in the streets. Every night he sees
someone mugged or killed, not a night goes by without screaming or crying, but
everything changes when a young boy knocks at his door, looking for the body of
his mother, a prostitute.
This was
a fairly good drama filled film, (sort of like Kurt Russell's movie Soldier but minus the guns and sci-fi)
in an urban setting how an honest single man stands against the mist of a
trouble filled world with Method Man in the lead. While doing his daily job, he ignores and
violence all around him, hears, sees, and says no evil. As along as he leaves them alone they leave him
alone... but will they? Edward Furlong
also stars.
The
anamorphically enhanced 2.35 X 1 image was an HD shoot, but looks better than
most I have seen lately, while the lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 mix may not be
great, but is consistent and has some good surround moments. Extras include Autopsy of the Mortician featurette and trailers.
- Ricky Chiang
