Postmortem (I) (1998)

The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers:

John Lowry Lamb, Robert McDonnell

Stars:

Charlie Sheen, Michael Halsey, Ivana Milicevic

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlie Sheen	...	James McGregor (as Charles Sheen)
Michael Halsey	...	Det. Insp. Balantine
Ivana Milicevic	...	Gwen Turner
Stephen McCole	...	George Statler - Jr.
Gary Lewis	...	Wallace
Dave Anderson	...	Capt. Moore
Stephen Docherty	...	Leo
Leigh Biagi	...	Jane St. John
Phil McCall	...	George Statler - Sr.
John Yule	...	Maddie
Ian Hanmore	...	Theodore Symes
Ian Cairns	...	Mr. McCormack
Sandy Welch	...	Homeless Man
David Walker	...	David Corey
Zuleika Shaw	...	Cheryl Miller

Storyline

The only thing James wants is to remain away from Scotland. One day, however, he receives a fax, a printout of an unknown person's obituary. The next day, he is charged and arrested for the murder of this person.

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Plot Keywords:

mortician | glasgow scotland | serial killer | independent film

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Taglines:

The only way to trap a serial killer is to know what he feels, what he thinks, and when he'll strike...again.

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violence with related nudity, and for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 June 1998 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Anangelia fonou

Filming Locations:

Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmwerks, Imperial Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot in 10 days, of which Charlie Sheen worked 6.

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Quotes

Gwen Turner: Make us look stupid, McGregor...

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Soundtracks

"McGregor's Lament"
Music by Anthony Riparetti (as Tony Riparetti)
Words by Paul Kein and Mary Murphy
Performed by Mary Murphy

User Reviews

This familiar thriller has good atmosphere and fine direction.

James McGregor (Charlie Sheen), An Ex-FBI profiler turned novelist returns to his home land of Scotland for piece and quiet. But McGregor has a drinking problem and having trouble forgetting his last disturbing case from his past. There's an mysterious murderer in Scotland, which this killer writes obituaries before he murders his victim. Which this killer sends his obituary to McGregor. At first, McGregor thinks it's a joke until the dead body was found in his backyard. Now McGregor is forced to investigate the crime with the help of two inspectors (Michael Halsey and Ivana Milicevic). McGregor has to do anything to stop the killer before he receives another obituary.

Directed by Albert Pyun (Mean Guns, Radioactive Dreams, The Sword and the Socerer) made an reasonable if familiar thriller. Pyun is been responsible for making some decent B-Movies and mostly made very awful ones. "Postmortem" is actually his best work as a director. He gives Sheen an moody performance in this. This was only released in Europe and never played in the U.S., Which it was a Direct to Video here. This picture does take time to start, which the movie is extremely slow at first. But once you past the first twenty minutes, you find yourself enjoying this thriller. Clairmont-Scope. (*** 1/2 out of *****).