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Postmortem (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.

Overview

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Director:
Albert Pyun
Writers (WGA):
John Lowry Lamb (written by) &
Robert McDonnell (written by)
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Release Date:
20 June 1998 (Japan) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Tagline:
The only way to trap a serial killer is to know what he feels, what he thinks, and when he'll strike...again.
Plot:
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. | add synopsis
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This familiar thriller has good atmosphere and fine direction. more

Cast

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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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for disturbing violence with related nudity, and for language.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Company:
Filmwerks more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
James McGregor: [giving cigarette to man who's given him information] Keep it.
Homeless Man: Ah, cheers... you're a sojer!
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Soundtrack:
The Flowers of the Forest more

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This familiar thriller has good atmosphere and fine direction., 5 February 2007
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Author: Lucien Lessard from Canada

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 *****).

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