Postmortem

1998 "The only way to trap a serial killer is to know what he feels, what he thinks, and when he'll strike...again."
5| 1h45m| R| en
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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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GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
Comeuppance Reviews James McGregor (Charles Sheen) is a former San Francisco cop who is now a celebrity serial killer profiler. He goes to Scotland to discover his Scottish roots and also to try to get away from his demons, which seem to be alcoholism and...well...alcoholism. When a serial killer begins killing the women of Glasgow, at first McGregor is a suspect but then he begins working with the authorities to try to apprehend the evildoer before he strikes again. Will Charles use all his serial killer knowledge to prevent another killing? Albert Pyun once again proves - as if further proof was needed - that he's a talentless human being with this dour drama that struggles to hold the viewers' interest. Sure, it might be a mild improvement on earlier Pyun disasters, but that's not saying much. The fact that it's a Charles outing should be another red flag. Of course, once we see him smoking, drinking and acting crazy, we thought Postmortem might be a documentary about Sheen's life, but that turned out to be a false alarm.This is a very standard "chasing a serial killer" movie, and this plot has been done countless times, and it was perfected by TV shows like Criminal Minds. Pyun brings nothing new to the table. The Scottish locations are somewhat interesting, and the movie is certainly buoyed somewhat by them and the Scottish actors. But Sheen seems miscast as someone named "McGregor". It seems to be something of a misuse of Sheen.Sheen was hitting the skids, Pyun is usually on the skids, and the whole thing is kind of a mess. Postmortem has zero sense of pacing and thus "PostBoredom" is a more accurate name.For more action insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com
Richard Hawes Charlie Sheen's career has had many highs and lows and back in the late 90s he found himself out of favour with Hollywood's elite. Before resurrecting his career on television he was only able to exploit his star power in direct-to-video releases. In an effort to be taken more seriously, Sheen tried formalising his name for films such as Postmortem. Nobody noticed. Directed by Albert Pyun, the serial killer thriller was arguably a career low. Sheen plays a borderline alcoholic ex-cop drawn back into the field of serial killer profiling when a girl is found dead. Although this sounds fairly standard, the film's location is unique. Postmortem was made in Scotland! The sight of Charlie Sheen wandering around bars in Glasgow is pretty surreal. Featuring a supporting cast of local talent and various unknowns, what Postmortem lacks in Hollywood production qualities (it's cheaper looking than an episode of Taggart) it at least makes up for in curiosity value.
Michael O'Keefe A made-for-TV movie when Charlie Sheen was Charles,who plays Jack McGregor, a self-retired California detective with expertise in profiling serial killers. Burnt out and dealing with his demons, McCregor drinks his life away in a remote Scotland home. Jack has gained some celebrity status from writing mystery novels. A deranged killer begins sending him obits of his most recent kidnap victim before he kills her. McGregor is reluctantly forced into helping the local authorities track down the serial killer before the body count increases. Sheen actually shows some of his non-comedic talent. Others in the cast: Michael Halsey, Ivana Milicevic, Dave Anderson, Stephen McCole and Zuleika Shaw.
George Parker In "Postmortem", Sheen plays a burnt out ex homicide detective from San Francisco who, while hiding from his past in Scotland and booze, gets caught up in a serial killer mystery. The flick is okay artistically though at times so ponderously morose and dark as to have the appearance of an old Frankenstein flick. Sheen wears out the one serious expression in his repertoire of nuanced visages; taught lipped and frowning. The flick doesn't quite make it over the bar on major plot issues such as the spent cop dealing with demons; the investigation becomes a bit convoluted; and the ending is predictable, anticlimactic, and could have been better. Etc. Nonetheless, "Postmortem" makes for an okay watch for Sheen fans, serial killers, and the idle with an appetite for macabre stuff.