He Never Died

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Its an interesting idea, a story of immortality but its horribly slow pacing and bleakly nihilistic overtones are so over baked, after twenty or so minutes, you genuinely wish you were dead. I know there are some pretentious types who are going to bang on about it being clever and subtle, well no, its just painfully dull and as meaningless as a life that never ends, which in reality means its never really lived. Amazed that so much awful rubbish gets made into TV and cinema. 2/10 from me and only because its not the actors fault this is such utterly pointless crap.

Every once in a while there comes along a flick which gives you a good ol' sheer surprise. You are left exclaiming - "Are there any more of such movies?", "Why don't they make more of such films?" The humble demeanour (and low budget) of such films disguises their ingenuity. Well, "He Never Died" is one of those films. An unexpected movie that is dark in nature, funny throughout and leaves you feeling satiated when over. The kind of satiety derived from a piece of good cinema. 'He Never Died' approaches a subject which is favourite staple of horror genre with a brilliant ingenuity. And a twist. Such ingenuity, to my memory, was visible recently only in 'What We Do In Shadows (2015)'. Humour here treats the audience as adults - grown-up sapiens capable of using grey matter. The dark bloody humour is quirkily deadpan and phenomenally subtle. Humour is not let down till the last scene and the script is tightly knit till the end. Story deliciously alloys crime, revenge, supernatural and dry, dark comedy into a bizarre story. Usually the films of low budgets drop the guard in second half and veer into banality. Not this film. I truly relished the raucousness of the film sprinkled with giddy gore till the end, and beyond. The effort from scriptwriters and director deserves standing ovation. To me the actors were unknown. They deserve praise too- especially Henry Rollins in the lead and Kate Greenhouse in the support. Performances don't come more deadpan in this original. Writing anything about the story will inadvertently ruin the suspense which is the crux of the film. The film never fully answers anything, it gives you what you need to know and leaves the rest to suspense. For me it was brilliant. Unfortunately, you get only one or two of such films every year. Hidden gems. I really hope they make more of such movies.