He Never Died (2015) #438

After watching "He Never Died", it's impossible to imagine anyone but Henry Rollins ("Wrong Turn 2", "Feast") playing the lead role of Jack in this film. His performance as Jack is the best I've ever seen of him and his deadpan delivery throughout the movie is pitch perfect. I was weary about watching this film and kept overlooking it because I saw that it was described as a comedy/drama/thriller but that labeling is dead on and actually works in the production. "He Never Died" is a movie that I highly recommend to everyone, horror fan and beyond.

As the movie title suggests, "He Never Died" is about an immortal, Jack, who lives among us but could care less about anything that goes on around him. This is an honest and realistic approach to this kind of character; how long would it take before everyday problems become nothing more than a nuisance to someone who is immortal? Even the during the action scenes, Jack is relaxed and basically unphased by the violence that he inflicts or recives. Jack has a very strict daily routine that hits a bump when he finds out that he has a young adult daughter, Andrea, from a very brief fling he had. He brings her along to bingo and to his favorite local diner. His interactions with her and the waitress of the diner that he frequents are so deadpan and honest that it takes them by surprise, even the the waitress, Cara, who has served him countless times before. 

The antagonists that interrupt Jack's peaceful routine are a pair of mobsters who are looking for a hospital intern that delivers packages to Jack everyday. The intern that works for Jack owes the mobsters money, but their shakedown is interrupted when Jack shows up. After a failed attempt to kill Jack, they resort to kidnapping Jack's daughter Andrea, who was staying with Jack after meeting him a couple of days earlier. Instead of running to her rescue and leaving her to die, Jack is forced to seek out who exactly is calling the shots after a kill team is dispatched to the diner that he goes to every evening. With the help from Cara the waitress, Jack goes out to save his daughter and put an end to the mob once and for all.

The story twists, Jack's dark secrets and mysterious, and the supporting characters making this film fun and unusual. This is most definitely a film to watch for any and all Henry Rollins fans!