Henry Rollins. Let’s not fight him.
I haven’t written anything about a movie yet. I watched He Never Died recently and it was
excellent, in a black/deadpan humor sort of way. This means that you need to
watch it now. It is available on Netflix as of this writing which means you either
already subscribe or are eligible for a month free trial. I’ll wait.
That image makes sense now.
If there ever was a person who was just older than you can
imagine; seeing the world evolve in so many ways over the years and everyone
you hold dear eventually go away, I would imagine they would act just like
Rollins’ portrayal. He’s a hermit who keeps to himself and tries to remain unattached
to anything temperamental, which includes people and personal relationships in
his case. He also eats people, but not because he wants to. Jack is completely
removed from reality and is indifferent to anything happening around him. At
least at first.
Really the only thing that gets Jack’s concern to the
present is a mistake he made nineteen years ago that resulted in a daughter. He
must not have cared at the time. The story is nice and confined as you won’t
find the fate of the world in the balance here, just a guy who really doesn’t
want to care but realizes that he can fix things.
The dialog is where the film shines. The delivery that Jack
gives in almost every line is spot on perfect. Understated and maybe insane. I’d
be insane if I were alive that long and I would not be able to say the majority
of the lines without laughing. Mr. Rollins, your acting has come so far since Johnny Mnemonic. That was a fun, campy
movie but He Never Died is top notch.
“You’re probably just going to kill another room full of
people.”
[Shakes Head]
“You are?”
“Probably.”
This is one of my favorite movies I have watched in the last
few years. It seems like a rarer occurrence every time it happens. You cheer
for Jack to fix things and one of the best parts is when you find out who you
are cheering for. He Never Died and
he still isn’t sorry for what did to become an immortal cannibal.
