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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
William has a simple job: he makes dead bodies disappear. This isn't something he likes to or even wants to do, but through circumstances out of his control, his little farm house in the country has become a dumping ground for the casualties of the gang-related murders in the nearby city. His daughter, Gloria, has become used to rough-looking men dropping off corpses and is even convinced that some of them are haunting their house. After a woman's body is dumped at the house, William begins his meticulous process when he realizes she's not actually dead. As the gang activity increases, William patches the woman up and holds her against her will until he can figure out what to do with her. As they begin to develop a very unusual respect for each other, the woman's murderers get word that she's still alive and make plans to go finish what they started.
Starring: Aidan Devine, Ava Preston, Jess Salgueiro, Brandon McKnight, Michael ReventarHorror | 100% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
There’s a decent premise in “I’ll Take Your Dead” that’s struggling to survive during the run time. Director Chad Archibald and screenwriter Jayme Laforest work with a fine idea for a horror picture, examining the troubled life of a man (Aiden Devine) who gets rid of dead bodies for criminals, trying to build a small fortune to help buy a better life for his 12-year-old daughter (Ava Preston). However, one of the deceased (Jess Salgueiro) being prepped for dissection isn’t actually dead, with her presence raising all sorts of problems for the newly alert butcher. Sadly, instead of leaning into the macabre aspects of the plot, the production tries to go warm with the concept before it slides into cliché.
The AVC encoded image (2.39:1 aspect ratio) presentation provides satisfactory detail, delivering an understanding of gory encounters and pained faces, with skin surfaces appealing, showcasing a range of concern and decomposition. House interiors are equally textured, delivering a feel for different rooms, including the body disposal basement, which surveys all sorts of tools and fluids. Colors are stable, with cinematographic moods preserved, offering warmer domestic hues and colder surgical ones. Skintones are natural. Delineation is passable. Some mild banding periodically pops into view.
The 5.1 DTS-HD MA sound mix handles the feature's limited sonic reach comfortably. Dialogue exchanges are direct, with strong emotionality and emphasis. Scoring is precise, offering sharp instrumentation and presence in the surrounds, offering agreeable immersion. Atmospherics are also acceptable, picking up on wood floor movement and wintry exteriors. Low-end is minor but some weight is captured. Sound effects retain power, identifying the sawing of flesh and the snap of gunfire.
There's a supernatural element stuffed into "I'll Take Your Dead" as well, and it often feels incomplete, playing like the remnants of an old draft of the screenplay that managed to make it into the final cut. The last thing this unfocused movie needs is a ghostly presence, especially when the rules surrounding specter sightings change as the feature rolls out. Archibald doesn't show the strongest command over "I'll Take Your Dead," and while there's an attempt to disrupt expectations for something simplistically gruesome and aggressive, the production bites off more than it can chew, trying to be the grisly event/family ties/shoot-out experience few are likely to be looking for.
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