Horror film is shrouded in mystery that leads to horrifying secrets – Uniontown Herald Standard

A mystery unravels during an autopsy in the horror film The Autopsy of Jane Doe on Blu-ray and DVD this week.

In the film father and son coroners, Tommy (Brian Cox, Troy and The Bourne Supremacy) and Austin (Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild and Milk) receive the body of a homicide victim that seems to have no cause of death. As they work to figure out whose body this is they uncover strange clues that are connected to terrifying secrets.

Brian Tallerico, a reviewer for RogerEbert.com, said that while the film is good and entertaining, it still has a few short comings.

Its not uncommon for a horror movie to be more effective in its set-up than its climax.

A whispered boo is much scarier than a scream in your face.

Luckily, that first hour of The Autopsy of Jane Doe is so clever and well-done that it makes the sins of the finale easy to forgive, he wrote.

Donald Clarke of the Irish Times, and also a fan of the film, wrote, Fans of the genre will rejoice in the rare sight of a new kind of threat. They will celebrate further at the directors success in satisfactorily exploiting a challenging premise.

But, not everyone embraced the film.

The second half is merely morbid runaround, punctuating its soundtrack crashes with self-justifying footnotes on historical misogyny, wrote Mike McCahill of the Guardian.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe is rated R for bloody horror violence, unsettling grisly images, graphic nudity and language.

Other films on Blu-ray and DVD this week include:

n Power Rangers starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler and directed by Dean Israelite in this action film about high-school students who receive unique superpowers and in turn use them to save the world.

The movie is rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, language and for some crude humor.

n T2 Trainspotting starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner and Johnny Lee Miller and directed by Danny Boyle in this drama that reunites the crew of Sick Boy, Spud, Begbie with their friend Mark Renton who returns to Scotland after 20 years abroad.

The film is rated R for drug use, language throughout, strong sexual content, graphic nudity and some violence.

TV series on Blu-ray and DVD this week include:

n The Rockford Files: The Complete Series starring James Garner, Noah Beery Jr. and Joe Santos in this 1970s-1980s series about an ex-convict turned private investigator.

n Midsomer Murders: Series 19, Part 1 starring John Nettles, Jane Wymark and Barry Jackson in this mystery drama series about a veteran detective and his young sergeant who investigate murders in the community of Midsomer County.

n Prision Break: The Complete Third Series starring Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller and Amaury Nolasco in this crime series about an innocent man on death row whose only chance of survival is if his brother gets sent to the same prison and helps him escape.

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