A Prayer for the Dying
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Actor: Alan Bates, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Fulford, Mickey Rourke, Sammi DavisBrand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of A Prayer for the Dying
DVD Review: I've seen better
Summary: 3 Stars
Ummm, you people who think Mickey Rourke (Martin Fallon) was giving a great performance really need to watch more movies. Rourke's accent was almost as funny as Richard Gere's in "The Jackal." He was okay, but not great.
Maybe this was a good movie in the 80's for that genre, but it was very slow, predictable and filled with stereotypical characterizations of cops and bad guys. Oh, the bad guys were especially terrible in this one (Alan Bates as Jack Meehan). Something like New York cops and bad guys; except Irish. The bumbling and fumbling cops weren't any better.
Maybe it's because I like American-Made films better. Granted, that could be the problem with my somewhat biased opinion. But we all know that there have been countless American flops the past years.
Then again, I've always admired Liam Neeson's (Liam Docherty) acting in any movie (A small part in this one, compared to Rourke's)- including "Next Of Kin," just two years after this one. Bob Hoskins (Father Da Costa) on the other hand, has never impressed me with his acting, and was especially terrible in "Enemy At The Gates" - (2001) as Nikita Kruschev; and in "Outlaw" - (2007) as inside police contact Walter Lewis.
I'm still going to give it three stars for trying, and because there actually were parts I enjoyed once they picked up the pace (somewhat). Also, because when I think about it, so many American film makers could and have done worse (read "HITMAN" - Timothy Olyphant 2007).
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