THE MORTICIAN is a contemporary urban noir. A redemption tale, the story of a man stepping from darkness into to light, one man's struggle through the violence and corruption of a dying city where the poor are corralled into lawless ghettos. Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated.He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). A volatile youth working as part of his parole, Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood.Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. Kane sparks The Mortician's emotional awakening. They become reluctant allies struggling for redemption. They flee from danger, determined to escape the physical and emotional chains that threaten to imprison them forever.
| Release Date: | Nov 2011 |
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| Genre: | Thriller |
| Cast: | Edward Furlong (Petrovsky), Dash Mihok (Carver), Blake Michael (Street Kid), Method Man (), Wendell Pierce (Clinger), Luis Da Silva Jr. (Benny), David Jensen (Officier Laurel), Randal Reeder (Officer Hardy), Dana Fuchs (Ava), Ava Santana (Chloe), Angelic Zambrana (Maria), Lance E. Nichols (Auggie), Judy Marte (Jenny), E.J. Bonilla (Noah), Odessa Sykes (Busy Body), Anthony Michael Frederick (SWAT Cop), Ann Mckenzie (Millie), Cherie Thibodeaux (young Millie), Leticia Jimenez (Luisa Ortiz), Cruz Santiago (Kane), Isabella Anais Hewitt (Bella), Jordan Coleman (Rico), Josh Gates (Shackles), Robert Douthat (S.W.A.T. Officer), Tiffany J. Billiot (Missy), Lily Solange Hewitt (Lily), Jacob Ryan Dupree (Jake), Moe Bertran (Sandy), Vernon Brooks (Young Mortician), Kyrt Gates (Junkie #1), Idella Johnson (Mortician's mama), Christoff 'Chris Daddy' Williams (Chris), Ray Born (Fat 'Redneck' Sherriff), Michael 'Big 420' Zielinski (Alfonso), Austen Daliet (Ava's Son), Corey Nichols (Junkie #2), Geraldine Glenn (Mrs. Neebs (uncredited)), Daniel Vincent (Street Level Drug Dealer (uncredited)) |