He Never Died takes the vampire horror trope and makes it fresh and new, with a somewhat surprising and original twist.
Jack is what some people would describe as a loner, a recluse, an odd ball. A creature of habit. He is somewhat withdrawn from the rest of society. One day, Jack has a wrench thrown into his routine when he finds out he has a daughter. When that daughter is kidnapped and held for ransom, Jack has to revert back to his old ways of handling business. This is not the way Jack wanted things to go, and certainly isn’t they way the kidnappers wanted it to go. Jack is … special… and they are about to find out exactly why. I had never considered watching He Never Died because it mostly looked (from the place holder image) generic and kinda, well, boring. This was a mistake, and I now realize that, and will attempt to fix it. He Never Died is a great movie, and a simply wonderful performance from Henry Rollins. Rollins plays an immortal, vampire/murderer wanderer. He plays Jack so completely deadpan perfect it’s almost too perfect. He shows almost zero emotion (as the character) but it makes sense for Jack. He is a man that has lived hundreds of years and has grown to not care for anyone (b/c he will outlive them all) and emotions are useless to a person that will live eternally. I don’t know that I would want to have a sequel to He Never Died, but the plot is left so that it very well could be made should they want to. Henry Rollins would most definitely need to be back on board for me to have any care to see it however. The story in He Never Died is a mix of mob drama and horror, with a bit of humor thrown in. No, it didn’t make me laugh so hard I missed plot points, but it did make me chuckle at Jack’s total lack of, or suppression of, social skills. There are no jump-scares, it’s not overly gory with the exception of a few toe-curling bits, but what it is though, is a great film that I am sad I missed for this long.
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