May you die in Ireland
Martin Fallon is a former assassin who has been asked to perform one last job. Fallon reluctantly takes the job. He sneaks up on his victim and executes him in front of a priest. The priest causes Fallon to question his profession. As Fallon tries to step out of the shadow of his former
life, his most recent employers will stop at nothing to ensure he disappears for good.
"What are you doing father, praying or puking?"
Mike Hodges, director of Murder by Numbers, I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, Flash Gordon, The Omen II, and Get Carter (1971), delivers A Prayer for the Dying. The storyline for this picture is interesting and on par with numerous other films within the action genre. The acting in this film separates it from other pictures with similar plots and the cast includes Mickey Rourke, Liam Neeson, and Bob Hoskins.
"You should have shot the bastard."
A Prayer for the Dying is a film that grabbed my attention based on its marvelous cast. I am a Mickey Rourke fan and have been on a mission to see as many of his pictures as possible. I will say Rourke does an awesome job of delivering an Irish accent and his character is predictably eccentric. Overall, this is a worthwhile action picture that does little to separate itself from other films in the genre other than having outstanding acting.
"I bury people or I burn them."
Grade: C+
July 6, 2010
