A Prayer For The Dying
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Director: Mike Hodges
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-FEB-2003
Media Type: DVD
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 4-FEB-2003
Media Type: DVD
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A Prayer For The Dying
- DVD: 0 pages (2003-02-04)
- Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
- Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
- Starring: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis, Christopher Fulford
- Director: Mike Hodges
- Encoding: Region 1
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1,
- Rated: R (Restricted)
- Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
- DVD Release Date: 2003-02-04
- Run Time: 107
- ISBN: 0792854691
- Average Customer Review: based on 20 reviews
- Sales Rank in DVD: #51548
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Summary: Redemption and death 2009-11-27
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Summary: Excellent! 2009-02-14
Comment: The DVD arrived quickly and in excellent condition. The price was great, too. It was a pleasure doing business with you!
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Summary: I've seen better 2008-09-20
Comment: 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).
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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Summary: A Prayer for the Dying 2007-08-29
Comment: It is an excellent movie showing someone who has lost his taste for killing and the road he takes. The acting is very good and the story is excellent.
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Summary: It isn't King Lear, but it's better than you think! 2007-08-23
Comment: I've read some pretty scathing reviews of this film, but I find every Mike Hodges film I've seen to be extremely interesting. This one is no exception. Bob Hoskins is said to be miscast---but I believed him. Alan Bates could read the phone book and I'd enjoy his work. And this is the only time I've ever liked Mickey Rourke's work. If you're exploring Hodges or you just want something a little different, give this one a shot.
The plot is somewhat predictable, but Rourke's acting along with that of Hoskins and Bates is very entertaining and their interactions on screen never dull. Worth watching.