Postmortem

REVIEW
Postmortem is the first "made for video" feature from Imperial Entertainment, and it's worse than those unfortunate theatrical films that go "straight to video." If this film is any indication of the studio's output, they're in trouble. Career-dead Brat Pack refugee Charles (not Charlie) Sheen stars as Charles MacGregor, an American ex-detective and author (the plot also needs him to be a drinker, a caring but estranged father and a brilliant criminologist -- the last two are unconvincing). MacGregor is in Scotland getting in touch with his roots when a naked woman is found dead in his backyard. The "twist" is that he receives a faxed obituary before she dies. At first a suspect, he's soon convinced to help the clueless Scottish police force find the killer. The acting is lazy and boring, the plot exposition drags tediously, but the biggest flaw is revealing the killer too soon, then not developing his character. There are small campy moments, but ultimately the absence of suspense and so much more makes it fail.