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The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Jane Doe Identity
UK 2016
produced by Rory Aitken, Fred Berger, Eric Garcia, Ben Pugh, Stuart Ford (executive), Matt Jackson (executive), Steven Squillante (executive) for 42, IM Global, Impostor Pictures
directed by André Øvredal
starring Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton, Olwen Catherine Kelly, Jane Perry, Parker Sawyers, Mary Duddy, Mark Phoenix
written by Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing, music by Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans, visual effects by Automatik VFX
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Tommy (Brian Cox) and young Austin (Emile Hirsch) are a father and son
team of coroners, and do get on splendidly at that, even if Austin's
girlfriend Emma (Ophelia Lovibond) wants him to quit. Then one night,
almost after closing, they're presented with a wholly mysterious body of a
Jane Doe (Olwen Catherine Kelly): Even though the body was found buried in
the ground hours ago, rigor mortis doesn't seem to have set in yet, and
there's no obvious signs of how the woman might have died. Even weirder,
even though her blood ought to be all coagulated, it's still very much
liquid in substance. Opening up the body only deepens the mystery though,
as many of her organs seem to be damaged, and with intent, but since the
body doesn't show any signs of a previous entry, there's no explanation
for this. Meanwhile outside, a cyclone is setting in eventually shutting
the two men into their mortuary. But the cyclone isn't the only thing
scary, because more and more creepy stuff happens in the place. And then
Tommy and Austin peel their Jane Doe's skin back to discover she's
tattooed with runes on the inside of their skin. Eventually, they put all
the evidence together and find out she must have come from Salem, and from
the time of the witch trials, and it's very probable that the tortures and
humiliations at the hands of the witchfinders have actually made her into
the thing they feared most - a witch. And now the witch has come back and
wants her revenge on humankind - and she doesn't care that Tommy and
Austin have nothing but sympathy for her - she's just pissed and will take
it out on whoever's in her way, and she raises the other dead bodies in
the mortuary to help her ... This film has pretty much the
worst premise thinkable to come up with a good story: Two guys in a
mortuary examining a body. And yet, The Autopsy of Jane Doe has
turned out to be a pretty great movie: Its narrative structure really
helps making things interesting, the mystery the two men are investigating
is a good one, and the characters are well fleshed-out, believable and
relateable. Add to that a fine directorial effort heavy on atmosphere,
nice sets and a pretty great cast, and you've got a film that actually
draws you in before it goes all horror in its third act. Well worth a
watch for sure.
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