Pathology (film)

Infobox Film
name = Pathology

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caption = Promotional film poster
director = Marc Schoelermann
producer = Gary Lucchesi
writer = Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor
narrator =
starring = Milo Ventimiglia
Alyssa Milano
Lauren Lee Smith
Dan Callahan
Michael Weston
Johnny Whitworth
Keir O'Donnell
Larry Drake
music = Johannes Kobilke
Robb Williamson
cinematography = Ekkehart Pollack
editing = Todd E. Miller
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = ^UK 11 April, 2008
^US April 18 2008 (limited)
runtime = 93 mins.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross = Domestic: $109,045
Worldwide: $3,084,404

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followed_by =
website = http://www.enterpathologylab.com
amg_id = 1:389401
imdb_id = 0964539

"Pathology" is a 2008 thriller film directed by Marc Schoelermann and written by Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, creators of Crank. The cast was announced on April 4, 2007 and filming started in May 2007. The film premiered April 11, 2008 in the United Kingdom and opened in limited release in the United States on April 18, 2008. [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964539/releaseinfo |title=Pathology (2008) - Release dates |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Internet Movie Database]

Plot

A group of medical residents studying pathology devise a deadly game: to see which one of them can commit the perfect murder.

When med school student Ted Grey (Milo Ventimiglia) graduates top of his class he joins one of the nation’s most prestigious Pathology programs. With talent and determination, Ted is quickly noticed by the program’s privileged and elite band of pathology interns who invite him into their crowd. Intrigued by his new friends he begins to uncover secrets he never expected and finds that he has unknowingly become a pawn in their dangerous and secret after-hours game at the morgue of who can commit the perfect undetectable murder. As Ted becomes seduced into their wild extracurricular activities the danger becomes real and he must stay one step ahead of the game before he is the next victim. [ [http://movies.about.com/od/pathology/Pathology_2007.htm Pathology Movie - Pathology Trailer, Credits, Photos, and Interviews ] ] .

He joins them in their 'game' of sorts, until eventually the group's ring leader (Dr. Jake Gallo) realises Grey is sleeping with his girlfriend (Dr. Juliette Bath) and openly murders people during the secret meetings. When Dr. Ted Grey's fiancée arrives to stay with him in his apartment, Gallo, angered by his girlfriend's infidelity kills her for the next game. However, just as they are about to begin the autopsy on Dr. Bath (while plotting Grey's death), Gallo realises that the gas has been left on in the room resulting in a massive explosion as one of the group lights a meth pipe, killing everyone but Grey who was not in the room and Gallo who realizes what's about to happen and survives. Dr. Grey is seen walking away from the explosion. Eventually Dr. Gallo manages to kill Dr. Grey's fiancée in what he believes to be the "perfect murder". Upon completing his autopsy report on his murdered fiancée, Grey is knocked out by Gallo and then forced to trade verbal barbs with him. Grey uses some of Gallo's own rhetoric against him in reverse psychology fashion, after which a fellow pathologist (Dr. Ben Stravinsky) frees Grey and together they kill Gallo in the exact same way that he killed Grey's fiancée (during which in one of the most chilling climaxes; they commence dissecting a still alive Gallo).

Cast

*Milo Ventimiglia as Dr. Ted Grey
*Michael Weston as Dr. Jake Gallo
*Alyssa Milano as Gwen Williamson
*Lauren Lee Smith as Dr. Juliette Bath
*Johnny Whitworth as Griffin Cavanaugh
*John de Lancie as Dr. Quentin Morris
*Mei Melançon as Dr. Catherine Ivy
*Keir O'Donnell as Dr. Ben Stravinsky
*Dan Callahan as Chip Bentwood
*Larry Drake as Fat Bastard
*Buddy Lewis as Harper Johnson
*Alan Blumenfeld as Mr. Williamson
*Deborah Pollack as Mrs. Williamson
*Anne Girard as Donna (Ben's Date)
*Jarvis W. George as ICU Doctor (as Jarvis George)
*Don Smith as Man on Bus
*Sam Witwer as Party Boy

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of April 23, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 50% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 13 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008496-pathology/ |title=Pathology Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 55 out of 100, based on 8 reviews. [cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/pathology |title=Pathology (2008): Reviews |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Metacritic]

References

External links

* [http://www.enterpathologylab.com/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0964539|title=Pathology
*rotten-tomatoes|id=10008496-pathology|title=Pathology
*metacritic film|id=pathology|title=Pathology
*mojo title|id=pathology|title=Pathology
*amg movie|id=1:389401|title=Pathology
* [http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/bdtv/Player.php?id=1183 Trailer] at bloody-disgusting.com
* [http://movies.about.com/od/pathology/Pathology_2007.htm/ movies.about.com]
* [http://cinemafantastique.be/film2116,Pathology.html Infos, pics and reviews]