41 - Pathology

    A gifted pathologist in an internship joins a group of other pathologists in a game of who can commit the most clever, and most difficult to solve, murder.

    I think the idea of this movie is really pretty enjoyable, especially because it easily reaches a point that the protagonist has a hard time escaping, which forces the viewer to speculate about how they would get out of the situation.  And the ending was handled very well.  Reminds me a little of EC Comics.

    There are a few problems.  First, we don't see a development of the characters sliding into their game.  We join them while they're already engaging in it.  Second, there's a huge amount of needless sequences trying to equate death/blood with sexuality.  Yep, there are lots of movies that traffic in that idea, but this just seems like it exists to pad the movie.  And to show off Alyssa Milano.  I actually do like how distant the main character seems to be, and it seems fitting.

    And it was a pleasure to see John de Lancie again.