Review: ‘Pathology’ on DVD

Travis:

Peter Petrelli gets sinister! Yes, ‘Pathology’ stars Milo Ventimiglia who is best known as Peter from ‘Heroes’. He needs to be looking into some work in movies as the once popular TV show is starting to seriously putter out. Anyway, I digress. ‘Pathology’ is a relatively entertaining movie, even if it is due to it’s immense familiarity. Think… ‘Flatliners’ meets ‘Dexter’.

Ventimiglia plays Ted Grey, a doctor doing his residency in pathology at a hospital in New York. He meets a group of fellow doctors in residency who invite him to participate in a dangerous game. The group seeks out those who “do not deserve to live” and creatively construct their demise, one doctor at a time taking turns. With each vigilante murder, the other doctors in the group then try and determine the method by which that person was killed. These doctors are all specialized in forensic pathology, so this twisted game is a way to make the learning process more “fun” for them.

Ted is engaged to Gwen (Alyssa Milano), the very attractive daughter of a very wealthy man with connections at the hospital. His time away from his fiance and his comfortably boring life proves to be an awakening of sorts for Ted as he’s allured into Dr. Gallo’s warped game. Ted finds himself living a double life, but what will be the ultimate cost of Ted’s decisions? ‘Pathology’ contains one major twist that only minimally predictable. The ending is abrupt, but fittingly brutal.

‘Pathology’ is your average rent-on-DVD late night thriller. The story doesn’t really contain anything original to offer, but is told well enough to be entertaining. Alyssa Milano has minimal screen time and as usual, a good portion of this screen time features her unclad bosom. Lauren Lee Smith who plays Dr. Julliette Bath, one of the game’s regular participants, actually wins the title of actress with the most screen time without clothes in this film. Peter… I mean Milo Ventimiglia proves he cannot act, period. His scenes are so flat and unconvincing you may find yourself asking if he’s actually a Vulcan, escaped from the set of ‘Star Trek’.

[Overall: 3 stars out of 5]