![]() ![]() Ernest McNab who was indicated by the secret numeric code that Roger had found, but he turns the tables on Roger, capturing him, then locking him in an ambulance with Rebecca's dead body in order to wait out his last hour to dissolution. Randi tells Roger that she too is undead, having been one of Laudermilk's first test subjects for resurrection, shortly before abruptly dissolving while asking for Roger's forgiveness. ![]() ![]() Upon returning to Randi's home, they find Doug dead, having been suspended and drowned in a fish tank for some time. While there, they encounter a numeric code, which Roger discovers later is a vital clue. He and Randi pay a visit to Laudermilk's tomb and Randi admits she's not his daughter, more a protégé or daughter he'd never had. The two of them pay another visit to Rebecca, who says that she might have found a way to keep Roger in healthy condition indefinitely, but the unsure nature of the theory has him decide to spend his final hours finding the man who killed him. Randi says that she is the daughter of a rich industrialist, and the owner of the company she works for until his death, Arthur P. They go to Randi's house just shortly before she is attacked by two more undead thugs, which the partners are able to subdue. Roger decides to take this time to find and exact his vengeance on the person who killed him. He says he feels fine, yet he has no heart beat and his skin is cold to the touch, Rebecca surmises he has about twelve hours before the reanimation process ends and he dissolves into a puddle of mush. When Doug wanders off to investigate a suspicious room, he encounters the reanimated corpse of a biker on a strange machine and in the fray, Roger is knocked into a decompression room used to humanely kill failed test animals and is asphyxiated to death.Įncountering the machine, and realizing it is capable of bringing people back from the dead, Rebecca and Doug successfully bring Roger back from the dead. Mortis and Bigelow investigate and meet the company's head public relations person, Randi James who gives them a tour of the facility. There is a preservative chemical compound found in the bodies that connect the pair of detectives to a company that had ordered a great amount of it recently. Meanwhile, a coroner friend of Roger's, Rebecca informs the detectives that the two bodies they had brought in had previously been to the morgue: not only do they have autopsy scars, but she herself clearly remembers performing the autopsy and has pictures to prove it, suggesting they simply got up and left the morgue of their own volition. Thanks to the combined, albeit extreme measures of Mortis and Bigelow, they are able to take out the criminals, their acts narrowly avoiding termination. The robbers take on a squadron of police in a messy shootout, but neither seem affected when they are riddled with bullets. 1.Detectives Roger Mortis and Doug Bigelow are called to the scene of a rather violent jewelry store robbery. Whatever the psychology behind it, the marriage of sex and mystery is a proven cinematic institution. The most sexual beings in these stories are drawn to the most perilous situations. There's also the implication that sex is something dangerous and impossible to control. What makes mystery and sex such excellent bedfellows? I think it's partly because misdirection of both the hero and the audience are necessary pretty people and compromising situations are a great distraction. ![]() The 16 sexy mystery movies you'll see below are a mix of the old and the new: a little Amy Dunne, for the innovators and a little Lisa Fremont, for the purists. More recent releases build on and subvert the mystery-romance tropes defined by those classics, giving movie fans a fresh take on a forever popular genre. Going back to prolific director Alfred Hitchcock and his taste in sultry, well-dressed leads and slinky detective stories starring real-life lovers Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Hollywood has long known the value of a sexy whodunnit. (Just throw those two treats together and shake, trust me.) The film canon is well stocked with mystery movies and thrillers with a provocative streak. Mysteries and sex appeal go as well together at the movies as M&Ms and popcorn. ![]()
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