Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'He Never Died'

​Written by Scotty

There is no worse feeling than being an outcast. Most of the time it is not your decision to become one as some groups of people from your youth have deemed you as such and it is difficult to get away from it. But when you find out that there are people out there that have open minds, it is difficult to stay in the same lifelong rut and you can explore yourself a little bit more. All it takes is finding that one person that can help open the door back to the world for you and they don’t even need to be a friend, just a gatekeeper.

Jack lives alone in his small apartment and keeps to himself. But everything changes for him as people keep coming to his door and interrupting his sleep. Being visited by two men who are looking to beat him up for his interactions with Jeremy, Jack is able to take care of the threat with little effort, but gets shot in the hand while doing so. Heading down to his favorite diner for breakfast as he does every day; Cara, his waitress notices the injuries he has sustained, but since she knows so little about her customer, she is not able to pry too deep to find out what is really happening with him. 

Being a man of very little words changes quickly for Jack as he finds out that he has a daughter. Picking up his little girl Andrea from a stranger's house, he finds out that she is a chatter box and wants to know everything about him. There are secrets that Jack does not want to give up just yet, but seeing that his little girl might have some of the same traits that he was born with is worrisome to him and hopefully she has not developed the hunger he has tried to keep suppressed. As a group of men are trying to kill Jack for what he has done in the past and in the present, the battle hits closer to home than he would like when his little girl is kidnapped. Only wanting to feed on the guilty, Jack has to keep his strength up while scouring the streets for the evil doers that are looking to do harm to him or his remaining family.

I really enjoyed the story that this movie was getting across.  As Jack knows he can never die, he does not want the world to know about this, much less trying to be a hero to anyone but himself. Not wanting to give into temptation, he sticks to his normal areas that have good people at them so he will not be a little bit tempted to take a bite. But the hunger does get best of him and after being forced into a battle with a gang, Jack goes back to his roots since he is never able to void them completely. My favorite scene in the movie is where Jack is trying to find a person to feed off of during the night. Only wanting to take the wicked, seeing his reaction as there are so many good walking the streets, his faith gets challenged. The addition of Andrea to his life makes him have to change his ways a little bit, but when she gets caught up in the battle between good and evil, Jack is forced to make the decision to save her or let her go, but has to do this for himself and nobody else. Happy Viewing.

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