The Lazarus Effect

2015 "Evil will rise."
5.2| 1h23m| PG-13| en
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Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.

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AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.
ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
fairlesssam This movie is very disappointing. It has a strong cast who deliver on the acting side but the script is poor with little for the cast to work on. The story has been done before in movies such as re- animator so you would hope in a new more modern version things would be pretty good. Sadly this is not the case. As the movie begins they experiment on a dog which, after re- animating, changes it's behaviour and it's brain activity is much altered. This direction of the film was developing pretty nicely but instead of continuing along that path it suddenly jumps way off into another direction when Zoe (Olivia Wilde) gets electrocuted.I found the film to be very frustrating, there was very little character or plot development, it's very shallow and quite boring. It comes across as a very low budget movie even though Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, Ray Wise and Evan Peters are all in it and it states the budget was some $3.3 million dollars!In my opinion it is a wasted opportunity and I wouldn't recommend it.
johndescy I think this is way underrated. While this is nothing intellectual, it is indeed an entertaining horror movie. Acting is quite good and it is overall pretty well made. I also don't think it's a weakness, that big parts of the background story are left to the viewers imagination. Did any horror story ever get better, when everything is explained? I don't think so. We get to know enough for the story to unfold, and I think that's totally OK for a scary movie. Yes, it's more popcorn cinema than deep or demanding, but I think it's thrilling and fun to watch.
bradenbk I honestly didn't know what to think going in, considering the amount of bad reviews this film received back when it came out. Well...at least the actors seem to be trying to save this movie from absolute failure. I actually did enjoy the performances, and the characters (except for Zoe) are actually believable. My only problem is that everyone was either bland (The Mains) Annoying (Eva) or just completely unlikable (Clay and Niko) The Story is not amazing by any standard of the word, and while the premise is....interesting, it doesn't do anything to hook you in, and the actual way it's executed is rather lazy. Once the characters return to the lab, everything just...kind of happens. Suddenly the EMBODIMENT OF MARY SUE that is Zoe is evil and wants to kill everybody, and she does! Oh and there's a really stupid plot twist i'm not even going to mention because if i do you'll literally turn into a piece of toast and be eaten by the nearest person. My Recommendation is to watch if you're interested, but otherwise never even consider it.
Fiorella Taylor Do not waste your time watching that movie. I have no idea how this got reviews that rated it beyond horrible. It just deserves one star because it wasted money to produce.The whole part that is supposed to be of horror and somewhat scary, run for about 20 minutes, and may I add it was VERY unoriginal,lacking emotion/passion. It's disgraceful people who have absolutely no skills for horror are still entitled enough to think they can make something work.... And the result is something like the "Lazarus Effect". Look for another movie or re-watch the classics. Olivia Wilde as usual is horrible, but I can't believe Evan Peters from AHS actually agreed to make this movie. Shocking.