Afouotos
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Abegail Noëlle
While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.
Martin
It disturbs me to see many of these "reviews" on here. The film is designed to make the viewer think. If you do not wish to actually use your brain, don't watch this movie. Story line is great with maybe a few flaws, but no film is perfect. The plot brings to light the emotional and psychological toll life events can have on an individual. The film was steady paced up to the climax. Your attention is kept at the turn of every corner as a new piece to the puzzle is brought forward with doubt and mystery. Pay attention to the little things. I personally had the movie figured out about half way in. However, I happened to notice every small and subtle detail. In the end it is a story of morals, determination, and the fact that a persons past is what creates who they are. If you enjoy a story that makes you reflect back on your own life and experiences, give this film a watch. Keep an open and focused mind, and you will not be disappointed.
jacklyn_lo
Lazarus project (2008)I picked this movie up because it was on the list of the movies with Spiritual Awakening. However, it was a disappointing experience.Intriguing begging with a glimpse of an Enlightening idea failed to be developed into a good plot for the story.The script was written callously, it lacks basic logic, and the spiritual core totally collapses; there ISN'T anything to learn. The protagonist (Ben) for a NEW LIFE given (for FREE!) is not only ungrateful for that, but he also becomes a trouble-maker for all people around him, including the members of his own family. In the NEW life the return home is the obsession of the protagonist.Ben, who at the beginning of the movie failed to reach any "basic" challenge – neither to find a new job, nor to succeed in his criminal action; at the end of the movie, becomes" illegal without doubt " and appears in front of his family with empty hands and an awful track of records.It looks like the director of the movie primarily focuses on the commercial success, not on teaching an audience anything. I rated this movie a generous 3 stars for the beautiful eyes of the protagonist ONLY.
lathe-of-heaven
I basically agree with Lordlahkra's review. This is a well made Psychological Mystery / Thriller. It is a bit slow moving, but it does intrigue you as to what exactly happened to this guy and if there are indeed some Supernatural influences at play.I always like Bob Gunther's roles; I was gonna reference another role of his where he plays a similar character (actually, he has played MANY characters like this one : ) However, I don't want to give too much away!It is nicely put together and acting is very good. As Lord said, this film is for those who don't mind a slow paced Mystery.Giving this a '7' may be a BIT generous, but If you REALLY like Slow Burners, then you should enjoy this movie.Recommended!
dutchchocolatecake
This is one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. This movie was nowhere near worth the eight dollars and hour and a half of my life spent on it.Where do I begin? Had this been a Lifetime movie, people would see just how crappy this movie really is. It really is *just* like one of those cheesy late night flicks on LMN pick-a-flick weekends.The acting is competent, but that doesn't save the characters or story from poor writing. For a "psychological thriller" there is no depth or speck of imagination to be found. This kind of movie has been done several times in several different ways, and this version just happens to be more yawn worthy than most. The characters are bland. Everyone is so perfectly two dimensional there's no challenge for the audience to engage in complexity of personality whatsoever.This is a movie that tries to be more than it can. It tries to be a thriller, but the scenes are boring rather than creepy or intriguing. It tries to be a mystery, but everything is so obvious it can't be. It tries to be a suspenseful conspiracy, but it ends up falling on it's anticlimactic face with a saccharine sweet ending.And rather than having a story that establishes a realistic situation in the beginning; the viewer is taken immediately to some bizarre parallel universe where men who don't carry guns are convicted and executed for the crimes of trigger happy cops. This same bizarre universe includes a newspaper that prints false stories, a dog named "dog," a psychiatric facility that gives entry level inmates complete run of the place, and a staff in charge so weak willed and unprepared for the event that an inmate of average intelligence figures out bullcrap for what it is. There are some movies that succeed because they're just plain weird. There's some movies that succeed because they're just mindless entertainment. There's some movies that succeed because they can evoke a wide range of emotion within the audience. This movie FAILS on all those levels, and more.
