Tuesday, April 5, 2016

The Lazarus Effect (2015)




The Good:
The cast was decent, all playing their roles well and believably, for the most part.
The actual concept behind the movie was not terrible.
The first third or so of the film develops pretty solidly. There is a precursor story to the "main" story with a dog that is much more interesting than the main plot.
Olivia Wild is easy on the eyes.

The Bad:
The last two thirds of the movie moved too quickly. I understand that there is a finite amount of time in an 83 minute movie, but had the film been say 2 hours, it could have been infinitely better. The major portion of the film seems to happen in like 3 hours... had it taken place over a few days, it might have been more engaging.
The music... blah.
Too much use of a "jump scare" throughout.
Boring and kind of dumb deaths.
The end. Then the later end.

Overall: It was as if Flatliners decided that it should try to be Carrie, then it failed miserably. I'll give it 5 pints of blood out of 10.

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