Dr. Frank Walton (Mark Duplass) and Dr. Zoe McConnell (Olivia Wilde) have been researching a serum named "Lazarus" to help patients in coma to stay alive during interventions for three years in the university sponsored by the Werner-Goss Biotechnical. They bring the documentarian Eva (Sarah Bolger) to make a film about their discoveries with their team formed by Niko (Donald Glover) and Clay (Evan Peters) and their experiment with a dead dog. However they discover that Lazarus is capable to resurrect the animal that awakes with a different behavior. They decide to keep their discovery in secret, but their project is shut down by the President Dalley (Amy Aquino) claiming that he had an experiment in direct violation of the Review Board. Further, their research is completely stolen by the Crylonis Pharmaceutical that had become shareholder in Werner-Goss.
Frank convinces his team to return to the laboratory to duplicate their experiment to prove that they own the patent of the serum, but there is an accident and Zoe is electrocuted and dies. Frank decides to use the Lazarus to resurrect her against the will of his friends but soon the team learns that something is wrong with Zoe, who is Catholic and tells that she is trapped in hell.
"The Lazarus Effect" is a horror movie with a good story that uses some concepts from "Flatliners". The screenplay is too tight and the story develops in a fast pace, with sufficient development of characters and situation; maybe this is the main reason for the bad reviews. The location is claustrophobic, but there are many unnecessary fire and explosions. The cast has at least three great names - Olivia Wilde, Sarah Bolger and Mark Duplass and never disappoints. In the end, "The Lazarus Effect" could have been a little longer with better development to be a great horror film. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Renascida do Inferno" ("Reborn from Hell")
Frank convinces his team to return to the laboratory to duplicate their experiment to prove that they own the patent of the serum, but there is an accident and Zoe is electrocuted and dies. Frank decides to use the Lazarus to resurrect her against the will of his friends but soon the team learns that something is wrong with Zoe, who is Catholic and tells that she is trapped in hell.
"The Lazarus Effect" is a horror movie with a good story that uses some concepts from "Flatliners". The screenplay is too tight and the story develops in a fast pace, with sufficient development of characters and situation; maybe this is the main reason for the bad reviews. The location is claustrophobic, but there are many unnecessary fire and explosions. The cast has at least three great names - Olivia Wilde, Sarah Bolger and Mark Duplass and never disappoints. In the end, "The Lazarus Effect" could have been a little longer with better development to be a great horror film. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Renascida do Inferno" ("Reborn from Hell")