THE LAZARUS EFFECT is yet another B-movie sci-fi horror combo set in a high-tech laboratory and involving scientific experiments gone awry. I've seen so many of these over the past decade, and they always involve robots, clones, hybrids, genetics, you name it. This one's a bit like FLATLINERS and involves researchers experimenting with raising the dead. The first half, which is all set up, is pretty interesting, and features solid performances from a familiar cast including Olivia Wilde, Donald Glover and the underrated Sarah Bolger. Sadly, the second half wastes all that potential by moving into silly supernatural territory, with random demonic possession and predictable kills. The intellect vanishes to be replaced by pure hokum, and you're left considering what could have been.
Review of The Lazarus Effect
