Review of The Lazarus Effect (2015) by Albert L — 27 Feb 2015

This movie had a lot of potential, with great actors and a great premise, but it ended up wasting all of that. I went in with high hopes and expectations but I just ended up incredibly disappointed by the movie.

It consisted of WAY too many jump scares, as if they got the idea somehow that just having a bunch of jump scares is what makes it a scary movie. They were almost all very predictable, all very annoying, and they all majorly detracted from the experience as they just ended up being loud and obnoxious.

The movie also seemed as though it couldn't decide if it wanted to be a Sci-fi horror or a religious one, fluctuating wildly between the two and only resulting in my disappointment at how they seemingly only added that aspect in so it would be "open to interpretation".

The problem was that it seemed really forced, which is not a tactful way to go about doing that, and is not a good sign for the writing of the movie. The only redeeming factor for me was that the science they used was surprisingly accurate, though I expected nothing less from an actor that spent a lot of time on House, on a medical TV show that is also incredibly accurate.

The acting was all great and I still think the actors are great. The movie was brought down by the jump scares and the writing that never lived up to what a great potential it had.