Resurrection

Resurrection

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Movie Review: S6X
Summary: 5 Stars

Now, as for it's being sacrilegious because of the killer's belief that he's doing God's will. I'd like to remind everyone that the one of the most prolific killers of all time worked under the delusion that he was carrying out God's wishes. That man was Torquemada, leader of the Spanish Inquistion. He killed more people, and in more terrible ways than the killer in Resurrection could even begin to dream up. Using God as an excuse is a fairly common trait in killers, and I really don't think it's sacrilegious to use it as the subject of a movie.

Now, on to the movie itself. Christopher Lambert (Highlander), plays Detective John Prudhomme, who along with his partner Andrew Hollingsworth (Se7en, ironically enough), is trying to solve a series of killings in which the victims each have just one extremity removed. Arms, legs, head, and torso (which isn't really an extremity, I guess), hence the s6x of my title.

Prudhomme has suffered a lapse of faith due to his small son's death a year before. He no longer has any belief in God. The killer leaves deliberate clues behind for the police to find. Here is where I have to give tons of credit to this movie. It actually takes some work for Prudhomme to to figure out the clues. He doesn't just stumble on the connection out of nowhere. Once they figure out WHY the killer is killing, they know when he's going to strike again, which will be the last murder needed to finish his morbid tableau. They even figure out who the next victim will be (due to the last clue left), but arrive to late to save him. Disheartened because they know the killer could simply vanish, since he's accomplished his goal, they return to the police station where by great coincidence (but a believable one in this case) they find out where the killer has been hiding.

You can't help but feel Prudhomme's sense of irony that his biggest case ever is directly tied in with the God he has forsaken. Lambert does a good job with his portrayal of the disillusioned detective and Orser is wonderful as his partner. The identity of the killer is a stroke of genius, something I've never seen done before in this type of movie.

Yes, this movie is bloody, and disturbing. However, a murder is never shown being committed, just the aftermath. There are a number of scenes of mutilated bodies throughout, but I think that as in se7en, they're there to show how disturbing this killer really is. Even before they discover the motive, the police are aware that all these murders have been methodically and carefully planned out well in advance. In one case, an earlier murder victim is placed (well ahead of time) so that it will be discovered in the proper sequence.

If you liked se7en, and can watch another serial killer movie without making comparisons, then give this one a try. I think you'll find that it stands on its own rather well.