The Lazarus Project
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Movie Reviews of The Lazarus Project
Movie Review: A good movie that challenges your mind.
Summary: 4 Stars
A former criminal is drawn into a criminal endeavor and subsequently finds himself living an inexplicable new life working at a psychiatric facility.
This movie was pretty good, and a dood exercise for the mind
Movie Review: Paul Walker shines in this
Summary: 3 Stars
"The Lazarus Project" aka "The Heaven Project" is one of those straight-to-DVD releases, which was okay i guess, though after viewing it, I felt this was a lot better than some other actual cinematic releases that were pure drivel.
Paul Walker [of The Fast and the Furious] plays Ben Garvey, an ex-con who is just getting his life back on track with a beautiful, supportive wife [Piper Perabo] and young daughter. But his past catches up with him and his no-gooder brother comes back into his life with a solution - robbery - well, things go terribly awry resulting in fatalities, and Ben is left to shoulder the guilt and blame. He is sentenced to die by lethal injection and that is when the movie actually begins.
Ben finds himself getting a sort of 'reprieve' from death and is whisked away to an psychiatric facility somewhere out in the boondocks and is given the job of groundskeeper - the people that he comes into contact are all either strange or sinister or both - the priest Ezra [Bob Gunton]who runs the facility, Robbie [Malcolm Goodwin] a mentally challenged patient, William [Tony Curran] a violent inmate, psychiatrist Julie [Linda Cardellini] who warms up to Ben very quickly, and a stranger [Lambert Wilson] who pops up at the most inopportune times to warn Ben that something's afoot.
The movie takes its time to unfold, but what carries this movie through is not just the storytelling, with its unique premise, but Paul Walker's performance - I know, he's not exactly known for his acting chops, but he does a pretty decent job here of lending credibility to his character. I actually came to care about what happened to Ben in this movie. All in all, this was a decent thriller with a good premise.
Movie Review: Surprisingly Good
Summary: 3 Stars
I was surprised how good this movie was. A bit of a shame it wasn't released in theaters while other worse films were. The Lazarus Project isn't amazing, but it nails it's goal as a psychological thriller. Definitely worth seeing, and if you're just looking for a psychological thriller you haven't seen, and won't be disappointed by, get this.
The plot twists are managed very well; you don't know what is really going on until near the end. I thought the final scene was a bit over the top, but the overall experience of watching the movie was suspensful and kept me engaged to want to see what was going to happen next, and care for the main character, Ben. I was hoping he'd remember this or that, etc. Other than that very last scene, I can't think of any other faults with the movie at all...it doesn't bite off more than it can chew. It isn't Se7en, and it doesn't try to be. A lot of movies ruin themselves like that.
Anyway, this is a good movie. Check it out.
Movie Review: its not overly good or bad, its just alright
Summary: 3 Stars
paul walker does an alright job in this movie as ben. He is trying to go straight in life after prison , but his brother talks him back into a burglary for gold dust.
Things change after he is caught in the act of the crime, and sentenced to death.
Towards the end of it all he regains his mind and finds out that he is not really out of his mind he has just been lied to about being a grounds keeper in oregon. He gets the purps back by copying their documents of the operation and mailing them off to the authorities, and removing the implant out of his arm that keeps him thinking he's insane.
Walker then leaves the institution and goes back home to his family.
This movie could have been alot better a more detailed plot, and more star actors.