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The Lazarus Project

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The Lazarus Project (2008)

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Reviews Counted:4

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Rotten:1

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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In this mysterious and harrowing dramatic thriller, Paul Walker is Ben, a desperate man who blows his parole and once again loses his job and family when he makes the mistake of participating in a... In this mysterious and harrowing dramatic thriller, Paul Walker is Ben, a desperate man who blows his parole and once again loses his job and family when he makes the mistake of participating in a robbery with his derelict brother. With the heist resulting in murder, Ben is sentenced to a lethal injection. On the other end of the needle, however, the tortured Ben is shocked to find himself as an employee of a bizarre psychiatric facility, where he will undergo a grueling spiritual transformation in his attempt to discover where exactly he his and how he got there. [More]

Starring: Paul Walker, Piper Perabo

Starring: Paul Walker, Piper Perabo

Director: John Glenn

Director: John Glenn

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...a frustratingly surreal (and progressively interminable) piece of work.

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08/04/09
David Nusair
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This chilling psychological thriller that keeps us hardwired to our seats gives charismatic Paul Walker a fine platform on which to display his considerable talents

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05/01/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

For all this grumbling, The Lazarus Project is technically a well put together film. It looks good, and is reasonably well acted.

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11/15/08
Johnny Butane
Johnny Butane
Dread Central

Combines chilling psychological horror with other scary notions like medical experimentation, death row, criminal redemption as an extinct idea, and religious tyranny.

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10/21/08
Prairie Miller
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