Lazarus

They have smooth gimballing cameras, they have steady shots of close ups, they have the ability. Yet they chose to wiggle the frame about as if it tells us _just_ _how_ _real_ the dialog or action is.

Great potential, poor execution.

No one seems to think it's eerily inhuman when the protagonist fails to succumb to what should have been fatal blows. Instead, they remain, unfazed by sorcerous and eldritch powers to continue fighting. "Hey, I just unloaded a full magazine of .357 into the chest of my opponent, I can see the holes and blood in his chest, but I think once my gun is empty I'll step up and punch him, my fist being superior to a half rounds of 357 mag." Next villain, "I just saw my gang buddy unload his gun into this guy, then punch him, then get killed. I guess I'll step up.an punch him, too."

The stars come because the protagonist is a fine looking male specimen.

Well, granted, I must admit that I was expecting quite a bit more from writer and director R. L. Scott than what was actually delivered here in this 2021 action movie titled "Lazarus".

And it was a shame because there was so much potential readily available here, but the movie ended up as being a slow paced and rather uninteresting one. And I have to admit that I was quickly losing interest in the movie as the storyline was so unfathomably boring and the characters were just drones milling about with no personalities or anything.

Initially I was a bit thrilled with the movie as it proved to be interesting enough, sort of had that "Spawn" comic book anti-hero thing going on. But then everything just turned to rubbish and was killed off most horribly by an utter lack of storyline and pacing.

Visually then "Lazarus" was not impressive, and it definitely didn't feel like a 2021 action movie. So there is no need to amp up your level of expectations for this movie.

"Lazarus" was a swing and a miss from writer and director R. L. Scott, especially since there was just so much wasted potential readily available here.

My rating of "Lazarus" lands on a mere three out of ten stars, as the movie turned out to be more boring than anything else.

Obvious (very) low budget film. I watched about a half an hour of it and that was all I could take. The acting was deadpan and sub-par. The sets were lacking. It was just a bad movie. Now, the premise was good and the trailer was good. But the movie wasn't.

The movie tried but missed the mark.

If the sets are anything to go by, this film looks and feels low budget. The acting (or lack there of) was strained, almost overacting. The movie needed a lot of things to improve it, but what it needed most was a capable director.

VERDICT: Not recommended viewing.

As a B movie it's 8/10. It could have been much better, feeling like a movie made in the 90s. The premise drew me in, the storyline is ok, but the casting and set is below par for an A movie.