The Lazarus Effect

2015
PG-13
1h 23m

IMDb RATING

5.2/10

47K

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Sarah Bolger and Olivia Wilde in The Lazarus Effect (2015)

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A group of medical researchers discover a way to bring dead patients back to life.A group of medical researchers discover a way to bring dead patients back to life.A group of medical researchers discover a way to bring dead patients back to life.

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IMDb RATING

5.2/10

47K

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Trivia
The statement that humans only use 10% of their brain is a common urban myth that scientists of that caliber would have known. It refers to unused potential. In fact, brain scans have shown that no matter what you are doing all parts of the brain are active, though some are more active than others--which is explained in this movie by Niko.

Goofs
During the experiments on the pig and the dog, it is stated that the Lazarus drug needs to be injected into their temporal lobes. However, when they are trying to bring Zoe back, the needle is in fact inserted into her frontal lobe. The temporal lobe on a human is farther back and lower.

Quotes
Zoe: I went somewhere.
Frank: That was a dream!
Zoe: No, it was hell!

Connections
Featured in Half in the Bag: 2015 Re-Cap (So Far) (2015)

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Written by Coxsone Dodd (as Clement Dodd)
Performed by Dennis Alcapone
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7/10

Decent but I saw a lot more opportunity for the film

Quality of production was good, acting was good, what was included in the storyline was good, I enjoyed it overall, but I thought that more could have been added to make this film stellar. There was too much that was unexplained. Plus this being a fairly short film, they could have added more scenes, especially leading up the the spooky stuff. I felt that the progression of events was rushed overall. Also the character development was a bit rushed. I could have understood the rushed character development more, if there were more detail provided about the ideas. I was really looking forward to this film, and I wish that it lived up to the hype. I did see the similarities in plot description as "flatliners" but this movie was presented in a totally different way. I really like the ideas used in this movie, I hope they make a second and more complete version.