Lazarus

Is this a joke?

Please, stop talking.

Wow, this is awful.

These were my repeating thoughts, over and over, for 40 straight minutes until I turned it off. Painful dialogue. Terrible actors. This film must have strategically released after the deadline for this year's Golden Raspberry Awards, or it would have been a shoe-in for a Razzie. Maybe multiple.

The film was quite boring almost unwatchable. At the same time, fighting scenes were kind of good and I didn't notice that it was a low-budget film in those scenes. As some of the viewers mentioned this film had great potential and I don't mind the quality and characters but it really needs to have a better story. When friends of the main character were killed I felt nothing because they were fake and unremarkable in a sense that the main character didn't care too much about their fate. The mysterious man that granted the powers to the character, who is that? What is his interest? So... No story even the main threads of the film were not elaborated enough... But good try.

The trailer was so much better than the movie. Story line was iffy at best. It wasn't even entertaining.

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.

Unfortunately, it missed the mark. The story premise isn't bad at all. But the overacting doesn't help it. If you like action you might enjoy it. I didn't enjoy it enough to recommend.