Lazarus

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.