![]() Toward the end there was a brief attempt to sidetrack the viewer into thinking that Walker's past wasn't what we thought it was, but that quickly fizzled out, and not much later does he escape the premises (with absurd ease - don't they know he is a master-burglar?). Hence there was never any true dilemma as to how the film would end. The main problem is that we're informed straight away - through Walker's flashbacks - that he'd been spared execution and given a new identity. What TLP has going for it is the moody photography and the deliberately slow pace (which morons might interpret as "dull"). This movie FAILS on all those levels, and more. There's some movies that succeed because they can evoke a wide range of emotion within the audience. There's some movies that succeed because they're just mindless entertainment. There are some movies that succeed because they're just plain weird. This same bizarre universe includes a newspaper that prints false stories, a dog named "dog," a psychiatric facility that gives entry level inmates complete run of the place, and a staff in charge so weak willed and unprepared for the event that an inmate of average intelligence figures out bullcrap for what it is. And rather than having a story that establishes a realistic situation in the beginning the viewer is taken immediately to some bizarre parallel universe where men who don't carry guns are convicted and executed for the crimes of trigger happy cops. It tries to be a suspenseful conspiracy, but it ends up falling on it's anticlimactic face with a saccharine sweet ending. It tries to be a mystery, but everything is so obvious it can't be. It tries to be a thriller, but the scenes are boring rather than creepy or intriguing. This is a movie that tries to be more than it can. Everyone is so perfectly two dimensional there's no challenge for the audience to engage in complexity of personality whatsoever. This kind of movie has been done several times in several different ways, and this version just happens to be more yawn worthy than most. For a "psychological thriller" there is no depth or speck of imagination to be found. The acting is competent, but that doesn't save the characters or story from poor writing. It really is *just* like one of those cheesy late night flicks on LMN pick-a-flick weekends. ![]() Where do I begin? Had this been a Lifetime movie, people would see just how crappy this movie really is. This movie was nowhere near worth the eight dollars and hour and a half of my life spent on it. This is one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. Title (Brazil): "Entre a Vida e a Morte" ("Between the Life and the Death") The politically correct conclusion is commercial and corny, reducing the impact of the good story, but works reasonably well. The twists do not surprise like, for example, the plot point of "Jacob's Ladder", but entertains and is reasonably tight. The plot has flaws, but is engaging, well constructed and it was a nice surprise for me. ![]() ![]() "The Lazarus Project" is an intriguing thriller with an original story and great acting of the talented Paul Walker and Piper Perabo. But while working in the garden, Ben finds a frisby on the grass he investigates and discloses the secret of the facility. Ben feels confused with the weird situation but he can not forget Lisa and Katie and forces Ezra to give a plausible explanation to him. However he should never cross the boundaries of the location, otherwise he would die. After his execution through lethal injection, Ben awakes working as housekeeper of the Monte Angel community in Dundee, Oregon, for Father Ezra (Bob Gunton), who explains to him that his past life is gone and now he is having a second chance. However things go wrong and Ricky, Phelps and a security guard die in the heist and Ben is sentenced to death for the murders. Ben refuses the invitation but he is fired from his job because of his record he decides to join Ricky and his partner Phelps (Alex Sol) in the robbery. When his probation period finishes, Ben's brother Ricky (Shawn Hatosy) visits him after being released from prison and invites Ben to heist 12 kg of gold in dust from a laboratory. In Dallas, Texas, the family man Ben Garvey (Paul Walker) is on probation but he is a hard worker of the Fort Garry Brewery Company and lives a simple life with his beloved wife Lisa (Piper Perabo) and their daughter Katie (Brooklynn Proulx). ![]()
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