The lazarus effect review

The movie revolves around a young lady, who has still not been able to overcome her childhood fears. Lazarus is a chemical discovered by a handful of scientists, which can revive the dead. Its premise lay on a hypothesis that the chemical can stimulate brain cells and passing a few kilo-volts of electricity can make it work again. But their work is being monitored by other agents from the company who have sponsored their experiments. They test their brainchild on a dog, which comes back to life after the protagonist pulls the trigger. They keep the dog under observation for a few days, when suddenly the team lead of the group comes to know that their project is being shutdown. They later figure it out that some other pharmaceutical company has taken over their company and they have information of the this particular project. Having known about the fortune this chemical can generate, they realize that their four years have been a waste and the original credit of invention would be taken away from them. They decide to break into the lab the following night and repeat the experiment again with another dead dog, and record it. But during the replication of the experiment, the protagonist, Olivia Wilde, gets electrocuted while pulling the trigger. Her husband, the lead scientist of the group tries hard but is not able to get her back. Unable to handle her loss, he decides to use lazarus on her wife. The rest of the group do not support him but still help him, in a hope that she would turn out well as the dog has.

The experiment is successful and Olivia comes back to life, only to discover a few hours later that her mind is now capable of doing things that other people can't. A mutant ? yea, pretty much !! More like Jean grey, back to life. But with great power comes great responsibilities, which of course Olivia isn't able to figure out. The dark secret inside her which has been eating her away from inside since her childhood engulfs her more and she traps herself into the infinite empty space with nowhere to go. Her friends try helping her but in vain. She kills them all !! Even the 'back from hell' dog goes back to hell again ! Eventually everyone gets killed, opening the ending scene for a second part.

Overall, the action part of the horror appeals and the rest of the concept however loses its essence as the movie progressed. Being an 83 min movie, there wasn't much scope to create a story. Everything happens quickly. I was expecting a lot more than this lazarus. Just not a dead human turning into a live mutant just to kill others because you were suffering from a post traumatic stress from your childhood !! Waiting for a worthy horror movie.