DeuceWild_77 Coming from the videoclips' world to the unexpected success of "Highlander" ('86) made the Melbourne native, Russell Mulcahy, a promising director that earned his '15 minutes of fame' until "Highlander II - The Quickening" ('91) was released to theaters and was destroyed by both critics and audiences. It wasn't entirely Mulcahy's fault, but due to the troubled production in Argentina and the producers' ultimate cut which made the film halfway to the obnoxious' territory (thankfully that was corrected in the director's cut called "The Renegade Version").That misstep did not affect the friendship between the director and his lead star, and a couple years later, both started the concept for a 'crime / thriller' film, written by Lambert himself with the collaboration of Brad Mirman, and the result was "Resurrection", a well-crafted addition to the 'serial-killer' sub-genre. The obviously comparisons to "Se7en" ('95) started to flow, even if the David Fincher's directed film was only made due to the resurgence of the genre with the 5 Academy Awards' winner, "The Silence of the Lambs" ('91) and even prior to "Se7en", Christopher Lambert was the lead star and producer of a largely underrated 'mystery / crime / thriller' film, set in the wicked world of a 'serial-killer' called "Knight Moves" ('92), also starred by his then wife, Diane Lane with Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin & Ferdinand Mayne in supporting roles, which served as a forerunner to films like "Se7en"; "The Bone Collector" ('99); the french film, "The Crimson Rivers" ("Les rivières pourpres", '00) or "Taking Lives" ('04).The only major difference between the two productions is that in "Knight Moves" did not star the ladies' boy toy from the early 90's, Brad Pitt, and Tom Skerritt never had the star power of Morgan Freeman, who only had his breakthrough in the industry when he was pushing 50 and the late director Carl Schenkel wasn't a MTV protégée like David Fincher, the guy responsible for ruining the "Alien" franchise, but curiously still have a legion of devoted internet fanboys.Back to what really matters, "Resurrection" suffers from limitations within the budget ("Se7en" had much more money invested in it) and the team Lambert / Mirman, should had withdrawn some "Se7en"-ish elements from the screenplay, like the beginning of the film when Lambert is up to work or the constant raining or even the addition of Leland Orser as Lambert's partner (Orser was in "Se7en" playing one of the last victims, but he was also in "The Bone Collector", another similar film in its tone and screenplay, so...)Aside from that, and some less appropriate camera work that resembles TV shows, "Resurrection" fully engages the viewer into the mistery due to a clever writing, featuring some great, creative & unexpected plot twists and a competent notion of characters' development / motivations and last but not the least, a great visual impact provided by the director Mulcahy who never lost his touch.The movie makes use of far more interior shots (due to the budgetary reasons above mentioned), but the team behind the décors, props and make-up / special effects did a great job here (once again better than "Se7en"), except for the baby part which looked so fake that almost ruined the climax (they should have edited better that sequence or made the doll looking more realistic, but in that way it could have shocked the audience even more...)The sense of grotesque and 'body horror' are well patent and ironically, the master of that sub-genre, the director David Cronenberg appears in a two scenes' extended cameo as the obviously 'red herring', playing an eerie looking catholic priest named Father Rousell.In terms of performances, Christopher Lambert delivers a way better performance than Brad Pitt, who acted in "Se7en" like he was in a training mode for the cuckoo's nest in "12 Monkeys", filmed just after "Se7en" wrapped production. Unlike Brad's David Mills, Lambert's John Prudhomme does serious detective work here (more like Morgan Freeman) and he have far more relevant character's arc due to the writing than Mills, whose only purpose in that movie was living up to the climax.In short, forget the "poor man's Se7en" comparisions written here by the other reviewers, "Resurrection" is far more interesting and works so much better as a 'detective thriller / mystery' with plot twists along the way that keeps the viewer envolved and not just building for the final reveal, acomplishing nothing more throughout the film than the "let's go from crime scene from another crime scene" like "Se7en" did.As a final note, thank you Christopher Lambert (also for "Knight Moves" which i will review it here very soon), Brad Mirman & Russell Mulcahy for one of the best films ever produced in this genre. Recommended !!

Sankari_Suomi Christopher H. Lambert hamfistedly mugs his way through a role better suited to his cousin, Mr Lambert. Awful, awful acting; real B grade material.A serial killer is on the loose! Can he be stopped? Yes obviously, otherwise we wouldn't have a movie. What is his motivation? We never find out, which is frustrating. Who is he? By the end of the film I still wasn't sure. Do we get plenty of plot twists? No.Its one redeeming feature is the use of rapid camera-work in the French style, still an unusual technique at the time (1999). I was genuinely impressed by this.I rate Resurrection at 13.32 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a soporific 4/10 on IMDb.

Raegan Butcher This wasn't bad at all. It does bear a strong resemblance to SEVEN but its interesting enough in its own right to warrant at least one viewing. The film looks great, all washed-out greens and blues and grays--and it benefits from the restless, edgy camera-work by Jonathan Freeman. There is a surprisingly good performance from Christopher Lambert. Leland Orser also provides strong support as Lambert's partner. The film breaks down and becomes somewhat predictable by the 3rd act; there are a few too many car chases and shoot-outs,and the rooftop showdown with the villain dangling a rubber-looking baby over the rainy precipice is actually rather laughable, but for the first two-thirds, RESURRECTION is pretty gripping. It's nice to see the director Russell Mulcahy teaming up with Christopher Lambert again. Perhaps its their long association that has enabled Lambert to give one of his best performances; when actors form working partnerships with specific directors, the results usually get better and better as their collaborations progress. I enjoyed this film more than ALONG CAME A SPIDER.

courtney woods this movie is by far one of my favorite movies. To me in my opinion it gives a very gripping performance, and it is very interesting. The movie has even gotten me wanting to become either a forensic photographer, or a detective because it seems like a lot of fun. I have heard many people say it is a very stupid movie with no meaning at all, well whoever said that either hasn't set through it all the way or else just don't like the same stuff i do, but i did find this movie very enjoyable although all the dead bodies wouldn't be suitable for children. The fact that it is base on a religious type of murder/crime is very interesting to me. Oh, and i though that Christopher Lambert gave an extremely wonderful performance. So if i could judge this movie i would say a 9 out of 10.