The Lazarus Project

Starring: Paul Walker, Piper Perabo, Lambert Wilson, et al.

Product Description

With parole almost behind him, Ben (Paul Walker) can't believe how much he has to be thankful for: a beautiful wife, an adorable little girl and a steady paycheck. Life is good. But when he unexpectedly loses his job, Ben foolishly turns back to crime, joining his ex-con brother (Shawn Hatosy) in a robbery with deadly consequences. Suddenly facing a lethal injection, Ben must say goodbye to his family and prepare himself for the worst. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396261815
• Release Date: October 2008
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: John Patrick Glenn
• Starring: Paul Walker, Piper Perabo, Lambert Wilson, Linda Cardellini, Shawn Hatosy, Malcolm Goodwin, Brooklynn Proulx, Tony Curran, Bob Gunton
• Runtime: 1 hour, 40 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Predictable formula.

Ben Garvey (Paul Walker) finds himself afoul of the law and is subsequently dispatched. He knows this should be the end. He wakes up to find himself in a strange place. He finds that he is supposedly a groundskeeper in a mental institution. He tries to accept this, but things just do not add up. We live through this with them as everybody tries to help him adjust to his new existence. But something just does not seem right. Being resourceful, Ben tries to figure out what it is. Will he be able to put his finger on it? Will he be dispatched again? Or incarcerated in the very Institute that he is the groundskeeper of? Watch and see has been and his trusty dog to discover the secret of the Lazarus Project. The acting was par, and the environment adequate. However, the pacing is excruciatingly slow. We have time to second-guess long before it happens. This might be a waste of time even for people who like this genre of movies.