So, MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution for THE LAZARUS EFFECT. The scary violence seems very strong at times, though not very gory or graphic. THE LAZARUS EFFECT also contains lots of foul language, including some strong profanities. Some Christian references in the first part are one of the things left hanging.
The first half is suspenseful and intriguing, but the movie falls apart at the end and leaves too things hanging. The basic storyline to THE LAZARUS EFFECT has some interesting, provocative possibilities.
They succeed, but the woman doesn’t seem quite herself afterwards. Her husband to be, the lead male scientist, decides to try bringing her back to life. However, the lead female scientist accidentally dies during the experiment.
The scientists try to do one more experiment to duplicate some of their research and stop the company from claiming all the research for itself. When the dean closes down their experiments, a pharmaceutical company takes all their research. THE LAZARUS EFFECT opens with a team of young scientists bringing a dead dog back to life for possible medical benefits.