Resurrected

I'm going to start by saying that I wasn't the biggest fan of this type of movies, ever since I saw Unsane, it just didn't feel right to me.

With time tho, came Unfriended, Searching, Ressurected and little by little I came to appreciate this new way of filming. It's different but it's different good, and I felt like I should give it a proper chance.

Now that movies like Resurrected are part of the new norm, I think they deserve respect for the fact that they use very small budgets in order to happen. So from in the woods movies, or zombie ones, we now have in face of the PC films that deliver a lot on tension, plot, mystery, but of course lack aspects like horror or true jump scares...at least for now.

Resurrected kept me interested from its start to the very end, I have to admit that the plot comes out as, well original really, a new subject, a great approach to it, without revealing too much about the technique involved, leaving the viewer to roam his imagination free. The plot here is the monster in other horrors, like Jaw, Cloverfield, where they get very little screen time, but once you see them...it's more than enough.

So all in all, Resurrected was a fun surprise, I liked it a lot, I tried to connect all the dots and see where this one is heading. Definitely recommended, has a lot of strong points.

Cheers!

Is the acting the greatest? No. What makes this movie interesting is the story, the idea itself. That kind of saves the whole movie. It is an interesting story: resurrection... What would happen to the world, if we really could resurrect people... This movie made me think about that. How would people react to it? How would the world look like? And like the movie itself discusses too: Who would be entitled to it? So yes, I do think the movie is worth a watch for the story. And this new concept of making movies with online cameras/Facetime only, I find interesting too. This type of content becomes more popular. Seen worse. The acting isn't the greatest, but overall worth a watch if you find the storyline itself intriguing then you won't be too bored.

I really enjoyed this.

The whole film takes place in the digital sphere...from facetime calls, to webcam chats, and even the metaverse.

With the plot revolving around the Vatican discovering how to resurrect people.

Not clone them...but actually resurrect them...with their memories of dying intact.

Hence, we find ourselves following things from the perspective of the father of the first resurrectee.

A young child that was killed in a car crash, with his father at the helm.

The father survives the ordeal, but his son does not.

Leading the boy's mother to cut him off from contact with his son, after the Vatican steps in to resurrect the boy.

An act which makes them both celebrities, of sorts.

The father, as a newly ordained Catholic priest, who is tasked with counseling new resurrectees- so as to help them readjust to life back on Earth.

And the son, as the face (and spokesperson) of this new class of resurrectees.

However...things start to take a dark turn, when one of his parishioners kills a number of his co-workers in a workplace massacre.

One act, among a trend, that has been turning "One Lifers" against the "R. P.s", as mob mentality starts to set in, in wake of the killings.

Thus, the whole thing ends up being a reflection of the philosophical debate surrounding the potential threats that advancements in the world of AI might bring about.

Spun in with speculation that those murdered by the RPs, will, themselves, be resurrected...only to act in the same manner.

Therefore creating a cascade effect, akin to a zombie apocalypse.

Which makes the film a sort of combination between Caviar and Infinity Pool (to compare it to other recent horror films, from this year).

Or, at least, a middle ground, between the two.

Which is actually pretty clever, if you think about it.

Because this film is, interestingly, oriented around a similar- yet, opposite- philosophical conundrum, compared to the one we find in Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool.

In that, like in Cronenberg's film, death becomes meaningless.

Only, here, we are presented with a situation where, if the death of another no longer has philosophical meaning, what stops those who have lived through such an ordeal, from acting out in a depraved manner, to put others through the same experience they have gone through.

So as to offer them perspective, on what it's like to be a resurrectee.

Which has the same effect as not having to answer for the capital crimes you've committed, like we see in Infinity Pool...only, in the opposite way.

The two actually quite compliment each other...as they form a sort of unity of opposites.

While, the whole thing spirals into a bizarre conspiracy, like we see in Caviar.

Albeit, one much more coherent than we see in that film.

Despite the fact that they share stylistic similarities.

In the end, considering what it is- in regards to it's plot structure, and general construction- it's impressively engaging.

Simple, yet effective.

Which goes to show just what you can do with a little imagination, some decent writing, and solid performances from the cast.

I admit, I found this to be quite a fresh and entertaining story.

Even though it's structure is rather simplistic.

So give it a shot.

Because it's definitely worth a watch.

5.5 out of 10.

I have mixed feelings about this movie. The story could have been something if it was more elaborated towards the end. Now you're left with unanswered questions, not really a positive thing to me. What I didn't like, and it's not the first time I've seen movies shot like that lately, is the whole filming of a computer, going from one social media platform to another, from one call to another, or some googling, and that for the entire movie. Let just keep it at it is boring and looks cheap. I know it's a low budget movie and to be honest it shows. Add to that that I had to watch a German version of this movie where they had all written words in German without subtitles and it got even more annoying. I have some German knowledge but to have to read and translate what is showing on the screen in a movie where 90% of the time it's just like looking at your computer screen, let just say it wasn't a pleasant way to relax and watch a movie. Please just stop filming movies like this, we already spent enough time on our computers, tablets, smartphones etc...

I was really surprised to see how good this movie turned out to be, seeing as it is so lowly considered here on IMDB.

The movie deserves a much higher rating being that it has such an original story, solid writing, acting, pacing, and follow-through from beginning to end.

Joe Rechtman does a fantastic job, and it's enjoyable from beginning to end.

I found the immediate premise interesting and something significant to most people, which is what happens after death, and what could happen if we were able to resurrect, and all the complexities that go along with it.

The pitfalls, the power, the problems, and the promise of second chances.