Resurrection (1999)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Writers (WGA):

Brad Mirman (story) and
Christopher Lambert (story) ...

Release Date:

5 June 1999 (Brazil)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men. Ecclesiastes 6:1

Plot:

Detective John Prudhomme, a Cajun transplanted to Chicago, is assigned to investigate the savage murder...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Serial Killer | Easter | Violence | Flashback Sequence

Cast

Christopher Lambert	...	John Prudhomme
Leland Orser	...	Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
Robert Joy	...	Gerald Demus
Barbara Tyson	...	Sara Prudhomme
Rick Fox	...	Scholfield
David Cronenberg	...	Father Rousell
Jonathan Potts	...	Detective Moltz
Peter MacNeill	...	Captain Whippley
Philip Williams	...	Detective Rousch
Jayne Eastwood	...	Dolores Koontz
David Ferry	...	Mr. Breslauer
Chaz Thorne	...	David Elkins
Barbara Gordon	...	Judge Seers
Darren Enkin	...	John Ordway
Jan Filips	...	Stanley Galloway

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

108 min | Germany:103 min | Argentina:105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Singapore:R21 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 (video rating) | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Baldwin/Cohen Productions

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Takes place in Chicago, but the train station has many signs in French as well as English, giving away the actual Toronto location. You can also see the Canadian flag hanging in the main concourse of the train station in one of the scenes.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Les rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (2004)

Gruesome story.

Resurrection sees Christopher Lambert play in one of his more serious roles. Instead of the usual Sci-Fi, fantasy gun tooting, sword slashing role he normally plays (the Highlander movies, Fortress, Mean Guns)

Lambert plays a hard hitting cop who is trying to track down a serial killer, once the killer has killed his victim, he takes one part of their body and uses it to reconstruct the body of Jesus Christ, which you see near the end of the movie and it's not pretty.

The story line may freak a lot of people out but if you have a taste for crime thrillers and you have a strong stomach, then this movie is the one for you. But be warned there are a lot of gruesome scenes in this movie which I won't go into detail about. You may want to look away from some scenes.

Overall, a good but gruesome thriller. One of Lambert's better roles.

7/10.