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Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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 !!

**THIS REVIEW COULD CONTAIN A LOT OF SPOILERS. IF YOU DON'T WANT THE FILM SPOILED THEN I RECOMMEND THE READERS VIEW THE FILM FIRST BEFORE READING THIS REVIEW**I personally really like this film a lot. Christopher Lambert put on an excellent performance as a detective (I see no signs of Highlander :D). He plays the role of a father who lost his sun in a tragic accident and is dealing with a failing marriage. His work takes over his life, especially when he starts chasing after the "numbers" killer, as the newspaper in the film refers to the serial killer as. During all the investigations, nothing was too over the top. It all seemed realistic (of course you got the clues contributing to cat and mouse) in a murderous way (yes, I know that sounds disturbing). What I thought was awesome, is when I found out the killer was collecting body parts. It was new and original for a motive in a detective film. Then you find out he's building the body of Christ out of these old decaying appendages later in the movie, which goes to show you that this killer is totally bonkers. He's super smart (genius status) though. Which is another cool part of this movie. The statistics used in the movie are actually really cleverly placed into the script. They applied to the story-line flawlessly. I won't spoil too much more of the film, but I cringed at the thought of the killer's last planned victim had been a new born baby. Damn! That guy really had some pieces missing from his puzzle.As mentioned earlier, there's nothing too over the top in this movie, and the filming really drags you into like this genuine reality feel. There's no over use of gore, or over the top killing, or weird torture methods. It is a very realistic type cat and mouse movie. I really enjoyed in. It is a suspenseful ride. All-in-all, the acting was good, the script was descent, and the dialog was good also. The characters really made you connect to the story. Very good. I would recommend this to anyone who likes detective/serial killer movies for AT LEAST a one time watch.

They have not even tried to hide that this is a Se7en rip-off. You can almost hear the conversations of the producers: "Movies with serial killers sell tickets." The whole story is based on the same nonsense as Se7en. That is not to say that "Resurrection" is not a good movie. It is a very exciting and fine movie which has David Cronenberg in a funny and creepy role as a minister which I guess is supposed to be a suspect in the movie. Anyway, this film is quite well made, for example how do you make a man with one leg in 1999 before CGI became normal? I don't understand how something like that can be done. Anyway, if you are a fan of serial killer movies you might like this one, although it is a bit stupid and the research into serial homicide is not very good.

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.