Christopher Lambert (Christophe Lambert when he works in France where he has made many films too) was certainly impressed by "seven " ,for his screenplay bears more than a distant resemblance to Fincher's work : the seven deadly sins , it spawned one of the greatest thrillers of the nineties ; so what about the passion of Christ ,why not? So the cast and credits read "screenplay by Christopher Lambert( and a collaborator whose name escapes my mind)".
This muddled screenplay includes the gospels ,the apostles ,numerology (we see the detective doing knowing arithmetic ) ,Easter (which ,unlike Xmas ,is rarely exploited) ; Lambert has plenty of go , and the supporting cast is up to scratch ,particularly Leland Orsen and Robert Joy ; the role of the profiler ,who had become hackneyed in the late nineties,is renewed ,but it spoils the ending.
The main problem is that Lambert wanted to surpass "seven " in horror for lack of a strong screenplay : it's more a horror film than it is a thriller ; enough is enough and the viewer often feels sick.
"Seven " is a peak of the serial killer thriller ,"resurrection " is just OK.
This muddled screenplay includes the gospels ,the apostles ,numerology (we see the detective doing knowing arithmetic ) ,Easter (which ,unlike Xmas ,is rarely exploited) ; Lambert has plenty of go , and the supporting cast is up to scratch ,particularly Leland Orsen and Robert Joy ; the role of the profiler ,who had become hackneyed in the late nineties,is renewed ,but it spoils the ending.
The main problem is that Lambert wanted to surpass "seven " in horror for lack of a strong screenplay : it's more a horror film than it is a thriller ; enough is enough and the viewer often feels sick.
"Seven " is a peak of the serial killer thriller ,"resurrection " is just OK.