Resurrect Dead
Closed CaptioningJon Foy
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Plot Summary
From Focus Features, the premiere global brand in original and daring cinema, comes Focus World. Charged with finding the most exciting new voices in international and independent film, Focus World is proud to bring you Resurrect Dead, the real-life thriller straight out of its award-winning debut at the Sundance Film Festival. For decades, mysterious messages in the form of colorful “tiles” have appeared, pasted on the streets of major cities up and down the western hemisphere. Containing the same bizarre, unsettling message, which seems to concern resurrecting the world’s dead, most people walk over them without a thought – until now. Justin Duerr, long obsessed with the tiles, has begun a quest to unearth both their origins and meaning. But as he digs deeper, and the truth starts to be revealed, he’ll discover a secret far more complex, surreal – and closer to home – than he ever imagined.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
65%- Reviews Counted: 20
- Fresh: 13
- Rotten: 7
- Average Rating: 6.2/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Though their quarry eventually appears to be a model of paranoia and prejudice, it's the thrill of the hunt that keeps "Resurrect Dead" compelling.
Fresh: Entertaining as a sleuthing expedition though amateurish as filmmaking.
Rotten: Doc about an urban art enigma strains to maintain suspense.
Fresh: Resurrect Dead works splendidly as a threadbare urban mystery, teasing out details and complications without withholding too much information.
Customer Reviews
Truth is stranger than fiction....
...but not as strange as science fiction. This movie has heavy elements of sci-fi, but it is truly a story about people obsessed with a real life mystery. Everyone loves a good mystery, but not everyone appreciates one when they see it. This true story had me riveted more than any thriller I've seen recently. The documentary made me feel like I was part of the group that discovered the tiles. So completely fascinating and mysterious! What is especially gratifying about this mystery is that there IS a solution. By the end of the movie you will know the answer to the riddle of the tiles. Those expecting supernatural thrills or space aliens will be disappointed. But if you appreciate a real life mystery, this is way up your alley.
as good as, if not more entertaining, than Exit Thru The Gift Shop'
if u love the urban legend-provoking genre of street art, u will thrill to this very well made and perfectly structured documentary. it is imbued with a poignant sincerity as it investigates the bizarre, genuine and very, very mysterious phenom of the 'toynbee idea' tiles. effing brilliant w extremely likable protagonists. caution- this is an utterly unique journey. here be monsters (& real-life suspense).
this is a story about authentic passion & and true compulsion, maybe even madness. wow
but what do i know. i've only been a director for twenty years. i'm still learning.
TOYNBEE IDEA IN KUBRICKS 2001 RESURRECT DEAD PLANET JUPITER
I MUST know more about these tiles. Such an amazing doc. I will own this movie. Please watch this!!
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