Monday, October 17, 2011

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)


Directed by Bob Wynn
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, VCI Command Performance)

Scientists in New Mexico use "somas", basically clones, as organ donors for critically injured patients that a committee decides are important enough to live. When a Senator and presidential hopeful is near death after a car accident, he is flown out to have all of his vital organs transplanted from his somas. Interesting medical horror in the vein of Michael Crichton is let down by poor production values and amateur acting, particularly from big-name star Angie Dickinson. Leslie Nielsen is a TV reporter who is out to expose the whole set-up, but spends most of the movie running from a couple of inept government thugs. He does, however, get the best scene in the movie when he stumbles upon a shack of zombie somas.

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