Resurrection

Crime thriller about a police hunt for a murderer who believes he is the descendant of Judas Iscariot and is intent on reconstructing the body of Christ. A team of detectives races against the clock to track down the serial killer through the sinister bayous of New Orleans., Edna McCauley lost her husband in the car crash which left her paralysed in hospital. But she gained something else: the power to heal by touch. Her new gift attracts awe as well as censure from her devoutly Christian neighbours., Christopher Lambert stars in this thriller about a psychotic serial killer whose M.O. is unusual even by the standards of his deadly trade. Beginning shortly before Easter, he begins accumulating body parts for a bizarre, grisly religious ritual — he intends to reassemble the body of Christ in time for his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Directed by Russell Mulcahy, who previously worked with Lambert on the original Highlander., The “Highlander” team of director Russell Mulcahy and star Christopher Lambert reunite for this shocking thriller. A New Orleans detective (Lambert) tracks a serial killer who collects body parts with the intention of assembling a Christ figure to be resurrected on Easter Sunday. Rick Fox, Robert Joy, Leland Orser. Based on a story written by Lambert.