Chase_Witherspoon Engaging tale of transmigration of the soul, which apparently afflicts a young man after he's revived from death following a fatal automobile accident. Just so happens he's been resurrected the same night as a notorious and unscrupulous killer is executed - his subsequent criminal behaviour concerning to not only his family, oblivious to his double life, but also his new gang, who live in fear of his ruthless streak.Norris is pretty chilling at times as the cold-blooded killer, who nonchalantly offs just about anyone who presents a risk to his authority. Keane, Burton and Sothern play the trio of elders who presided over his ill-fated re-animation, now desperately trying to understand the reasoning for his out-of-character behaviour, and mysterious disappearances. Addison Richards has a neat little side dish of a role playing a savvy detective with whom Norris shares a scene in which the two trade feigned small talk, in a game of brinkmanship till just one is left standing.It's a surprisingly taut, violent and compelling picture the only real issue I took was with the dual ending, the almost post-script conclusion of which, in my opinion, was unnecessary and retrograde. Listen out for some memorable dialogue too like "he lets his rod off at every opportunity and doesn't care in which direction it's pointed". We're talking about a revolver obviously, but it still cracks me up.

kidboots "Black Friday" did this plot so much better, which is why it is remembered and "The Man With Two Lives" is just a forgotten potboiler. "Shed No Tears" was it's working title and it would have been a better one as he was a thoroughly evil character for most of the film.Philip Bennett is newly engaged when he is involved in a traffic accident. Dr. Clark (Edward Keene) has been involved in some experimental operations on animals - bringing them back from the dead. His colleagues urge him to try his operation on Phillip, who has died. As he is operating , a dangerous criminal, Wolf Panino, is going to the electric chair and trans migration of the soul occurs. When Phillip awakes from the operation, he has the soul of Panino. He is a changed person, he is rude to his family and starts to hang around Panino's old haunts. He takes over Wolf's old gang - going by the name of Philip Bennett, he also romance's Wolf's former girlfriend - who smells a rat. Bennett, as Wolf, is determined to even up scores and starts to eliminate his enemies.Bodies pile up, including the girlfriend and a policeman, then his own family begins to fall victim.But - I HATE those "bad dream" movies - you always feel let down. This film would have been better if he had stayed in character as Panino and had a final shoot out. Eleanor, his fiancée, would have ended up sadder but wiser with his brother. Edward Norris, the star, had a big career mostly in B movies.Not really recommended.

Matt G This movie deals with a complex concept, the transmigration of souls. It is presented in a way, however, that seems to leave most reviewers puzzled. Many say that the movie ends with Philip Bennett (Edward Norris) awakening from a coma, implying that the whole of the movie since Bennett's accident was merely a dream. It is understandable that some would perceive it that way, but the real story is far less simplistic. Philip Bennett DID die in the car accident. We saw this for ourselves, and it could not have been a dream. When Dr. Clark (Edward Keane) revived him, he would have been able to return to his body, but because the revival occurred at the exact moment of Wolf Panino's death, Panino's soul was interposed between his own and his body, causing Panino's soul to possess Philip Bennett's body. Philip was left bodiless, outside of time in a sort of limbo. When Panino (in Philip's body) was shot, Bennett simply re-entered his body as he originally intended. Because he was outside of our timeline, he was able to enter at the moment of his original revival. Panino's soul at this point was in hell. It is a difficult concept to understand, but it is logically sound, using the following assumptions: Only one soul can occupy a body at any given moment. A soul can only enter a body at the moment it is resurrected (by the means Dr. Clark used). A soul can only exist in one place at one moment. When a soul is bodiless, it exists outside of our time. Philip was unable to enter into his body while Panino was possessing it, yet once Panino, who was tied to our time in Philip's body, died and went to hell, Philip's body was again unoccupied, and he was able to reenter. It did not matter that Panino possessed his body for months of our time, because he was not tied to our timeline. Time from this point on was overwritten by Philip in his correct body.

mike1964 Every once in a while we have to make one of the guilty admissions. Here is one for me, "I like this movie." Plot concerns a nice young gentleman who is killed. A doctor has just perfected a technique that can revive him. His father nervously concedes and the doctor revives the young man. At the same time, a ruthless gangster is executed. The gangster's soul is transmitted to the young man.Once "alive" again, the man has no recollection of his Goody-Goody old self and simply lives out his former role as a gangster, and a nasty one at that. A little similar to Black Friday except the young man never returns to his former self and once revived is 100% the mind and soul of the gangster.For those who liked the old Monogram and PRC Horror films in the 1940's will probably enjoy this one. It lacks the star appeal, but I though Edward Norris was more than adequate in the victim/villain role.