when the antisocial and lonely medical student adam schmidt ( christian oliver ) receive a mysterious e mail invite him to participate of a unique medical research and he accept the job opportunity and travel to an isolated snow area to a cabin in the middle of nowhere . he meet dr. franklin vick ( dean stapleton ) that kill him cut his throat with a hunt knife . when adam resurrects and franklin call him subject two and explain that he be engage in an unethical medical research and bring dead to life . along the day and adam be kill and resurrect over and over again and with franklin improve his research and until the day adam decides to leave the isolated spot . the weird subject two have a promising and intrigue beginning and with a youngster be kill and resurrect a part of an experiment . however and the pointless story becomes repetitive and boring and with the repetition of the same situation ( adam kill and bring back to life by a guy playing god ) and have a terrible end . the best this movie can offer be the wonderful landscape in aspen and the blue eye of courtney mace . my vote be four . title ( brazil ) represent cobaia ( subject ) .