Flicks, Steve Newall
Light on thrills, chemistry, or frights, Flatliners squanders a fun concept before wrapping it up in perfunctory fashion, guaranteeing none of its cast are likely to turn up in a new version in another 27 years time.
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Flatliners (2017)
Supernatural thriller starring Ellen Page, following medical students experimenting with near-death experiences that bring something evil back from beyond. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and based on the 1990 Kiefer Sutherland-starring original.
Five medical students, obsessed by what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring experiment: by stopping their hearts for short periods, each triggers a near-death experience - giving them a firsthand account of the afterlife.
2017Rating: M, Mature themes, violence, sex scene and coarse language108 minsUSA
HorrorScience FictionThriller
- Director:
- Niels Arden Oplev ('The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo', 'Dead Man Down')
- Writer:
- Ben Ripley
- Cast:
- Ellen PageJames NortonKiersey ClemonsDiego LunaNina DobrevCharlotte McKinneyBeau MirchoffSteve ByersTyler Hynes
Flatliners (2017) / Reviews
Stuff
I guess we can give Flatliners at least one star for knowing the cliches of scriptwriting.
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IndieWire
An agonizingly boring remake of a movie about the danger of bringing things back from the dead.
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FilmInk
...the kind of film you'll forget even exists in five years so why not cut out the middleman and just forget it now?
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