Flatliners

this movie was Absolutely good don't understand why people don't like it! This is like one of the best movies of 2017! Love it so much i couLD watch it 100 times!

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

The premise of med students inducing clinical death to glimpse the afterlife is still a strong hook. This Flatliners remake starts out reasonably well: slick visuals, snappy pacing, a capable young cast and the curiosity of seeing the concept updated into modern teen horror. For a while it works as easy viewing: it’s watchable, straightforward, with a couple of decent jump **** once the initial novelty wears off, everything becomes very familiar. Where the 1990 film leaned more on guilt, moral weight and a strange, oppressive atmosphere, this version sticks to the contemporary horror playbook: dark corridors, sudden apparitions, past sins turned into literal ghosts and a group of pretty people hunted by their mistakes. It’s not incompetently made, it’s just exactly what you’d **** ensemble has enough chemistry to keep you engaged, but the characters are broadly sketched types rather than fully formed people. There are hints of richer conflicts, yet the script is so focused on setting up the next scare that it never slows down to develop anyone properly. Even Kiefer Sutherland’s appearance feels more like a wink than something meaningful.Visually, it does the job: the night-time hospital, the bluish lighting, the “trip” sequences to the other side all look glossy and studio-polished. Underneath, though, there’s not much personality. The film wavers between teen horror, redemption drama and almost self-help messaging about fixing past mistakes, without fully committing to any of **** the end, it’s the kind of movie you can throw on for a casual couch night if you haven’t seen the original and just want a simple supernatural thriller. If you do remember the 90s version, this will likely feel more like a corporate resurrection than a necessary reinterpretation. Watchable, but easily forgotten.

The film didn't start out promisingly, but then turned again in the middle only to end boringly. It's a shame, although I can't say whether the film could have been good at all, the whole thing just didn't catch me.

A movie about a bunch of entitled medical students that think they can take shortcuts to a successful career, instead of working for it and facing their own mistakes. Ironically, their bad decisions will force them to face their past. The idea of killing yourself to study what comes after it is... Well what do you think? It's so stupid, so irresponsible and so bizarre... These people are completely unfit to become medical doctors. They even think (and act) as if it makes them edgy and smart. Suddenly some characters even start talking like 5 year olds when some of the group don't agree, telling them to leave if they don't like it. Great writing... Then comes the horror part, which is even less convincing and lazy. The horror amounts to nothing more than jump scares, distorted voices and stares. As for the actors, someone should have told them how normal human beings behave because they all act like drugged, smug brats. It was dumb, it was not scary, it wasn't entertaining to watch and it hasn't got a grain of logic to it. I give this movie a 3/10 it is a bad movie.