Flatliners (2017)

Rated PG-13

1 hour 49 minutes

Starring: Ellen Page, James Norton, Diego Luna, Kiefer Sutherland

What has happened to having original ideas for movies?  Why do they have to remake so many movies?  Especially when there isn’t any reason to!  Some movies are classics and should just be left alone!!!  I’m not sure if I’d call the original Flatliners a classic, but at least it was a new idea and an interesting concept.  It involved medical students slowing their hearts down and “flatlining” before others were able to bring them back so they could experience dying and live to tell about it.  In the original movie, there was suspense and tension, a huge fear of the unknown and worrying about the ethics of it all.  This movie had almost NONE of that feeling.  There was only one person that seemed apprehensive and didn’t want to experience it – the rest just dove right in without any serious consideration of what could happen.  They observed that it seemed to make others “smarter” and think more clearly, so they just went with it.  I felt like this film was missing everything that made the 1990 version good.  The movie has the perfect title – it just “flatlined” for me!

Library Link: Flatliners (DVD)