Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Screenplay: Ben Ripley, based on Flatliners written by Peter Filardi
Starring: Elliot Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemons, Kiefer Sutherland
Running Time: 110 minutes
Genre: Horror
Medical student Courtney Holmes (Page) convinces her reluctant friends to take part in an experiment during which she will be clinically dead before they resuscitate her, so that she can learn first hand what happens after death. After the experiment Courtney finds herself with a new lease on life and astonishing powers of memory. After seeing the effects, Courtney's friends all want to undergo the experience. However, it soon turns out that flatlining has some much darker side effects, as the students begin to be haunted by bizarre and disturbing visions.
Although referred to as a sequel to the 1990 film Flatliners, this 2017 film is really a remake. Keifer Sutherland, who starred in the original, does appear in this, although as a different character. This is a fun film, with a good cast. Despite being a horror film, it's really not scary at all, and suffers from being too long. The characters aren't particularly explored and are more or less cliched. It also suffers from having too pat a conclusion. There is plenty of humour, the characters manage to rise above the material, and it is exciting, and the flatlining sequences are well executed.
I can't really say how fans of the original Flatliners will take to the remake, because I've not seen the original in years, and can't remember much about it.
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