Flatliners

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Marco L @decatur555 Mar 3 The 2017 Flatliners remake takes the same high-concept hook – med students stopping their hearts to glimpse the afterlife – and runs it through the filter of glossy teen horror. The result is watchable but aggressively familiar. The young cast (with Ellen Page and Diego Luna doing what they can) has some chemistry, and the film’s hospital-at-night aesthetic delivers a few decent jump scares. But once the initial experiment is set up, the story slides into generic territory: stock character types, predictable hauntings and a surprisingly soft turn toward redemption and "fix your past mistakes" messaging. It never digs as deep into guilt or atmosphere as the 1990 original, nor does it find a new angle to justify its existence. As a disposable late-night supernatural thriller it’s fine, but it’s unlikely to stay with you once the credits roll. See more Beingalive I @Averagewatcher Feb 8 One minute you're watching a medical paranormal movie and the next there's a little girl on a balcony(that got "intruduced" in a whole 2 minutes). The lead is dead...everyone except ray almost dies i took away that Netflix descriptions are trickery. Watched with my friend and she says the emoji movie is more consistent in storyline (I agree). See more Blu B @RT43513976 Nov 19 It's really bad and really boring at times. The changes this makes is this really is just now 90% horror and 10% Sci-Fi. You'd think streamlining the ideas would make this more focused and at first you think it's only gonna be 3 characters as well. That would be a great idea for more focus overall. But no one told me they'd make this into just pointless jump scares and scare scenes that don't add up to anything. The editing is terrible and the pacing is horrifcally bad. In a good chunk of the second half it just jumps around between the individual subplots and pointless scares that don't add anything and are edited terribly. The cinematography is terrible. It's so lifeless, the dream sequences are for some weird reason CGI'd it looks like or look like a Freddy Kruger dream. The lighting in this is almost as dull as 2015 Fantastic Four. The direction is super uninspired and just as basic as you get. The acting isn't good either. And it's not because people aren't trying here. It's because the dialouge is not good at all. 75% of the lines in this are just poorly explained plot expose or summarizing what we see a character is doing just not very good. The actors here also just aren't as good as the all star cast of the 90' one. Also the biggest things missing here is Schumachers really strong direction which helped carry the 90' one through some of the clunkier moments. It also was more focused it felt on character development rather than jump scares in this one. The general arc is there for them like the first, but it's only the barebone moments with the rest being horror related stuff that just isn't scary at all and has no point to it. The music is also boring, generic and forgettable. The commentary also is completely lost also because of the focus on horror here. Subpar dialouge, huge step down in direction, more refined character growth replaced with pointless and poorly done horror, and the and literally adding nothing or fixing nothing that improves upon the 90' one. Skip this. Completely pointless remake. See more Aluna U @RT14704568 Sep 30 Though often mistaken as a remake, Flatliners (2017) functions more as a spiritual sequel to the 1990 version, retaining only the core idea of near-death experiments. The film offers a fresh cast and plot but suffers from shallow character development and a rushed narrative. Despite strong performances—especially from Elliot Page—the execution lacks the depth and coherence of its predecessor. Misleading marketing and weak story connections to the original likely fueled unfair comparisons. Taken on its own, it’s watchable, but far from exceptional. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com) See more Joel G. @Pipedream Sep 23 Wow what a horrible movie! See more CaptainBoulder T @RT57256189 Aug 21 Good concept with terrible execution, the movie makes no sense and it tries too hard to be funny while also trying to be serious See more Read all reviews

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