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Flatliners (1990)
Rate:
5
Viewed:
7/07
7/07:
A film that boasts of having a cast which includes Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt,
and Kevin Bacon seems like a good one.
Unfortunately, that's not the case for Flatliners. The best performance, which is the only one, is given by Kevin Bacon.
Without him, things will have been much worse. Although the plot is stimulating, the intelligence is at an all-time low.
It's been Kiefer Sutherland with lots of style.
In fact, Kiefer Sutherland should place his hands firmly on two huge metal bars attached to an electrical equipment
only to be shocked by 10,000 volts, forcing him to yell with his vampirish eyes popping out: "Today is a good day to die!"
That will have been a great movie moment. In fact, I'll be happy to pay money to watch him do it.
You've seen many times in movies and TV sitcoms when paddles hooked up to a defibrillator are used to jump-start the heart. In
reality, they don't make the body to jump a few inches above the gurney involuntarily. This being done repeatedly in
Flatliners is akin to pumping up the level of suspense to give the movie some life. Also, when a person slips into a
coma, it's not unusual for him to come out of it partially, if not totally, brain damaged. So, there's no reason to
experience death for fun.
All in all, Flatliners simply flatlines.