Review of Flatliners

Flatliners (2017)
4/10
Poor execution for baffling mystery
15 October 2017
Science fiction is gradually becoming a golden egg for production studios and usually attached to comics and superheroes blockbusters. When a scientifically perplexing motion picture is out there, it will intrigue you to go to the movie theater and take it as an opportunity to think and analyze. I didn't watch the first movie but the second one, the remake, had this premise. The cast was interesting; Ellen Page and Diego Luna both have astonishing career filmography. The film starts OK, but just when you get into the core subject - the experiment - it falls down miserably. What was supposed to be a Sci- Fi feature film turns into a commercial horror garbage. We were supposed to watch a young team seeking for an answer to their essential question. Honestly, I didn't think they will ever do, but they did! And the answer was, I don't want to use exaggerated words, but it was really ... inconceivable and silly.

Even for those like me who didn't watch the original, this one will distract your mind from considering so. It just failed to deliver on all levels.

3/10. And I'm being generous.
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