HorroRated archive entry
Flatliners
HorroRated verdict
- Directed by
- Niels Arden Oplev
- Written by
- Ben Ripley, Peter Filardi
- Produced by
- Hassan Taher, Laurence Mark, Justin Ardalan-Raikes, Robert Mitas, Michael Bederman, David Blackman, Brian Oliver, Simon Fawcett, Peter Safran, George Macri, Michael Douglas
Why it’s HorroRated
Flatliners 2017 is a remake that updates the premise without updating the ideas, which leaves it with nowhere particularly interesting to go. The cast is capable and the medical school setting is workable but the script's limitations are evident from the first act. Of interest primarily as a comparison piece with the 1990 original.
Synopsis
The remake of the 1990 film moves the characters and updates the technology without significantly reconceiving the premise. Ellen Page leads a cast that can't overcome the script's limitations. Of interest primarily as a comparison piece with the original.
Filed under
Quick facts
- Release date
- September 28, 2017
- Runtime
- 1 hour 51 mins
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- PG-13
- Entry type
- Movie
