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Flatliners
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Cast breathes life
into summer movie
Kiefer Sutherland and Julia Roberts
-By JOHN RICHTER
The idea that life would be easier if we knew what
realm lay beyond it is the premise behind director
Joel Schumacher and writer Peter Filardi’s “Flatli
ners,” a Lovecraftian tale of death and mother na
ture.
Keifer Sutherland stars as Nelson "Wright, a dark,
demanding figure who gathers a troupe of medical
students for his experiment with the afterlife, an ex
periment that will drag medical science down into
the bowels of philosophy and religion.
The student’s death trials demand each partici
pant stop their heart until the monitor reading their
vital signs indicates nothing but flat lines. Then a
specified waiting period proceeds, before the other
team members revive the legally dead patient. The
length of the waiting period becomes a foolish gam
bling point for the crew, leading to longer and
longer times for each succeeding participant.
David Labraccio (K^ v in Bacon), Rachel Mannus
(Julia Roberts), Joe Florley (William Baldwin) and
Randy Steckle (Oliver Platt) complete the daring
quintet, each selected f 0 r his or her medical special
ity and dark disposition.
Once the experiment begins, strange devel
opments arise. Immortality is not meant for medical
science, and each group member (except for Steckle,
the annoying, yet curious devil’s advocate) brings
back a manifestation of their past sins. The infringe
ment of this past sin o n their present life (and for
each it is different) can be altered only through the
atonement of that sin.
T he remainder of Flatliners” is spent following
the search of each participant as they try to make
amends with their past. The search for atonement is
especially interesting and amusing for Wright, a real
s.o.b., who ends up taking it on the chin (literally)
several times.
If “Flatliners” sounds morbid, its not. Despite the
heavy religious imagery, gothic settings and Love
craftian atmosphere, the film is actually done in
good taste aud with good vwteouous. TVveve \s ddv
mtely a message against rushing the natural process
of death, but, even so, “Fiathners" has a positive rail
ing and the opportunity for atonement of past er
rors is a wonderful notion.
In fact, the film might actually inspire a few hearts
to follow’ the lead of Labraccio, who finds the error
of his past and apologizes, allowing for his atone
ment.
Schumacher (“The Lost Boys,” “St. Elmo’s Fire”
and “Cousins”) and Filardi’s interpretation of the af
ter-life experience is interesting and thought-pro
voking, which is as good as any compliment for a
film as ambitious as this.
It’s comforting to know that some directors and
film producers are actually trying to develop quality,
original work, and not just hopping on the sequel
bandwagon, the dearth of this summer.
“Flatliners” is not a great film, but it is visually ar
resting (the contrast of light and dark is well used),
and quite solid. The sets are excellent and the script
is somewhat daring up until the end. The movie
drags at parts, becoming long-winded and repetitive
in a couple of the death seances, but does eventually
pull you back in.
Roberts, as the afterlife-infatuated Rachel, is
slightly miscast, but Bacon is once again terrific as
the level-headed Labraccio.
In lieu of such a horrendus summer for films, it’s
hard not to recommend any movie with a trace of
originality. Certainly, “Flatliners” is fresh, and in
light of what I’ve seen recently, an easy film to rec
ommend.
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