Starring - Kiefer Sutherland (24), Kevin Bacon (Every movie...ever), Julie Roberts (no one cares), and Oliver Platt (Dr. Dolittle)
Release Date - 1990
Genre - Thriller
Tagline - "Some lines shouldn't be crossed"
Rating (out of 5):
Do you remember that awesome movie from the 90's starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, and Oliver Platt? Yea, neither do I. This is a film that had a lot riding on it when it was released. This film would reunite director Schumacher and Sutherland who previously worked together on The Lost Boys. Among movie goers this flick gets a lot of praise. That reason alone made me wanna check this one out for years. Wish I had just bought some cheaply made Danish b-movie instead of this star studded shitfest.
Four med school students are brought together by Nelson (Sutherland) to perform an experiment to discover what lies beyond death. The plan is to have Nelson flat line for one minute and then resuscitate him. Everything goes according to plan...so they thought (insert spooky music). While flat lining Nelson recollects a childhood vision of when him and some friends terrorized a local boy. Him and his friends chase the youth up a tree and throw stones at him. Nelson is then revived and confirms that there is something after death but can't really explain it. When the group part ways Nelson walks home and is attacked by a small boy wearing a hood. The youth beats him to the point where Nelson needs stitches. The next night the group meet up to flat line another member and see if the results are consistent. This time on the chopping block is Joe (William Baldwin). Once he has flat lined he experiences an erotic vision until he is revived. From this point on Joe has visions of women speaking to him and is often confused if they are real or not. Meanwhile, Nelson is still getting visits from the young boy and continuously gets the shit kicked out him. Joe and Nelson do not tell the others of the things happening to them and David volunteers to flat line to share this experience. While he is under he sees a young black girl that he had bullied when he was a child. The next day, while on the subway, David sees the little girl calling him names and taunting him. She shit talks him for a few minutes and David is shocked that no one else on the subway sees her. He doesn't realize that the girl on the subway and the girl from his vision are one in the same. When the group meet to flat line Rachel (Roberts) no one informs her of the visions they have witnessed. When she flat lines she witnesses her father's suicide as she did when she was a child. David, knowing that it had to be the guilt making him see the girl, decided to track down the now adult aged girl and apologize for the things he had done to her in his youth. Once he has accomplished this he no longer sees visions of her. The others must face their childhood fear or fall prey to it.
I genuinely like Shumacher's films even though the masses do not. The Lost Boys is one of the greatest vampire movies ever filmed in my humble opinion and the recent Blood Creek was a solid horror flick. Hell, I even like Schumacher's sequels to Tim Burton's Batman series. I had heard about this movie for years but was afraid to pay the absurd
price online for it. I just happened across it at Big Lots of all
places for just $3 and figured for a price like that I'd hate myself for
not picking it up. Now I feel like a fool for paying that ridiculous $3 price for this shit. The acting is obviously the best part of the movie except I cant stand seeing Julie Roberts in anything. However, the characters are lame but there is something satisfying about seeing a small child kicking the shit out of Kiefer Sutherland. The story is original but poorly executed. Long scenes of dialogue where the cast mostly argues with each other takes a lot away from the entertainment. To be honest for a thriller or drama this does not work that well but if Schumacher would have made the movie a little darker and turned it into a horror movie I would have enjoyed it a little more. Over all the story was good but the movie itself was pretty crappy and to be honest I don't recommend this one. Watch The Lost Boys
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