A.C.’s Review: Think
back to the old movie FLATLINERS with Keifer Sutherland and Julia
Roberts scientifically reviving the dead and visiting the afterlife and
you will more of
less have this movie.
A
group of naturally good looking mid to late 20’s scientists have
developed a serum that will bring back animals from the dead. They are
forced to use it on one
of their group when she is accidentally electrocuted during one of the
experiments late one night in their lab.
With
security measures in place the lab becomes sealed and the group is now
trapped with their former friend who is anything but after having come
back from her
vantage point spending years in hell. Not only that she’s now got
powers borrowed from CARRIE that spells doom for her hapless lover and
friends.
The
teen friendly PG-13 rating fell on to this March 2015 horror release
but I doubt if even that will bring audiences into the film. There are
no big draw names
outside of Olivia Wilde and veteran actor Ray Wise shows up for the sum
total of one scene to play an even CEO…it’s great work if you can get
it.
The
low budget nature of this movie is clear in that 90% takes place within
the lab and it has a ridiculously short running time of about 83
minutes. The movie definitely
needed more of a cast for a higher body count.
With
all that said I liked the movie. Any film that explores interesting
concepts such as returning from the great beyond is good by me. Also
most of the characters
were fairly likable.
Best
Scene: When Olivia Wilde is told she had only been dead for a few
minutes but she reveals she was trapped in hell for many years and it
turns out hell is repeating
your worst day over and over again.
A.C.’s Rating: Matinee
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