countless tv display and the memorable appearance from 4 of today mega star ( plus hope davis screen debut ) keep flatliners still in prudence . the plot be about a non academic research of five medicine undergrad pursue one crazy idea on discover the secret of death and and learn what after death and then come back to life again . yet the storyline hasn not be design a fascinating a the idea of the plot . there be popular stereotype to develop a regular teen slasher script in flatliners . there be nelson who create the idea of decode death and pretty but introverted rachel and david who cut the gordian knot on luckily not to be dismiss from the school and lady man joe and finally the smart guy randy ( i do not come to medical school to murder my class mat no matter how derange they might be ) . they join hand altogether in an experiment where nelson heart will be stop and rerythmed . then they decide to continue this experiment in strict confidence at night time in the campus . not long after nelson experience everyone start a race over have the wild and the long death experience and risk their life one by one . yet and soon they realize their daily life becomes affect from those experience they have . the visit to the afterlife bring back their delinquent feeling from their childhood memory . depolarize their deep subconscious watchfulness and they begin have somatic delusion and visual hallucination . when the point come where the explanation of subconscious and director joel schumacher skip that every humankind have a subconscious personality which they be not aware of . this inner personality keep one from alter into identity loss . if you lose or if you depolarize this subconscious personality you certainly lose your identity instead of refresh childhood memory . i want to add this a a movie mistake and which already have be mention via movie critic in the early 90 . obviously here in this movie schumacher make the actor have it least affected . then why do they hesitate continue on the experiment after learn their lesson and a if death be design indiscoverable by god . david have be introduce a an atheist and now he turn out to believe in god when he recall a flashback from his childhood . after witness this 180 degreed change in david and it clear to see that schumacher film be so conservative and lily livered while that ultimately why it never classify a a work of science fiction . ala . it have a good potential . it even try to tell the unconscious maturation from have a death experience and begin to believe that death be so simply natural and it only a part of a human life . more than what in the movie and it be also memorable to recall what with the movie . jan de bont a the cinematographer and who have work almost every time with schumacher and create an dreamy atmosphere like it be an gothic horror movie . the blue color scheme all over the wall reflect into the actor face deliver first class of light and that suit perfectly with the film . the close up shot of the gargoyle statue in the campus building and catholic fresco in the wall and stop motion camera and and the dynamic camera speed be all belong to bont skill . flatliners become a cult movie in time with it sociological pen portrait of the x generation juvenile especially via it futuristic editing style with storyboard connection sequence like be part of a video music clip so much aesthetically . those be the time where fast pace and multi sequence video music clip be on rise . this style be very rare to come across in those year after it pioneer tony scott the hunger ( 1983 ) .