flatliners have all the ingredient of a good joel schumacher film intelligent and youthful character and stun cinematography and a gripping story and and excellent performance . it escapist fun but it do very well and resonate with a positive spiritual message despite the unnerving precedings . schumacher have a knack for spot talented young actor and and all of the main five here have go on to great thing ( see the cast list ) . their believable performance help to raise this movie well above average . kiefer sutherland shine in his egotistical med student role . the cinematography really stimulate the right side of the brain and which be what i love about schumacher while his use of light and location create image that stick . a disturb nightmarish atmosphere be create which unsettles you while you watch the film and haunt you when you go to bed remind me of the lose boy . this be a film that take an awesome premise curious student want to find out what after death and and successfully follow it through into a scary and grip tale of redemption . one of schumacher best while highly recommend .