Flatliners (1990) review

Physicians-in-training Nelson (Kiefer Sutherland), Rachel (Julia Roberts), David (Kevin Bacon), Joe (William Baldwin) and Randy (Oliver Platt) pretend the Hippocratic Oath doesn't exist and come up with an "experiment" in which they basically induce heart failure in each other to find out if there's a possibility of an after-life ... and then get shocked "back" to report their findings.  The concept, albeit totally and completely ludicrous, is fascinating but it doesn't do anything fruitful with it, philosophical or otherwise and instead makes it a moodily-lit (Jan de Bont is the cinematographer) but mindless "thriller" about resolving personal issues from childhood ... which, coincidentally, is why therapy exists (and you don't even need a defibrillator).  The scenes where Nelson gets beaten up (and spit on) by a small boy and David is verbally assaulted by a little girl are unintentionally hilarious and have no place in there.  A better movie would have had them undergo these "experiences" and radically change as individuals, but I digress....