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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm Posts: 12333
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Life on the Line
Life on the LineQuote: A crew of men who do the high-wire work of fixing the electrical grid are hit by a sudden deadly storm.
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Thu Jun 16, 2016 8:12 pm |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11185 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Life on the Line
Life on the Line is everything what a typical Lifetime movie is like. It's hard to like for it's low budget, and some bad acting but on the other hand this film is well directed and a nice cast as well. Travolta of course shines, but Bosworth and Sawa hand in some very good performances as well. The script is definitely nothing to write home about, but the film has a great setting of a small Texas town that makes it a very charming watch. There's some awful cgi in it, like a fake-burning log, but they only made use of that on a few instances. The real-time nature, landscape and town shots often look gorgeous in contrast though. All in all it's a small time drama that turned in to a very pleasurable watch for me. It's sometimes bad, but overall I regard it a solid product overall. It's especially Travolta, just as he has shown in other recent films, who can just lift any film to a higher level, and does so here as well.
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Sat Jun 18, 2016 1:34 am |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67000
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Life on the Line
It is always nice to see Travolta (playing an ex-Hells Angel turned lineman here, which was a nice change) but this film is 90s TV movie level through and through. Most of it is eye-roll inducing and/or cringe worthy. They really hammer home how dangerous being a lineman is, and they mention "lineman" hundreds of times - every conversation is about it! And Sharon Stone's character. What the hell. Such a waste. This movie had one purpose, and they literally did not focus on anything else.
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Sun Oct 02, 2016 12:08 pm |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11185 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Life on the Line
Glad you watched it. Sure it's production value isn't high and I can see where you're coming from with your review. For me though, I still like this sum up: stuffp wrote: a very charming watch.
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Sun Oct 02, 2016 1:02 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67000
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Re: Life on the Line
I love how they tried to say Travolta was this "one punch monster", but it is badly executed. He knocks a lard ass out in the parking lot, but later we see him with a vest and his arms are small and flabby.
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