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Life on the Line
As a huge electrical storm sweeps towards Texas, lineman Beau Ginner is haunted by memories of his brother's death by lightning years earlier. Since that tragic day, he has raised his niece Bailey and risen to foreman of a lineman team. However, there is friction when Bailey's on-off boyfriend Duncan joins the crew, while another new recruit is hiding PTSD symptoms. Beau and his team are soon putting their lives at risk in a race to replace miles of power cables to keep the electrical grid running before the deadly lightning storm strikes. Based on a true story; this film is a tribute to the heroes who risk it all to keep us safe.
| Release : | 2016 |
| Rating : | 5.2 |
| Studio : | Grindstone Entertainment Group, Voltage Pictures, Marro Films, |
| Crew : | Assistant Art Director, Production Design, |
| Cast : | John Travolta Kate Bosworth Devon Sawa Julie Benz Ryan Robbins |
| Genre : | Drama Action Thriller |
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Reviews
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Excellent but underrated film
The acting in this movie is really good.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
I was curious to learn about this profession knowing how dangerous it is for the workers. There was literally ten minutes at the most of the linemen working. The rest of the movie is an insanely dumb soap opera....that is far from entertaining. This was one of the few movies in my life that I actually debating turning off. I already wasted 90 minutes watching the movie so I figure I could waste another two minutes writing this review.
If you don't want to waste your life away by watching an awful movie that sucks in so many ways, with poor acting and a very weak plot then DO NOT watch this movie... even if you do like John Travolta.Nothing in the movie is at all funny nor is it remotely interesting. Even the biggest scene with the storm was only about 15 minutes long.IT'S POOP I TELL YA, IT'S POOP!
Life on the Line is a straight to VOD movie with every cliché in the book and a bare bones plot from Armageddon but without a comet and a spaceship.John Travolta is Beau, a veteran lineman in Texas wracked with guilt after his brother got electrocuted and his brother's wife dies on the way to the hospital. Beau raises his niece Bailey (Kate Bosworth) as his own.Bailey is in love with Duncan (Devon Sawa) an aspiring lineman but Beau dislikes him. Bailey has also attracted a stalker with an ex boyfriend. The crew have a difficult task ahead as they are replacing worn out electricity lines, they need to ensure their safety especially with bad weather about.There is a subplot when new neighbours move in, the man is an Iraq war veteran with PTSD who reckons his wife is cheating on him. He is also a lineman and rather suicidal as well.Trouble ensues when the electric lines are down after a train wreck, complicated by a heady storm and improbable melodrama involving Bailey ending up at hospital with the back up power down. Beau need all his experience and skill to have the electricity flowing.We get a busy story but much nothing happens apart from a countdown to a deadly storm. You could not wait for the storm to arrive as it means some action but it is tepid at best.
Watched this tonight - Watt a treat, its absolutely shocking, electrifying and keeps pylon on the suspense, it really amps up towards the end, and manages to fuse and splice current day tech with raw acting power, if you want a film that makes you go "ohm my god" you cant do better than this John Tra-volt-a charged joule of a movie. This really sparks the imagination and overloads the senses, worth the watch. Follow it up by watching the new program on the documentary channel about power workers searching the top floor of abandoned power stations for old valuables - Cash in the static.
