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Non exactly peachy, but proficient enough.
As a fan of auto chase films, equally shortly as I heard virtually this one I had to see it. I was annoyed that when I tried to watch the trailer on the net that it wouldn't play, which meant I couldn't get a taster of information technology. Merely now I finally ain the film on DVD and I have to say that I'm glad I do as Reddish LINE, while not exactly a smashing auto hunt film, is enjoyable enough.
I think it's unfair to effort and compare Chad McQueen to his male parent. I hateful, we might as well face it. Republic of chad will never exist every bit skilful equally his male parent Steve. But I recollect he should be judged for his own qualities. In this moving-picture show he is very good in the action hero office, and handles the stunt driving excellently. One problem I had with the automobile chases was that at times it seems the cars aren't going very fast at all. But they are however exciting. It was a chip derisive how they have Chad drive a greenish Mustang like the one his dad drove in BULLITT at one point, but the cars on brandish are all beauties, especially the contraband-conveying Corvette that the primary torso of the plot revolves around.
Roxana Zal is quite good equally leading lady Gem and January-Michael Vincent is very menacing every bit principal bad guy Keller. Strangely though, MIchael Madsen who is given very high billing in the credits is barely involved in the movie, but is yet very good. It's a shame Dom DeLuise and Corey Feldman didn't accept more to practice. I love the way that Republic of chad manages to stitch up both sets of bad guys looking for the Corvette's cargo in the end.
In short, RED LINE is a skilful enough way to spend an hour and a half in my stance.
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My favourite B Movie
Reddish Line is a cult classic in my house. Me and a buddy of mine take watched it virtually a hundred times. More recently I've uploaded information technology to iMovie and edited it down to a 45 infinitesimal version with a Rolling Stones soundtrack that works perfectly with it. Matter is, this is not a masterpiece but 50% of it is actually good fun. It has a wonderful cast who look like they're having a smashing time. The dialogue is hilarious in some places, non necessarily intentional every fourth dimension, but a lot of it comes beyond as very natural or possibly ad-libbed. Either fashion, much like Star Wars (which is renowned for bad dialogue) it's endlessly quotable. A few of my favourites include -
"Kill us and the deal's off"
"I got a proper noun for ya Larry, Squidlips"
"No, no not the fag!"
"DD, VD, DD what the feck is a DD?"
"You ask a lotta questions, are you a fekkin cop?"
On top of all that you accept Jan Michael Vincent who had been in a serious route accident just before filming. His face up is a mess and looks horribly painful, only that doesn't cease Michael Madsen from making jokes about it in a scene with Chad McQueen. The soundtrack is terrible and makes some of the auto chase scenes seem ho-hum, when in fact they are really well done. Add together in a scrap of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack (every bit I did) to accompany the chases and of a sudden they're bang-up fun. Anyway if you get a chance to see this, it has a lot to recommend. Like I said half of it is smashing, the other half just shows up how low budget information technology is. But I love this film however.
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Countless auto chases and bad acting combine in this C-class action flick.
Archetype activity man Steve McQueen was well known for his dearest of cars and racing and this inspiration shines through as his son, Republic of chad McQueen, follows in his footsteps, putting together an aggressive film full of car chases, sleazy dialog and some naughty content.
The other notable names involved are a curious list: Jan Michael Vincent from Airwolf, Dom DeLuise from Cannonball Run, Eighties child star Corey Feldman and Reservoir Dogs heavy Michael Madsen. The other stars are of course the numerous makes and models of cars used in the car chases: Porsche 911 and 928, Jaguar XK, Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette, two Ford Mustangs and more than.
The story follows a reckless thief who robs shops and steals cars for a living only works by day as a mechanic. When he becomes mixed upwardly with a heavy who blackmails him to steal cars for him, he discovers a way to turn it around and make a fortune in the process. Of all the scenes, the near memorable is when Republic of chad'southward grapheme spots a dark-green Mustang and goes on to pay homage to his begetter'southward chase scene in his classic film Bullit.
In some of the scenes information technology is easy to call back they didn't take any planning or arrangement with traffic direction or the public during the filming of their chase scenes. The dialog is written and delivered with poor timing past all actors and excessive utilize of the same engine audio effects during car chase scenes can be distracting, otherwise it's a must-see for machine enthusiasts and fans of bad films.
I give it ane extra indicate for ambition.
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Entertaining,but forgettable
A B-grade action motion picture with some well-known actors in it.
Look out for Jan-Michael Vincent as one of the bad guys. Notice annihilation peculiar about him ? Well, the truth is, Jan-Michael, as we all know, struggled with some drinking problems in real life, got smashed upwardly in an vehicle blow a solar day or two prior to shooting this movie, only still showed up at the set - to everyone's surprise ! His face was still badly swollen and if you look carefully yous will notice the hospital band on his wrist ! This actor quite literally got upwardly from the hospital bed and went straight to the set - Amazing ! Anyway, Jan has been through some pretty crude times and we salute his courage to still award his commitments in this entertaining, but forgettable "Friday-nighttime video" blazon movie.
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Another Low-budget Car Hunt Film.
You accept to like it for what it is. It is a cheep auto movie with Corey Feldman and Jan Michael Vincent in information technology. It doesn't matter what else happens. That is what defines this ane. With that said. It was fun. I relish the low upkeep car films. This has the car chases, a trivial t-north-a and a few big names and an odd cameo. First the cars and chases. Y'all have a Corvette, a few Porshes, a Ferrari, a Jaguar and a few Mustanges. Republic of chad McQueen, Steve McQueen's son, at one betoken drives a light-green 1968 Mustang Fastback I gauge equally a tribute to Bullett in which his father stared. The chases are adept, not smashing. Yous tin tell that one car is attached to a camera truck during one of the chases. The story is about what yous would expect. Non going to elaborate. The stars. Well Chad McQueen is not his dad simply is well suited for the lead in a depression budget car movie. Corey Feldman is ...well... Corey Feldman. Michael Madsen plays a guy like Michael Madsen would play. Jan Michael Vincent, I think had a motorcycle accident before this picture was fabricated and his confront looks like it went through a meet grinder. But he fits the over all theme of this picture show. Low Budget. Dom Delouis plays the worst part I think he has e'er played. And if you scout shut Ron Jeremy pops up twice in the film. Don't get me wrong. If you like cheesy depression-upkeep car films, this will hit the spot. If you are looking for Bullett. Not information technology.
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This Moving picture Burns Prophylactic!
This movie is excellent for Race Car drivers and fans of Nascar, considering this movie looks but like my video game, Meridian Gear Rally on the Nintendo 64 system. This flick has a great deal of good action, stunts, plot, exceptionally expert acting, and stars from the by. Republic of chad McQueen did an excellent chore equally an thespian and a stunt car driver in this film, on how he fix ii unlike organized crimes, and they killed each other while he ran off with a ton of smack. Jan-Michael Vincent did an first-class job besides, even though his age is really starting to evidence in this motion-picture show, simply he did have a motorcycle accident the day before they started filming, at times in the film, you can really see his hospital band believe it or not! Jan-Michael Vincent, dominated this film, only like all his others! Since at present that his historic period is really kick in, he makes a perfect bad guy or a psycho path (Hidden Obsession). I recommend this flick to all Hollywood B-movie fans!
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RED LINE a slow, uneventful ride.
RED LINE is a bore. A sloppy, unfunny mess of an action film with an inviting box and a well-cut trailer. The acting is bad, the camera piece of work is bad, the stunts are bad. Everything about this picture show, really, is bad. Decent exploitation cast is wasted. Jan Michael Vincent is interesting to watch because his face is a mangled mess thanks to his unfortunate car accident. This is another of those productions that could've been a lot of fun with a competent director concentrating on making the car chase scenes exciting, rather than a hack job to overflowing a marketplace alluvion with lackluster action pictures.Yawn.
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Cerise Line stalls out
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Jimmy (McQueen) is an auto mechanic and role-time stick-upward man who uses the cars people drop off to speed away in later he finishes his petty heists. Despite the disapproval of his dominate, Jerry (DeLuise), Jimmy ends upward working for crime dominate Keller (Vincent) as a driver.
While doing this, a series of events occurs: He discovers the truth almost Tony (Feldman) and Crystal (Strain) - the brother and wife respectively of rival crime boss Mr. Lawrence (Madsen), and he also gains possession of a special Corvette with a surprise inside. Even though Gene (Z'Dar), i of Keller'south goons, is on his trail, Jimmy manages to get on the run with Precious stone (Zal), who is escaping the clutches of her abusive fellow Dick (Zito). Is whatever of this making sense? Or, when it comes to seeing this movie, will you be drawing a Ruddy LINE in the sand?
The Alone Tiger consequence, as we call it, seems to be something we tin can never escape. Any time we see a cast list of this many B-Movie faces, it draws us in and proves impossible to resist. Nevertheless again, sadly, we were disappointed. Despite the star ability involved, Red Line merely isn't that...well...involving.
One of the bright spots was the brief advent of Dom DeLuise, who is just too talented to exist hemmed in by a dire production like this. The supposed hero, Jimmy, is an unlikable criminal and he'due south the guy nosotros're supposed to be rooting for? Plain Chad McQueen thought and so, equally not merely was he the star, he's also credited with stunt driving, casting, and producing. He was really involved with this projection, and while, on the whole, it's probably a better movie than Money to Burn (1996) - produced past and starring a lot of the aforementioned people - it's non as funny as MTB. But information technology's about every bit dumb, so that equation doesn't really piece of work out well in the viewer's favor. Most of Republic of chad's shirts have sleeves this time around, and so it looks similar our Chad is finally growing up.
Jan-Michael Vincent's grotesque appearance - apparently the result of a real-life machine blow - only helps his character, but information technology'southward all pretty unpleasant. Chuck Zito's line readings are pure gilt, and the presences of Robert Z'Dar and Julie Strain are always welcome. Even Joe Estevez and none other than Ron Jeremy have cameos. Corey Feldman wears a silly jacket and holds his gun sideways. Roxana Zal plays the inexplicably pretty motorcar wash daughter. What drew all these people to be in this substandard movie? Maybe managing director Sjogren has a lot of charisma. Frankly, we're surprised Ian Jacklin isn't involved.
Ron Jeremy plays a gardener whose name is Gardner. So, that's the level of intelligence on display hither...but did you lot await anything else going in? We, as viewers, have to await a whopping 63 minutes until we go to Michael Madsen to be in the mix of this broth. But really, there are no surprises on show with Cherry-red Line. Information technology's a very long 90 minutes. It's like to Sjogren'due south Strip N' Run (2000), also starring Madsen.
There should accept been scenes of Chad McQueen beating upwards the many goons the offense bosses ship after him, or some such activeness setpieces. Only aside from some driving stuff and a few mild blow-ups, the action factor is low. Only imagine No Homo's Land (1987) just with no Charlie Sheen, nothing really interesting happens, and there are boom mike shadows on the walls. This could have been a really easy fix: brand the hero likable and give him goons to fight. Smash. Ameliorate picture. Just no, sadly, Cherry Line opts for the stupider route less traveled (that's less-traveled for a reason).
In the end, despite the stellar bandage, Red Line stalls out.
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AHHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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This was meant to be a comedy,right? It couldn't have been a serious attempt at an action/drama flick! I had more laughs watching this mess than any Jim Carrey movies! I loved watching McQueen get all confused trying to effigy out the shift pattern on that 'Bullitt' ripoff Mustang. How nearly when he popped the clutch in reverse & and so couldn't detect first gear! Ahahaha! Or the high performance Corvette that couldn't outrun the 195 horsepower Police force cars. Then at that place's the obligatory Bullitt hunt sequence ripoff where all the cross traffic is 'mysteriously' moving faster than the chase vehicles.(I'm not sure I can spoil anything about this thing but I judge this could exist a spoiler):I like the Reservoir Dog ripoff scene.Is that how they fooled Madsen into getting involved in this matter? The only drama I found was looking at Vincents face.I kept wondering how hammered he must have been to check himself out of a hospital after a about fatal crash just to act in such a fatal wreck of a movie. Actually, I think I might be too harsh. Information technology really served some good unintentional humour! Sort of like watching The A-Squad.
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Then bad y'all won't want to miss information technology
Lots of cars go wrecked in this movie which is but fitting, every bit this is a motorcar wreck of a movie. Yous know you shouldn't stare, but you lot go alee and practice it anyway. If you hang in at that place and keep watching, you'll be treated to archetype scenes such as a automobile chase in which identical picture clips keep looping to requite the impression that the chase stretches over an extended period. A lead actress so bad she would be hooted off the stage of a high school production. And former "big proper noun" actors who have some explaining to exercise if they ever want to be taken seriously once more.
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Just plain awful
This movie is hideously bad. Y'all can't blame the cast, peculiarly Michael Madsen, but what are they doing in this junk? Even Corey Feldman and Robert D'Zar are completely wasted. January-Michael Vincent looks every bit though he has been in a serious blow--his face is full of scars and his speech is somewhat warbled. I won't fifty-fifty comment on Dom Deluise.
The real problems are the direction and writing, both washed by the aforementioned no-name. The dialogue is so inept it is laughable. Another trouble is the stuntwork, or lack thereof. Near of the stunts consist of cars spinning around on grass or clay or pavement, cars quickly accelerating/decelerating, or fifty-fifty cars driving off ledges (wow!!) In that location aren't fifty-fifty whatsoever explosions or gunplay.
Practice yourself a favor--avoid this movie.
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Crummy Picture,Swell Corvette ZR1scenes!
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I saw this on broadcast TV Belatedly Flick and was both disappointed and excited. I saw the description every bit having Chad McQueen and wished to really just encounter if he looked like his dad. The writing and editing was at best abysmal! The auto chases were the best part except for some editing...a first year flick pupil could have done better!! Spoiler data 2 follow so cease now if y'all care....... Offset the ZR-i scenes were VERY absurd...jumps and stuff and at the end they blast information technology into a brick wall!!!!! WAY COOL! At i indicate Republic of chad must steal a car to go away from the bad guy...any guesses which car?....his dad's Mustang Bullit automobile of course! The cinematography is at times primitive and unique at others simply is overdone. In one scene equally they race through a cemetery skirting death the camera does a 360 degree shot that is very unique but they do information technology several times and you actually get dizzy! They apparently didn't have $ to do long chase scenes and then they used a couple cameras then used the different shots. The just problem was it was WAY obvious and were used minutes later in obviously the SAME unique location. It actually looked worse than "Airwolf" ...same shot of Republic of chad shifting...mob guy close upwards..same shot Chad shifting...ad infinitum! Ane scenes editing was laughable they used the Verbal Same SEQUENCE TWICE....they went effectually a bend and a Ford model "A or T" was coming toward them and it even "ahhhh-oooo-ga"ed....Not once...simply TWICE! They didn't even edit the sound!!!
Being a Corvette nut I searched many stores at the mall today...but in that location are SO many films with the name RED LINE spelled different ways I just decided to observe it here....BTW, oddly a 1997 sci-fi flick of the aforementioned name Too has a C4 Vette on the cover.
If you similar Vettes, or idea Stalone in Cobra was a comedy....you gotta encounter this movie!!
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