Product Details

• Actors: Ross Kemp, Saskia Reeves, Mark Bazeley, Brana Bajic, Paul Birchard
• Directors: James Hawes
• Writers: Gerald Seymour
• Producers: Chris Kelly, Michele Buck, Peter Hider, Tim Vaughan
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bedford Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: December 12, 1990
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301899962
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #602,388 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing overall, June 8, 2003

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This review is from: A Line in the Sand (DVD)

This is a well-paced and absorbing movie based on the novel by Gerald Seymour. Ross Kemp, best known in the US for playing Grant Mitchell in British series "EastEnders", puts in a worthy performance as agricultural equipment salesman Gavin Hughes, who is pressed by the British government into spying on his contacts in Iran in exchange for keeping out of prison. His information leads to the deaths of 24 Iranian weapons scientists, and for his own safety he is forced to abandon his family and change his identity. Years later, as he enjoys an idyllic new life as 'Frank Perry' on the Suffolk coast with new love Meryl (Saskia Reeves) and her young son, his cover is blown and an Iranian assassin tracks him down. This time Gavin/Frank refuses to run, and as the authorities scramble to protect him, the hitman closes in.

I don't really understand the R rating as the violence is pretty minimal. I withheld a star only because the ending had a few disappointing aspects, but the cast is great, the pacing is good and the movie sustains itself without resorting to over-the-top gimmicks.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Action Packed with an interesting compelling story, April 14, 2010

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TJ-STL "DVD viewer" (St Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Line in the Sand (DVD)

Short and sweet, this video is worth watching. It has its sad parts and people are killed but the "theory" of saving American lives is compelling justification...I guess. The ending could be more positive and leave a sweeter taste in your mind but over all, consider this a very good movie with action, suspense and the struggle of a man fighting to be free of fear and the threats of his government.