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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
car crashes and cleavage, December 15, 2007
Hitting what may well be a new low in pointless moviemaking, "Redline" is strictly for all those potbellied cases of arrested development who have never moved beyond the tacky, car-and-sex-drenched fantasies of puberty. In this mind-numbingly inane racing melodrama, million dollar sports cars race all over creation going vroom-vroom while submissive, scantily clad bimbos stand around showing off their cleavage. What 13-year old boy - or the middle-aged equivalent thereof - could resist such an offering?
This is a work of such perfect, unimaginable awfulness that there simply has to be a special place reserved for it in some hall of movie infamy. The "plot" is so utterly preposterous and incoherent that it is not worth the time or effort it would take to either recap or discuss it. The acting is laughable, while the photography and editing are amateurish in the extreme. Heck, even the racing scenes themselves lack conviction and excitement.
If you squint hard enough, you might be able to view the whole thing simply as "camp" - though I'd hate to give the people who made this film that much credit.
"Redline" has all the depth, professionalism and cinematic expertise of a high school video project. A true embarrassment for all concerned.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
REALLY?, January 19, 2009
REDLINE
I really have never been more disappointed in a movie before, I should have known from a Fast & Furious knock off. I was never a huge fan of those three films so I should not have expected much from this movie, but Eddie Griffin was in it so I just had to buy it. For that reason alone I bought this movie and now I am not sure if it was reason enough, Griffin is a great entertainer, this movie is far from entertaining. It seems every time I just buy something for one reason or another with out seeing it I end up regretting it, there are a few exceptions like "Illusion" but those a very few. The Fast & the Furious was entertaining, 2 Fast 2 Furious was at least some what entertaining, and even Tokyo Drift was much better then this despite it being about high school kids.
The plot [if there really is one] and story is about a lady who is good at racing and is forced into it, and a guy who comes back from the military only to witness his brother die in a race. Sure that sounds kinda good but trust me it really is not all that great, but you can see were the potential was. The idea seems a little ok when you read it on paper or on a screen but the execution is really not grand at all and should have been handed over to Fast & the Furious guys for a part four. If that would have happened maybe it would have been at the very least ok. I don't enjoy speaking ill of any film because I really believe no one wants to make a bad movie but come on this movie needs help in a bad way. The story follows a man that comes home from the military just to find his younger brother involved in an illegal racing circuit working for their uncle who is a very shaky sketchy guy. At the same time a woman who is forced into racing becomes the uncles new prize when he wins her from Eddie, of course these two come together when his little brother dies and they go against the big bad uncle.
Producer/co-writer Daniel Sadek seems to be proud of the final product but I have to believe that is just a front because I would not be happy with this final product. I guess most of the blame should fall on Sadek and Robert Foreman as they wrote this disaster, their story is almost non existent and the characters are not very dimensional at all. You would think that the story would be some what ok, I mean even the F & the F franchise tried a little harder. Director Andy Cheng it seems may want to stick to stunt work because this film is no were near great, although I liked his debut "End Game" so maybe he just didn't have the write script. Still the direction is not there and the final product suffers for it, he needs to care more about projects I guess.
The acting is bad and I mean bad for this type of film, I say that because this was not a direct to DVD feature it actually had a theatrical run. As unbelievable as that it is you should see the performances in this movie, some are ok but most are bad. Eddie Griffin is one of the few to do an ok job in this film, but you can tell that he was in this for a pay check. Same can be said for Tim Matheson since he seems believable in this film as hard as that is to pull off. Every one else just seems to be on cruise control and maybe it is because they are there for a pay check, or maybe it is because the are not good you decide. I don't know, Angus Macfadyen as the uncle was ok and good in the villain role but Nadia Bjorlin should be ashamed with her performance. Nathan Phillips should feel the same way because I know he can do better then this right here.
This is not a good movie in my mind and I do not really recommend it to any body unless you like cars or want to see a few good looking women. Those are honestly the only reasons to see this movie, and let's be honest are they reason enough.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Redline could have been a much better fim, September 21, 2008
I've never seen a worse film put together than Redline in my life.Its ashame,but with alittle more effort,it could have been great.The girls and cars were beutifull,and some of the actors were not that bad,especially the main guy,Nathan Phillips,who reminded me alot like Health Leager.The ending was alittle thrilling and interesting,but who ever editted this movie should be fired.
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