Don't listen to the negative reviews

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Red Line is a cult classic in my house. Me and a buddy of mine have watched it about a hundred times. More recently I've uploaded it to iMovie and edited it down to a 45 minute version with a Rolling Stones soundtrack that works perfectly with it. Thing is, this is not a masterpiece but 50% of it is really good fun. It has a wonderful cast who look like they're having a great time. The dialogue is hilarious in some places, not necessarily intentional every time, but a lot of it comes across as very natural or possibly ad-libbed. Either way, 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 name 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 have Jan Michael Vincent who had been in a serious road accident just before filming. His face is a mess and looks horribly painful, but that doesn't stop Michael Madsen from making jokes about it in a scene with Chad McQueen. The soundtrack is terrible and makes some of the car chase scenes seem boring, when in fact they are actually well done. Add in a bit of the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack (as I did) to accompany the chases and suddenly they're great fun. Anyway if you get a chance to see this, it has a lot to recommend. Like I said half of it is great, the other half just shows up how low budget it is. But I love this film all the same.

Classic action man Steve McQueen was well known for his love of cars and racing and this inspiration shines through as his son, Chad McQueen, follows in his footsteps, putting together an ambitious 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.The story follows a reckless thief who robs shops and steals cars for a living but works by day as a mechanic. When he becomes mixed up 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 most memorable is when Chad's character spots a green Mustang and goes on to pay homage to his father's chase scene in his classic film Bullit.In some of the scenes it is easy to think they didn't have any planning or arrangement with traffic management or the public during the filming of their chase scenes. The dialog is written and delivered with poor timing by all actors and excessive use of the same engine sound effects during car chase scenes can be distracting, otherwise it's a must-see for car enthusiasts and fans of bad films.I give it 1 extra point for ambition.

I saw this on broadcast TV Late Movie and was both disappointed and excited. I saw the description as having Chad McQueen and wished to really just see if he looked like his dad. The writing and editing was at best abysmal! The car chases were the best part except for some editing...a first year film student could have done better!! Spoiler data 2 follow so stop now if you care....... First the ZR-1 scenes were VERY cool...jumps and stuff and at the end they smash it into a brick wall!!!!! WAY COOL! At one point Chad must steal a car to get away from the bad guy...any guesses which car?....his dad's Mustang Bullit car of course! The cinematography is at times archaic and unique at others but is overdone. In one scene as they race through a cemetery skirting death the camera does a 360 degree shot that is very unique but they do it several times and you actually get dizzy! They apparently didn't have $ to do long chase scenes so they used a couple cameras then used the different shots. The only 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 Chad shifting...mob guy close up..same shot Chad shifting...ad infinitum! One scenes editing was laughable they used the EXACT SAME SEQUENCE TWICE....they went around a curve and a Ford model "A or T" was coming toward them and it even "ahhhh-oooo-ga"ed....Not once...but TWICE! They didn't even edit the sound!!!Being a Corvette nut I searched many stores at the mall today...but there are SO many films with the name RED LINE spelled different ways I just decided to find it here....BTW, oddly a 1997 sci-fi flick of the same name ALSO has a C4 Vette on the cover.If you like Vettes, or thought Stalone in Cobra was a comedy....you gotta see this movie!!

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 work is bad, the stunts are bad. Everything about this film, 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 flood a market overflowing with lackluster action pictures.Yawn.