The unstable new kingpin of a Tijuana drug cartel is targeted by an assassin for elimination. The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia who is also fighting her own demons for the sake of her daughter. Set in the rich and atmospheric backdrop of Tijuana, Mexico, La Linea (The Line) is full of action, drama and finds its soul in the plight of the characters that inhabit the most dangerous city in North America. If you can think of two semi-stars less likely to sell a movie than Ray Liotta and Andy Garcia, I don't know who they would be. The pair of writer-producers who put this mess together have an interview in the DVD extras where they pretentiously explain the thesis behind the themes and plot devices in this POS. Amazing that in the world of Hollywood, the jargonized baloney they spew is taken seriously enough for financiers to respond with film stock money.<br/><br/>Danny Trejo said it best in his interview: "What did I like best about making 'The Line'? Firing off that machine gun all morning, man!"<br/><br/>Nothing is this movie is not a cliché, incomplete, or just the wrong thing to do. Centering around a dying Mexican gangster's desire to turn over his business to a gang member not his son (why?), the new guy allows Al Qaeda to use drug transport routes to move weapons (why doesn't the old guy stop it?), and kill his son (again, why not stop it?) There are competing incompetent hit men trying to off the new guy (always failing) so the CIA gets involved. Vastly complicated and totally stoopid movie made with the usual tropes, only badly.<br/><br/>Oh, and by the way – there is a rampant tendency these days to include a twist. This one bursts in with klaxons. This movie is supposed to symbolize something. I couldn't figure what that was. A very confusing story line, disjointed story telling and some incomprehensible characters makes it a insomniacs delight. <br/><br/>Ray Liotta is a sniper, who has killed a lady by mistake in the past. Image of that lady haunts him. We are never told who he was actually trying to kill or who that lady was with sentances like "No one really cared"!! Perhaps the script writer and director didn't!<br/><br/>There were too many questions at the end of the movie. Why does the God father go along with this plan? Why he wants his step-son dead? Why the US secret agency doesn't just kill the Afghans? <br/><br/>I fell asleep within half an hour! Highly advice you to skip this.
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