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BEYOND THE LINE Review: An Overly-Contemplative Shoestring War Epic That Goes Beyond Its Runtime

I hadn’t seen any of director Jason Mills’ films up to this point, but having just screened his latest film, Beyond The Line, I’m hard pressed to give this one a pass even to those most fond of war movies. An allied forces plane carrying British soliders is shot down, leaving officer Baker (Chris Walters), fending for himself and surrounded by Nazis. Hours later, a chance meeting with Summers (Jackson Berlin), an American solider gone rogue following the loss of his team, pits the two very different soliders in a reluctant partnership that ultimately becomes an introspective testament to what surviving will really take on the battlefield. We spot that difference almost instantly throughout our protagonists’ screentime with Baker more fearful of taking a life on the battlefield than Summers, who is ardently driven to kill as many Nazis as possible while he’s still armed and breathing. Moral quandaries aside, […]

BEYOND THE LINE: Two Allied Soliders Fight To Come Home In The Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Vision Films is proudly presenting wartime thriller, Beyond The Line, in association with Millspictures Studios. The film is directed by Jason Mills and stars Chris Walters (Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), Jackson Berlin (Man of Steel, Supernatural) and Darren Andrichuck (Standard Action, What We Once Were). It’s the close of World War II. Unwilling to surrender, rogue German forces shoot down a returning British squadron leaving Sydney Baker (Chris Walters) wounded and lost with the enemy closing in. He’s saved by American soldier, William Summers (Jackson Berlin) and the duo must face their fears, both internal and external, to defeat the enemy and make it back to friendly territory alive. Beyond The Line, born from Mills’ own fandom of war films and harrowing tales of heroism and brotherhood, was reportedly well-received by audiences earlier this month upon its premiere at The Cinematheque in Vancouver. The film is slated for June […]