LINE OF FIRE Review: A Searing Look At What Happens When Unhealed Trauma Is Tested To Its Damning Limit
It’s one thing to tell a story of “good versus evil”. It’s another to observe this narrative in a way that brings nuance without negating reality or even common sense. I would imagine this brings challenges to any director or screenwriter, including and especially Scott Major in his striking psychological crime thriller out of Australia, Line Of Fire, as it’s titled for its U.S. release. There are no two ways about it with this film as the minute it begins, the eeriness sets in for an early morning start for our two leads: Jamie (Samantha Tolj), a married mother of two and freelance gossip blogger struggling to land her next big payday, and Samantha (Nadine Garner), a suburban police officer and single mother bickering lovingly with her son to get ready for school instead of sheepishly playing sick. Immediately, the film makes it clear just how different and far out […]