Line of Duty

I literally just made an IMDb account so I could write this review... and say how absolutely insufferable the obnoxious Gen Z-er with hashtags for brains is. Not exaggerating-with every single line she, or her token friend spoke, I grew more nauseous. I've never been so irritated by a bratty character as I was trying to watch this film. I would've even been able to overlook the preposterously unbelievable plot and exaggerated use of social media and phone cameras in general enough to sit through a whole hour if not for this incessant nagging little sprite that someone apparently thought would add value.

Stopped watching once they introduced the pretentious dumb fake reporter girls...

Totally unbelievable story-line and acting are combined with fast-paced action and lots of setup scenes. The act that you can guess what is coming next is probably what keeps you watching. Most of the storytelling is delivered with tongue in cheek humor while people are dying right left and center. The baddies are super smart, the good guys and authorities totally inept except the heroes and the result is Hallmark. Puts the movie in the middle of the line, not great, not bad, interesting use of the power of social media. I've seen a lot worse.

Just amazed how stupid the girl is.... Bad effects, bad acting, just not believable at all. Aaron is a good action actor but this was really a big lost of time...

Aaron Eckhart is one of the best and most talented actors. No matter what kind of role he played, he just looked the part, the real deal. He played an uniformed cop in this movie and just looked like a cop.

What I have to point out is the bad chasing scenes when he and the kidnapper No.1 like Marathon runners...eh, well, more like supermen. They kept running so long but didn't seem to be tired or even got short breath. Usually, no matter how your cardio condition might be, running so long and still got the strength to fight was just impossible. The chasing scene was just over-the-top ridiculous. I don't know where the kidnapper hid his gun, but during the running, he got no problem to have knife and gun suddenly pulled out like magician is another ridiculous and highly unlikely stupid arrangement. When he ran, we didn't see any place on his body show that he's carrying a knife or a gun, yet he could pull a knife or gun from nowhere.

The thing I hated most when watching a movie was when the director treated us like blind moron. There's no way both guys could run so long and still got the energy and strength to fight, after running so long and so hard, both should be collapsed right away if they stopped. Courtney Eaton played the annoying naive, shallow and self-righteous Ava Brooks role is another reason that made me feel so disgusted. A role that's just felt so ridiculous.