“On the Line” did not make a lot of an impression on critics when it got here out. Rotten Tomatoes accrued 25 evaluations for the film, with solely 20% being constructive. Most discovered it to be a middling affair, together with Terry Staunton of Radio Instances, who wrote, “The appearing is across-the-board woeful, with Gibson all-but sleepwalking by his position, and the preposterous denouement serves solely to compound viewers’ suspicions that the entire affair has been a waste of their time.” If folks aren’t speaking concerning the total high quality, they could be too targeted on the completely bonkers finale of the film. What follows are spoilers for the ending of “On the Line,” if one cares about that sort of factor.
The occasions of the movie transform one large prank Elvis was enjoying on the present’s new intern, Dylan (William Moseley). Even the remainder of Elvis’ employees is in on it, so nobody actually dies throughout the movie. Issues seem to take one other twist when Dylan falls down some stairs after the large reveal and dies, horrifying Elvis. Nevertheless, so as to add one other twist on prime of that, Dylan seems to be high-quality, and the whole lot is an elaborate prank the crew pulls on Elvis. It turns into a Russian nesting doll of pranks the place nothing of advantage transpires.
On the finish of the day, it would not sound like considered one of Mel Gibson’s finest films. However it’s obtainable to observe now on Netflix together with one other critically-panned Gibson film, “Power of Nature.”