Line of Fire

2003

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Released: 02 December 2003 Ended
Producted By: Touchstone Television
Country: United States of America
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Revenue: 0
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Welcome to the war between the FBI and organized crime. One side enforces the law as the other breaks it, but brains, brawn and intimidation are often the tools of both trades. The Richmond-based Malloy Crime Syndicate is run by Jonah Malloy, a charismatic but dangerous father figure. The Richmond FBI branch has its own dynamic leader in Special Agent-In-Charge Lisa Cohen. Like any business, they must justify operations and produce results while wrangling lieutenants who are as flawed as they are hard-working.

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Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
gezquester This is a great show; I have always been interested in law enforcement. When I was a child, I wanted to be a cop. I used to play at cops and robbers all the time! I still dream about being a cop, or an agent of some kind.FBI agents are fighting to stop the criminal ways of Mr Malloy and his people in Richmond, Virginia (I think that is where it's set).I enjoyed every episode, the acting is good, the script is well written and the action is realistic.Leslie Hope was good as the firm boss who seemed to be on top of everything but was having emotional problems and complications with her child.Leslie Bibb was convincing as the rookie agent who really came into her own towards the end of the show.Anson Mount played his character well. An Agent who spent 2 years undercover in jail so he could infiltrate Mr Malloy's gang and is dealing with some problems as a result of it.Julie Ann Emery played an FBI agent who was also a mother of two and had marriage problems.Jeffery D. Sams played another fresh outta training agent who was 100% confident in himself and seemed to pick things up straight away.David Paymer plays his character brilliantly. He comes across nicely as a criminal with principals! LOL.The show had some surprising concepts and ideas. I was not expecting the raping of Mrs Malloy, the dead baby in a dumpster, the ex-con trying to kill Agent Sampson's (Julie Ann Emery) children. The woman who found out her husband didn't die but ran away, and then turned up again and she shot him and how this affected Bibb's character because she lost her husband during a 9/11 attack. The most surprising thing was that this Agent (Anson Mount) had been undercover in JAIL for 2 years just to get close to Mr Malloy (David Paymer), wow...talk about commitment to your work!! I can imagine though on the set someone calling 'Leslie' and both Bibb and Hope replying at the same time, that must of gotten confusing.This is a great show and I am just upset that it only had one season.
Paul Anthony Cassidy This show is as good as anything on American TV at the moment. But alas it seems to be getting shot down for reasons that people don't worry about in shows like 'The Sopranos'. Yeah Cohen is out of control. But wait a minute don't we read about high ranking Law Enforcement officials screwing up all the time? Sampson has a family and is trying to balance FBI life with being a parent in an increasingly loveless marriage. But wait a minute. Isn't Tony Soprano trying to manage his family life and fragile marriage with his violent crime life? It is more likely to me that a leading FBI agent could have a sex and alcohol problem than it is that a Mob boss openly goes to see a shrink twice a week and has been doing so for years. And Malloy's muscle. Hell they are actually quietly sinister. Not like the Sopranos where everyone of Tony's crew are bad-a-bing stand up comedians from Bensonhurst. And Paymer as Malloy is frickin' marvelous. Lets face it if you had never seen him in anything before you would be impressed. But like i predicted 'Car Pool' will always be held against him. I'm sorry but if a 5ft tall Joe Pesci can be a tough guy then so can Paymer. I think its called acting. Anyway so what if Malloy isn't hard. He's evil and real smart and to be a crime boss thats all you need. I'm happy to see a new take on organized crime that offers a more modest look on the life than the wisecracking 'Sopranos'. Hopefully this show will be given the time and scope to reach the potential it undoubtedly has. Will it reach the heights of the Sopranos? No chance. Infact its probably reaping the backlash of that show's popularity and dominance. But would Donovan Stubbins kick the $hit out of Tony Sope and his crew. NO doubt.
Uxbridge I tried to like this show but I just couldn't get into it. It's not for a lack of talent (Paymer and Bibb in particular are VERY good). It's just the same old mob family versus the Feds stuff that has been played 7 ways to Sunday by other shows. The scene where the FBI agent/Soccer Mom jumps out of her car to threaten an angry motorist (who's P.O.ed after getting into a fender-bender with Agent Mom's hubby) was a bit too much. Flashing her badge and screeching "FBI!" as she forces the motorist's face into the dirt to quell the situation was kind of an abuse of the badge and my believability. Strong female character? Yes! Over-the-top macho chick? Doesn't do any favours for anyone.Making her hubby feel like an impotent toad who can't even stand up for himself was sort of lame in itself.The cast is great but this premise already feels old and worn. Wish I could get into it but that's just not going to happen.
superslick this show could be strong of ABC as long as they maintain the feud between the malloy crime family and the FBI. The main problem i have with this show is the plain stereotypical politically correct characters. The fact that one agent is a strong single mother and the other is a widow from 9-11 who constantly brings it up is kinda annoying. As long as this show maintains the fbi vs mafia storyline and does not begin to focus on the personal lives of the stereotypical agents it should be pretty good.

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