Title: Crossing Over the 'Line'
Product review: A prolonged war picture about the battle for Guadalcanal Island, "The Thin Red Line" hits and misses. Terrence Malick's direction is correlative to nobody else. Characters come and go. Sean Penn thinks he knows a lot about life and death (substantial). Jim Caviezel is one with nature (habitat boy). Nick Nolte is an irate sergeant with really needs to calm down (his veins are full of merit). Woody Harrelson loses his hind end (twinge!). Elias Koteas doesn't like the sergeant (not good). George Clooney, John Travolta and John Cusack make appearances (why?). There are plenty of shots to make any cinematographer jealous. Good acting, but three hours of almost nothing will leave you empty. If you are willing to see how long you can last before you fall asleep, try it out. If you feel like meditating, watch this. If you feel like torturing somebody, watch this. If you feel like doing something fun, get a baseball bat and play Over the Line with a copy of this movie to smash.
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