"Linewatch" is one of those movies whose plot doesn't excite you. It started off compelling enough, but then it devolved into something rather basic.
Michael "Mad Dog Mike" Dixon (Cuba Gooding Jr.) was a border patrol agent who stumbled upon a box truck full of dead immigrants. His search for the coyote responsible brought him to a honeycomb hideout of felons. His partner Luis (Omar Paz Trujillo) was shot at the location while Mike was able to take out three of the four bad guys. The fourth bad guy got away, but not before a pause and a gander at Mike as if he knew him.
It turns out that the criminal known as Cook (Malieek Straughter) did know Mike and he took that information back to his boss Kimo (Omari Hardwick). What we would come to learn is that Mad Dog used to roll with Kimo, Cook and the rest of the gang. We don't know the terms of Mike's departure from the gang, but it doesn't seem like he was able to retire with a warm send off. Kimo paid Mike a visit at his home and demanded he help restore the damage he caused. Apparently, Mike killed three crucial connections Kimo needed for his drug running venture, and Mike, being a border patrol agent, was uniquely suited to help reboot his pharmaceutical empire.
Mike wasn't all that motivated to help smuggle drugs across the border now that he was a border patrol agent and all, but Mike was a family man and Kimo did the cliche thing and threatened Mike's wife and daughter.
As I said, the plot wasn't very inspiring. I watched with very little interest. I don't know if this movie was going for exciting, thrilling, or intriguing, but it was none of those. It was a pedestrian plot that failed to register.
Michael "Mad Dog Mike" Dixon (Cuba Gooding Jr.) was a border patrol agent who stumbled upon a box truck full of dead immigrants. His search for the coyote responsible brought him to a honeycomb hideout of felons. His partner Luis (Omar Paz Trujillo) was shot at the location while Mike was able to take out three of the four bad guys. The fourth bad guy got away, but not before a pause and a gander at Mike as if he knew him.
It turns out that the criminal known as Cook (Malieek Straughter) did know Mike and he took that information back to his boss Kimo (Omari Hardwick). What we would come to learn is that Mad Dog used to roll with Kimo, Cook and the rest of the gang. We don't know the terms of Mike's departure from the gang, but it doesn't seem like he was able to retire with a warm send off. Kimo paid Mike a visit at his home and demanded he help restore the damage he caused. Apparently, Mike killed three crucial connections Kimo needed for his drug running venture, and Mike, being a border patrol agent, was uniquely suited to help reboot his pharmaceutical empire.
Mike wasn't all that motivated to help smuggle drugs across the border now that he was a border patrol agent and all, but Mike was a family man and Kimo did the cliche thing and threatened Mike's wife and daughter.
As I said, the plot wasn't very inspiring. I watched with very little interest. I don't know if this movie was going for exciting, thrilling, or intriguing, but it was none of those. It was a pedestrian plot that failed to register.