I think we can all recall some pretty incredible and unexpected plot twists over the years in some of our favorite shows.
It’s what it keeps viewers talking for years to come, but with the frequency TV and film is released nowadays, many get lost to the abyss.
One film that is getting its renaissance on social media is a certainly falls into this category stars Mel Gibson and features an unbelievable plot twist.
An official synopsis for the dark thriller reads: “A provocative and edgy radio host must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller who’s kidnapped his family and is threatening to blow up the whole station.”
Gibson stars in the film as Elvis, the radio host who you can call to talk to about ‘all your issues and problems’.
When a caller named Gary dials in, things for Elvis take a dramatic turn, but how will things end up?
On the Line released in 2022. (Saban Capital Group)
In case you haven’t seen it and the synopsis doesn’t give it away, the film in question is called On The Line.
The film has been the hot topic of conversation on Facebook’s ‘Netflix Bangers’ – a place where a lot of folks go to see what everyone on the streamer is watching.
“I need to watch a movie with a plot twist that’ll have me in disbelief for days,” one person wrote on the Facebook group.
“On The Line with Mel Gibson really surprised me with the twist at the end. Watched it on Netflix yesterday,” one person immediately commented.
Other Facebook users commented how they were left in disbelief at the thriller.
While the plot twist may be pretty incredible, On the Line did not particularly review very well, and some social media users agreed.
One commented: “that twist was SO dumb tho.”
The film sits at a lowly 20 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, with only a handful of positive reviews.
The film didn’t particularly review well. (Saban Capital Group)
One of them comes from Tim Cogshell at FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles), who penned: “This is a really good Mel Gibson film.”
However, those type of reviews were very much few and far between.
The Decider’s Jesse Hassenger wrote: “A vengeful caller sending a frazzled shock-jock on an overnight odyssey isn’t a bad idea. But On the Line is the kind of movie that thinks it can win the game with a Hail Mary pass in the last ten minutes”
While Terry Staunton, from the Radio Times, said: “The acting is across-the-board woeful, with Gibson all-but sleepwalking through his role, and the preposterous denouement serves only to compound viewers’ suspicions that the whole affair has been a waste of their time.”
I guess you can’t please everyone.
If you want to give it a whirl, On the Line is streaming on Netflix now.