They get you hook, line, and sinker, but this time their prize catch is fighting back.
The 26th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival runs July 14th through August 3rd, and you can follow all of our coverage here.
Talented filmmakers can turn any situation or scenario into an entertaining and suspenseful ride — you need look no further than 2017’s brilliant Bad Genius, a movie about teenage test cheaters, to know that it’s true — but what if the subject matter is also extremely bleak and depressing? Last year’s Netflix hit Squid Game answers that question well enough, and now another South Korean effort is here with its eyes on a similar prize. On the Line explores the world of phishing scams and the destitute families they leave behind, and it does it with fierce action beats, aggressive momentum, and a far too abrupt ending.
Han Seo-joon (Byun Yo-han) is an ex-cop who now works hard as a construction supervisor, but one bad day on the job sends his whole life spinning. A concentrated scam effort targeting both the company boss and Seo-joon’s wife has left the pension fund empty and the couple’s savings obliterated. The police are of no help as they’re trying to build a case against the crooks higher up the food chain, but…
