Line Walker

Line Walker

Directed by Jazz Boon

Produced by Shaw Brothers, TVB

2016108 min6.4 / 10

A tense, paranoia-soaked crime thriller about institutional breakdown and the blurred lines between law enforcement and criminality.

The details of undercover police officers are deleted from a police database and a senior officer is left struggling to know who are the undercover officers and who are the criminals.

Questions people ask

  • Is Line Walker scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Line Walker violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Line Walker easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Does Line Walker end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Line Walker sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

26/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity5

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise44

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love40

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Line Walker

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Line Walker

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Line Walker, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Line Walker, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Line Walker, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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