Film Review: 'On the Line': Mel Gibson as a Radio Shock Jock Under the GunR | 1h 44min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Action, Drama | 4 November 2022 (USA)
For close to a quarter century (1979–2002), Mel Gibson had the Midas touch. He starred in two blockbuster franchises ("Mad Max," "Lethal Weapon"), high-end thrillers ("The Year of Living Dangerously," "Payback," "Ransom"), and multiple war dramas ("Gallipoli," "The Patriot," "We Were Soldiers").
The high-water mark of Gibson's critical recognition and industry rewards was "Braveheart" (1995), the historical epic that took in over $213 million at the global box office and netted him not one but two Oscars.
With "The Passion of the Christ" (2004), the tide began to change. Despite hauling in over $612 million worldwide, "Passion" sharply divided critics and audiences and received accusations of pushing anti-Semitic content. At one point, "Passion" was both the highest-grossing foreign language and "R" rated movie of all time....
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