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REDLINE

Fast cars, shallow thrills, and content too costly for families.

2007PG-1393 minutesChicago PicturesSports Thriller
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ENTERTAINMENT QUALITY ★★★★ 1 / 4 A weak, one-dimensional B movie.
FAMILY CONTENT Caution −2 on the +4 to −4 scale Caution for discerning adults; not for children or young teens.
CONTENT LEVELS NONE → HEAVY
Language Heavy
Violence Moderate
Sex Light
Nudity Moderate
BEST FOR Discerning adults interested in underground racing movies.
NOT FOR Children, young teens, or families seeking wholesome entertainment.
CONTENT IN ONE LINE 28 obscenities, strong action violence, sexualized imagery and nudity, alcohol, smoking, gambling, kidnapping, threats, and a villain who says people do not need God.
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Should You Watch It?

REDLINE offers fast cars, underground racing, gambling, and a plot involving wealthy gamblers, a talented female driver, and a dangerous millionaire. But the source review finds little substance beneath that surface. It calls the film a campy B movie with a one-dimensional script, and says the fast cars and fast women are mainly there as “eye candy.”

The content costs more than the movie gives back. The film includes foul language, frequent shots of young women in skimpy outfits, strong action violence, sexual content, nudity, alcohol, smoking, gambling, kidnapping, and threats. The dialogue was also hard to hear at the multiplex because of the movie’s multi-channel sound.

For your family, the practical answer is simple: skip it.

The Story

NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISES

REDLINE follows underground car races held on city streets and in the desert outside Las Vegas, where wealthy people gamble millions on fast cars. Natasha, the daughter of a dead racecar driver, is promised a music contract if her racing skills can win a race. A dangerous millionaire’s plans soon place Natasha and her mother in serious danger, bringing a war veteran into the fight.

Is It Any Good?

One star means the movie offers very little beyond its surface attractions. The source review calls REDLINE a campy B movie that cannot overcome its one-dimensional script. Its fast cars provide some visual appeal, but the film’s main appeal is described as “eye candy.”

The presentation also has a technical drawback: the multi-channel sound made the dialogue difficult to hear at the multiplex. With the thin story, foul language, and constant sexualized imagery, the result is not a satisfying popcorn movie.

The Worldview

REDLINE presents a light moral worldview with pagan and immoral elements. Its villain says people do not need God, while the story surrounds racing and gambling with threats, extortion, kidnapping, sexualized behavior, and other forms of wrongdoing.

The film treats fast cars and fast women as attractions, but the source review does not describe a deeper moral vision that meaningfully challenges those values. Its central world is driven by money, pleasure, danger, and control rather than dependence on God or a clear standard of righteousness.

The villain’s claim that people do not need God stands against Scripture’s warning: “The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’” (Psalm 14:1).

Movieguide® worldview codes: B, Pa, H, AB, LLL, VV, S, NN, A, D, M — preserved for our database, awards research and the annual Report to the Entertainment Industry. What the codes mean →

The Content Guide

The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.

Content Summary

Light moral worldview with some pagan and immoral elements, and villain says people don't need God; 28 obscenities, one light profanity, and a couple obscene gestures; strong action violence includes shooting guns, car crashes, fighting, and wrecked car explodes; implied fornication in one scene and men have girls in skimpy clothes around them, implying sex; rear female nudity and upper male nudity in one scene and lots of female cleavage as women wear skimpy outfits; alcohol use; smoking; and, lots of gambling, villain kidnaps woman and her mother to extort favor out of woman, and threats.

Talk About It

Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.

01

What does this story suggest people will do for money, pleasure, or control? How does Jesus describe the danger of serving money?

Matthew 6:24 · 1 Timothy 6:9–10
02

The villain says people do not need God. What does Scripture say about human independence from God?

Psalm 14:1 · Acts 17:24–25
03

How can entertainment turn dangerous behavior, gambling, or sexualized images into something attractive? What should guide your choices?

Philippians 4:8 · 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22
04

When someone uses threats or kidnapping to get what they want, what does that reveal about power without righteousness?

Micah 6:8 · Proverbs 21:15

The Final Word

REDLINE has fast cars but a shallow story, difficult-to-hear dialogue, and content that overwhelms its limited entertainment value. For your family, the answer is SKIP IT. Looking for a better choice? Try our family-friendly picks.

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