From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail, includes a review of the TV movie Death or Canada,too:

• The ugliness of life in Toronto
  “The Line has plenty of panache and is directed with aplomb by Gail Harvey. But, by heavens it gets overheated. All that anger, rage and aggression. It’s entertaining, but it’s smug. It’s fine drama but full of itself, a bourgeois indulgence, peeking at the rough side of life and premised on a phony idea of despair.” Read more.

From RM Vaughan of the Globe and Mail:

• Linda Hamilton skirts The Line
  “Fans of the prolific Canadian screenwriter and playwright George F. Walker will not be disappointed by his latest TV series, the grimy cop dramedy The Line.” Read more.

From Cassandra Szklarski of the Canadian Press:

• Morally ambiguous cops and robbers cross The Line on new cable show
  “Cops and crooks cross the line in George F. Walker’s gritty new series, “The Line,” a dark crime saga in which the acclaimed playwright delves into the moral ambiguities of life on the street.” Read more.

The Line premieres Monday, March 16 on The Movie Network and Movie Central. Watch a sneak peek of the first two episodes here or see promos below.

From a media release:

GET READY TO CROSS THE LINE

• THE MOVIE NETWORK AND MOVIE CENTRAL PREMIERE NEW PAY-TV ORIGINAL SERIES

Renowned playwright George F. Walker and his creative partner Dani Romain take viewers into a complex, unpredictable world where the lives of cops, criminals and the innocent collide and spiral out of control in The Line, a new Canadian drama series from Astral Media’s The Movie Network (eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (western Canada). The 15-part Canadian original series (previously known as The Weight) debuts on Monday, March 16 at 10 p.m. ET on The Movie Network and 9 p.m. PT on Movie Central.

Shot entirely on location in Toronto and Scarborough, Ontario, The Line follows two morally ambiguous cops, Max (Ron White) and Donny (Daniel Kash), who take matters into their own hands in an attempt to clean up their neighbourhoods. Having lost interest in conventional police work, Max now opts to implement his own method of dealing with the criminals he pursues, while having an affair with burned out legal aid lawyer Jayne (Sharon Lawrence) who has her ailing father Patrick (Ed Asner) to deal with. Donny treats his job as more of a hobby and prefers to bide his time with drinking and prostitutes and soon gets involved with Carol (Linda Hamilton), a charming grifter from his past.

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