Live Wire

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Live Wire

R

1992

1h 25m

Action

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After a politician dies, seemingly of spontaneous combustion, explosives expert Danny O'Neill (Pierce Brosnan) is called in to investigate. O'Neill and his team have to work under Sen. Frank Traveres (Ron Silver), but the two have a troubled history since the government official is sleeping with the agent's estranged wife. Soon Traveres becomes a target of the mysterious assassins, and O'Neill discovers that they are using an ingested liquid explosive to kill their victims.

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Com sua cena de sexo cafona, seus dilogos patticos, seus efeitos trash e seu roteiro absurdo, quase acaba servindo como diverso involuntria. Quase.

Rated: 1/5

Jan 7, 2010

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 3, 2005

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Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Rated: 2/5

Jul 29, 2005

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Rob Thomas

Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Man, the Bond films came just in time to rescue Brosnan from swill like this.

Rated: 0/5

Feb 17, 2005

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Rated: 1/5

Jul 1, 2003

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Cees T

Manly but amusingly bad 1992 action movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/23

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Steve D

It is a mess with a ridiculous plot. Only the stars bring anything fun to it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

What the **** was Pierce Bronson smoking and drinking when he starred in this movie piece-of-****?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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I Loved this Exciting Great Thriller. I Rate it A Solid 10

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02/15/23

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Audience Member

Illogical and just plain stupid, Live Wire may be very dumb, but it's audiences will get a laugh out of the film's utter stupidity.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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My all time favorite Pierce Brosnan movie. Smart action film with brains and heart.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Christian Duguay

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Pierce Brosnan

Danny O'Neill

Ron Silver

Frank Traveres

Ben Cross

Mikhail Rashid

Lisa Eilbacher

Terry O'Neill

Tony Plana

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Synopsis

After a politician dies, seemingly of spontaneous combustion, explosives expert Danny O'Neill (Pierce Brosnan) is called in to investigate. O'Neill and his team have to work under Sen. Frank Traveres (Ron Silver), but the two have a troubled history since the government official is sleeping with the agent's estranged wife. Soon Traveres becomes a target of the mysterious assassins, and O'Neill discovers that they are using an ingested liquid explosive to kill their victims.

Director: Christian Duguay
Producer: Suzanne Todd, David Willis
Screenwriter: Bart Baker
Production Co: New Line Cinema
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Surround

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