Live Wire | Rotten Tomatoes

Live Wire

R

1992

1h 25m

Action

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0%

5 Reviews

Tomatometer

29%

1,000+ Ratings

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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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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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Audience Member

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

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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laurie s

brosnan is the feebie's top bomb disposal expert yet at the beginning didn't know which colour wire to cut! do me a favour!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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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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Christian Duguay

Director

Pierce Brosnan

Danny O'Neill

Ron Silver

Frank Traveres

Ben Cross

Mikhail Rashid

Lisa Eilbacher

Terry O'Neill

Tony Plana

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

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Rated: 2/5

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Rated: 2/5

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Rob Thomas

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

Rated: 0/5

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Rated: 1/5

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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: Bart Baker, Marjorie Lewis
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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