On the Line is a 2022 American thriller film written, produced, and directed by Romuald Boulanger and starring Mel Gibson which is also a loose remake of Talk Radio.

Los Angeles shock jock Elvis Cooney leaves his wife and daughter to go to work at KLAT during the midnight slot.

After being on the air for a while, Elvis receives a call from a man named Gary, who claims to be at his house and holding his wife and daughter, Olivia and Adria, hostage.

After successfully earning ten more minutes on the clock, Elvis and Dylan make their way back to the studio via another secret route.

Gary then receives a call from Bruce, a member of the LAPD SWAT team, who says he is on the terrace and unable to disarm the devices.

Elvis and his crew chase him out the door, holding the mic out to him, and Dylan falls backward down the stairs, cracking his head open and seemingly dying on impact.

Elvis is glad to see Dylan/Max alive, and he jokingly tells his co-workers to watch out, because his revenge prank will be far worse.

The website's consensus reads: "On the Line starts with a solid concept, but it's quickly undone by a story that stumbles over its own twists on the way to a disaster of an ending.