Mr. T is TS Turner (The box states that TS stands for "Too Strong", but nowhere is that mentioned in the movie.), a local tough guy who is asked to help stop the gang of youngsters called "The Future".  The Future spend their time terrorizing old ladies, publicly denouncing black mayoral candidates, and planting bombs that have a kill radius of about 2 feet.  Turner is concerned (as Mr. T's characters always are) about a child, one that was just about to kill himself, possibly because of the large safety pin through his ear, or maybe because his mother was killed by an exploding trash can.  A series of boring investigations by a news reporter and a public defender follow, interspersed by slow action sequences between TS and the Future.

This movie feels like an afterschool special (and very well could have been), and although there is an attempt at a plot, it doesn't really work.  The acting is uninspired, the camera work is annoying, and there are holes in the story.  The only thing that kept me interested was waiting to see what Mr. T would be wearing next.  When we first see him, he's wearing a bright yellow tank top and purple flowery spandex pants, and his incredible fashion sense continues throughout the film.  Unless you're a hard core Mr. T fan (and who isn't?), stay away from Straight Line.
 

Tagline from the box: "What's the most dangerous distance between two points?"
 

Quality: 2.0  Visuals: 2.0  Intensity: 2.5  Laughability: 4.0 
OVERALL RATING: 2.6