Main Trailer for ‘The Red Line’ Exposes How Fear, Scams, and a Broken System Push Ordinary People to the Edge

The main trailer for The Red Line pulls viewers deeper into a world where one phone call can destroy a life — and where a failed system leaves victims with an unthinkable choice: walk away, or cross the line themselves.

From the creators of Hunger, The Red Line follows Orn (Nittha Jirayungyurn), a former brilliant marketer turned housewife who loses her family’s savings to a call center scam. When the authorities prove powerless to help, her shock and shame harden into determination. She joins forces with other victims, including Fai (Esther Supreeleela), a physical therapist whose dream of buying a condo vanishes overnight, and Wawwow (Chutima Maholakul), an online seller whose grandmother was tricked and is now left with nothing. With help from OJ (Tonhon Tantivejakul), a gifted hacker, they set out to track down Aood (Todsapol Maisuk), a mid-level scam gang operator whose voice has ruined countless lives. Along the way, they become entangled with Yui (Paowalee Pornpimon), another member of the call center gang who deceives people for her own survival. With the loss running deeper than money, these three ordinary victims risk their lives and cross a moral line to reclaim what was stolen from them.

Grounded in extensive real-world research, the trailer highlights how scammers weaponize fear, urgency, and people’s lack of technical savvy to push them into making devastating decisions. A single call escalates from polite questioning to legal threats and panic, showing how even cautious, hardworking people can be cornered into handing over everything they have. In parallel, glimpses of police and officials reveal a justice system that feels distant and ineffective, forcing victims to confront a painful truth: no one is coming to save them.

As Orn, Fai, and Wawwow move from victims to pursuers, the trailer teases the ethical tightrope they must walk. Every step toward revenge risks pulling them closer to the very world they despise, raising the question at the heart of the film: when the system fails you, how far are you willing to go to take your life back — and what part of yourself are you willing to lose?

Executive Producer and Co-Writer Kongdej Jaturanrasmee drew from years of research into both victims and scammers. “From the victims’ side, we kept encountering heartbreaking stories — people who lost their life savings, their dreams, even their will to go on,” he says. “At the same time, it was difficult to clearly see who the scammers were and how they operated. We realized we weren’t just telling a story about stolen money, but about what has been stripped away from ordinary people long before they are scammed — their security, their dignity, their sense of a fair system.”

To capture this world honestly, the team spent years on fieldwork: visiting real scam complexes across the border, consulting support groups like Sai Mai Tong Rod and Immanuel Foundation’s (IMF) Eastern Branch Coordination Center, gaining insights from the investigative scoop program SEE TRUE from Thairath TV, and speaking directly with both victims and those who escaped from working for scam gangs. Former scammers even demonstrated their methods to the cast, calling from across the border in real time so actors could experience the rhythm and psychological pressure of a real scam.

“With all the information we gathered, we had to decide what truly mattered,” says director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri. “The criminal world is interesting, but we chose to anchor the story in the emotional reality of three female victims and let audiences enter that world through their eyes. In that way, the film becomes a voice for people who can’t always speak or reclaim something for themselves in real life — it lets them do, on screen, what they may only wish they could do.”

The Red Line premieres March 26, only on Netflix.

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MORE INFO ON The Red Line

DIRECTOR: Sitisiri Mongkolsiri

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Kongdej Jaturanrasmee

PRODUCER: Soros Sukhum

WRITERS: Kongdej Jaturanrasmee and Tinnapat Banyatpiyaphoj

LEAD CAST: Nittha Jirayungyurn, Esther Supreeleela, Chutima Maholakul, Todsapol Maisuk, Tonhon Tantivejakul and Paowalee Pornpimon

CONTENT PARTNER: Song Sound Production