Live Wire (film)

Live Wire is a 1992 action movie, written by Bart Baker, directed by Christian Duguay and starring Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver and Ben Cross.

The plot revolves around a rash of seemingly inexplicable, explosive spontaneous human combustions and Danny O'Neill (Brosnan), a bomb disposal expert that gets involved and will eventually have to solve the case.

Plot summary

When a Senator is killed in an explosion, the FBI investigates. The agent in charge is Danny O'Neill (Pierce Brosnan), who is separated from his wife and behaving very erratic. Initially the investigation does not reveal what kind of explosive or even what was used to detonate it. Eventually it is learned that terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body. And it does not help that they have to report to Senator Traveres (Ron Silver), the man whom O'Neill's wife is having an affair with and whom Danny also assaulted. Later, another senator is killed while riding in a limousine, and limo driven by one of the conspirators. This villain is subsequently struck by a moving car, and is taken into custody, and brought into court. Since this villain is now considered a risk by his peers, the judge in the case is slipped the potion, and she spontaneously explodes, killing the arraigned villain in the process. It is at this time that O-Neill discovers the cause of the explosions, the chemically enhanced water in the judges pitcher. It becomes obvious that...
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