![]() ![]() Ryan Guzman as Lucas MacDonald: Introduced as MacDonald's inmate in prison, it is later revealed that Lucas is MacDonald's son.MacDonald is imprisoned in a prison psychiatric hospital for seven years, before escaping and seeking to remember his past and prove his innocence. Matthew Modine as Donovan "Mac" MacDonald: A suspected bank robber and thief, who is overcome with amnesia following a shootout. ![]() ![]() Sylvester Stallone as Detective Sykes: An experienced police detective, assigned to work with Agent Franks on the case involving Donovan MacDonald.MacDonald must now elude a local detective (Sylvester Stallone), a toughened FBI agent (Christopher McDonald) and the drug's dangerous side effects in order to recover the stolen money all while confronting his past. Following his seventh year in evaluation, he is coerced by an inmate and a ward doctor (Ryan Guzman and Meadow Williams) to break out of prison and injected with a serum that forces him to relive the life he's forgotten. ( June 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īfter suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, MacDonald (Matthew Modine) develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. Please help improve it by ensuring it covers the whole story, however briefly, and in an encyclopedic style. There’s a decent film somewhere at the core of Backtrack but this is a highly lacklustre Australian offering that will be neither well received on home soil or abroad and in a local industry that is already facing an uphill battle to maintain a loyal local following, films like this certainly help the cause very little.This plot summary may be a hook or written as if for a listings magazine. Since Brody’s win at the Academy Awards way back in 2003, the actor has put his name to such projects as Giallo, High School, Third Person, Dragon Blade and American Heist and his presence in Backtrack ads absolutely zilch to proceedings as Petroni’s film starts off uninvitingly and continues on its merry way with neither the scares, chills or emotional heft to make the mystery of Bower’s past and his ghostly friends worthwhile and Petroni struggles to culminate proceedings in a satisfactory manner as things take a turn for the downright ludicrous as Bower’s father William and Robin McLeavy’s kindly police officer Barbara Henning become involved in the various uninteresting twists and turns. The career of Adrien Brody needs particular attention paid to it after his largely lifeless and badly Australian accented turn as psychologist with a past and ghostly visions Peter Bower sees the star of King Kong and The Pianistcontinue on a career bender to the edges of obscurity that not even the shores of Australia can save. Hiring Oscar winner and one time blockbuster participant Adrien Brody and acquiring the services of the refreshed Sam Neill may’ve seemed like a nice stepping stone for Backtrack’s audience acquisitions but not even the two seasoned performers can save this stinker from wallowing in its own self-made problems of ineptitude. “Some memories are so unacceptable we will do anything we can to forget them”Īn Australian psychological thriller that harbors a potentially powerful narrative, The Rite and The Book Thiefwriter turned director Michael Petroni’s film fails to capitalise on his stories potential as Backtrack squanders a capable cast in amongst some dire execution, tired storytelling tropes and an overall feel of mundanity that ruins any chance Backtrack had of finding an audience or fans. To unlock the mystery at the heart of his troubles, Peter must journey back to his hometown and face the horrors of his past. Plot – Australian psychologist Peter Bower (Brody) finds himself haunted by the past and a recent tragedy as he discovers a horrible secret about some of his patients. Director – Michael Petroni (Till Human Voices Wake Us)Ĭast – Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy ![]()
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