Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 10/04/2001
Dubbed: English
Sound: DS
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Live/Artisan
Originally prepared for European release under the title
Catchfire,
Backtrack wasn't given a wide distribution until 1991, and then only to capitalize on the Oscar win of
Silence of the Lambs star
Jodie Foster. In
Backtrack,
Foster plays a youngish innocent who witnesses a mob hit. Professional assassin
Dennis Hopper is contracted to silence
Foster for keeps. Instead, he falls in love with her. Directed by star
Hopper,
Backtrack has some of the feel of his earlier, better
Easy Rider: the cast is populated by such old
Hopper chums as
Dean Stockwell,
Charlie Sheen,
Joe Pesci,
Bob Dylan,
Vincent Price and
Julie Adams; and, like
Easy Rider, it looks as though the story was improvised during filming.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
