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  • 2016
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Psychologist Peter Bower’s (Adrien Brody) life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that the patients he has been seeing are ghosts. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which only he can put right. [Saban Films]

Directed By: Michael Petroni

Written By: Michael Petroni

  • 2016
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • Saban Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Backtrack

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
43
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 21 User Ratings
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Summary Psychologist Peter Bower’s (Adrien Brody) life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that the patients he has been seeing are ghosts. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret which only he can put right. [Saban Films]

Directed By: Michael Petroni

Written By: Michael Petroni

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40% Mixed
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75
Feb 26, 2016
Petroni, in any case, is a skilled storyteller with a strong visual sense.
By Godfrey Cheshire FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 22, 2016
Neill is quietly compelling, as always. Brody underplays Pete, emphasizing his suffering, his victimhood, his guilt. It’s a performance mostly of reactions, and the aforementioned wayward accent.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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60
Feb 22, 2016
It’s a bit derivative, with borrowings from a handful of other films, but there are some nasty moments.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 24, 2016
Backtrack eventually moves beyond its shamelessly borrowed set-up to create a few chills of its own.
By Stephen Whitty FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 22, 2016
Lacking the stylistic finesse that might have compensated for its schematic narrative deficiencies, Backtrack lives up to its title all too well.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
12
Feb 25, 2016
“I see dead people,” Adrien Brody all but exclaims in Backtrack, a movie that tries to make a choo-choo out of “The Sixth Sense” but immediately goes off the rails.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
12
Feb 22, 2016
The film is the cinematic equivalent of watching a Rubik's Cube noisily solve itself for 90 minutes.
By Ed Gonzalez FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Screen Australia, Bankside Films, See Pictures, Screen NSW, Deluxe Australia, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology
Release Date Feb 26, 2016
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Nothing haunts like the past.
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Awards

Australian Screen Sound Guild
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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