Backtrace (film)

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Backtrace
Backtrace poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBrian A. Miller
Screenplay byMike Maples
Produced byRandall Emmett
George Furla
Matt Luber
Mark Stewart
StarringSylvester Stallone
Ryan Guzman
Meadow Williams
Christopher McDonald
Colin Egglesfield
Lydia Hull
Tyler Jon Olson
Sergio Rizzuto
Swen Temmel
Matthew Modine
CinematographyPeter Holland
Music byTim Jones
Production
companies
Grindstone Entertainment Group
Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films
Diamond Film Productions
Highland Film Group
Ingenious Media
Distributed byLionsgate Premiere
Release date
  • December 14, 2018 (2018-12-14) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[citation needed]
Box office$490,636[1][2]

Backtrace is a 2018 American action crime film directed by Brian A. Miller, and starring Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Modine and Ryan Guzman. The film was released as video on demand and limited theatrical release by Lionsgate Premiere on December 14, 2018 in the United States.[3][4]

Plot[]

After suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, MacDonald (Matthew Modine) develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. 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. 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.

Cast[]

Production[]

Filming[]

The film was shot in Savannah, Georgia and lasted 12 days.[5][6]

Release[]

Home media[]

Backtrace was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 11, 2018.[2] Beside American version of Backtrace which runs 87,5 minutes there is another longer version released outside the US which is 97 minutes long. You can find it online at different platforms. Sometimes longer version is listed as 92 minutes long because of PAL speed which is equal to 97 minutes NTSC.

Reception[]

Box office[]

Backtrace grossed $0 in North America and $488,148 in other countries,[1] plus $717,998 with home video sales.[2]

Critical response[]

The film received generally negative reviews with critics panning the plot. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 11%, based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 1.80/10.[7]

Joe Leydon of Variety gave the film a positive review: "Matthew Modine is outstanding as an amnesia-stricken bank robber in Brian A. Miller's VOD-centric thriller."[8]

Kevin L. Lee of Film Inquiry wrote: "It is no exaggeration to say that Backtrace was the cinematic equivalent of a headache. It's too ridiculous and underwritten to be a full-fledged crime thriller and too self-serious to be an enjoyable B-movie."[9] Noel Murray of the Los Angeles Times called it: "A movie that very quickly becomes yet another story about people with guns chasing other people with guns, through featureless forests and abandoned buildings."[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Backtrace". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Backtrace (2018)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  3. ^ https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1007693-1007693
  4. ^ "Movie Review: Stallone is back on the beat with "Backtrace"". December 7, 2018.
  5. ^ Lisa Wilson (February 6, 2018). "Sylvester Stallone is filming a movie in Savannah. Here's what we know about it".
  6. ^ Rayburn, Josh (2018-02-05). "Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Modine, Colin Egglesfield movie filming in Savannah". Savannah Morning News. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11.
  7. ^ "Backtrace". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Joe Leydon (December 14, 2018). "Film Review: 'Backtrace'".
  9. ^ Lee, Kevin L. (January 16, 2019). "BACKTRACE: The Cinematic Equivalent Of A Headache". Film Inquiry.
  10. ^ Noel Murray (Dec 13, 2018). "Reviews: Jack Black in 'The Insufferable Groo,' Sylvester Stallone (barely) in 'Backtrace' and other movies". Los Angeles Times.

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