Backtrack

  • P13 (MALAYSIA)
  • 2015


MOVIE IS psychological derivative melancholy stylistic
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29 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 8
Negative reviews 16
Average Rating 2.1/5
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2.5
Its just a shame that good enough simply doesnt cut it this time. We Got This Covered
3.0
Schlock it may be, and sticklers will complain about plot holes (if his clients are spooks, whos paying the bills), but theres no denying the mood of .. Time Out
3.8
Psychiatrists speak of screen memories, uncomfortable (and often false) recollections that disguise more deeply painful actual memories. Rogerebert
2.0
Brody does his best, and that initial idea of a shrink seeing spooks is fun, even if its awfully familiar. But the movie really doesnt stand up to fur .. Ny Daily News
1.5
Between the generic shadowy cinematography and a gothic score that manages to telegraph even the films jump scares, theres no tangible tension by whic .. Village Voice
3.1
Its a stylish riff on the man haunted by his past (literally) that makes for a pretty good ride. Rogers Movie Nation
2.0
Alas, you have seen it all before, and better, cf The Sixth Sense or last years Deliver Us From Evil. The Times
2.0
But this rectifying of old injustices, the disclosure of long buried mysteries and a spectral threat that then gives way to a very real villain is so .. Radio Times
2.0
Adrien Brody sees dead people in this derivative Australian chiller about a psychologist haunted by the loss of his daughter. The Guardian
3.0
Subtlety isnt exactly this films strong point; neither is originality. The Guardian
3.0
Over indulging in scary movie tropes, Petroni at least keeps packing them on, in a thoughtful story hinged on something horror can be very good at ill .. The Guardian
1.0
Yet its all an empty exercise given that the films story is so overwhelmingly bland and derivative. Flim List
1.3
Yet theres no melancholy to its understanding of grief, no intellectual symbiosis between its editing and performances, and no grace or surprise to it .. Slant Magazine
3.0
The film is part psychological thriller, part horror movie, and the horror elements deliver some solid frights. The New York Times
2.0
Lacking the stylistic finesse that might have compensated for its schematic narrative deficiencies, Backtrack lives up to its title all too well. Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Conflating grief and ghosts is a fairly common approach in horror, but filmmakers usually make sure to mix a few jolts in with the moping. Los Angeles Times
2.0
Not so great if youre cranking out a hokey, half OK thriller that will only gently rock the world of anyone who never got around to catching The Sixth .. Herald Sun
2.0
Petronis feature begins as an intimate study of this one mans mindset, and works well as a psychophysical thriller but the narrative becomes too compl .. Hey U Guys
2.5
Never mind that it is derivative, it is the lack of engagement in the films first half that is its greatest problem as it struggles to straddle genres .. Urban Cine File
3.0
And as psychological thriller/horror films go, it breaks no new ground were strictly in sub sub Hitchcock or Claude Chabrol territory here.Backtrack i .. Film Ink
0.6
A movie that tries to make a choo choo out of The Sixth Sense but immediately goes off the rails. New York Post
2.0
The shrill strings build to a crescendo, as though commanding us to grab our armchairs.But were not watching a horror film. Metro New York
0.5
Backtrack never goes far enough to the extreme side of ghosts and terror and it only clumsily explores the theme of how the past never fully disappear .. Under The Radar Mag
1.0
But Donzelli cant quite commit to the depravity, and instead leans into the fantastical. Movie Mezzanine
3.0
Synopsis Adrien Brody stars in this tense horror thriller about a grieving shrink tormented by the ghosts of his past. Sky
2.0
Predictability and familiarity are also plaguing factors and the fact that the audience can probably work out where the story is headed long before it .. Cairo 360



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