Switchback

Starring:Claudia Stedelin, Ian Blake Nelson, Brent Hinkley, R. Lee Ermey, Walton Goggins, Ted Levine, Louis Schaefer, William Fichtner, Jared Leto, Robert L. Somers, Lexie Stuart, Danny Glover, Ted Markland, Gregory Scott Cummins, Tommy Puett, Stuart Proud Eagle Grant, Dennis Quaid, Ken Thorley, Pat Mahoney, Michael K. Osborn
Director: Jeb Stuart
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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This film has the feel of a script that's been resurrected by a writer given the chance to direct his own movie. So it was with writer Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) and this film, his directing debut. The plotting is creaky and predictable in this story of an FBI agent (Quaid) relentlessly pursuing a serial killer (Glover) who, in an effort to intimidate the lawman, kidnaps the agent's child. The action set-pieces show up like clockwork, as this rogue cop battles his own agency in an effort to find his child. Quaid is grim and lifeless, so the film's only sparks are given off by Glover, in a wonderfully shaded performance that keeps you guessing whether he is, in fact, the bad guy after all. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews:

Sitchback.......2007-06-09

Es una pelicula muy interesante que la recomiendo personalmente para aquellos personas amantes de una buena ficcòn y acciòn dentro de un drama elaborado muy meticulamosamente y que les guste el misticismo

Great thriller.......2007-01-31

An FBI agent hot on the trail of a serial killer pays a high price when the murderer makes it a personal game. Dennis Quaid plays agent Frank LaCrosse, a man taken off the case when the killer kidnaps his young son. Frank refuses to give up the chase to find the man who stole his child. The killer leaves a trail of blood and some subtle clues along the way, but Frank will still need the help of a veteran, small town sheriff if he hopes to get his son back alive. The film was scattered with enough red herrings to keep the plot interesting, though some of the roles hinted at cliches. However, the dialogue clipped along and the action scenes kept it moving. Certainly not a 'yawner'.

Chrissy K. McVay - Author

Male bonding.......2005-12-08

I enjoy movies with male bonding or female bonding. A good example of the former is Rio Bravo, and the latter Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. This movie is generally overlooked from this perspective. I personally liked the relationship between the sheriff and Quaid, and in a different way that between Glover and the hitchhiker. It has my vote as one of the best movies of this type in recent years. I cannot understand how anyone can call its plot "predictable" -- I thought Quaid might get Glover in the end but did not anticipate the final scene, which was made all the more impressive by the absence of dialogue.

Wonderful.......2005-09-08

I loved this movie. It was refreshing to see Danny Glover as a bad guy again. And while the movie can sometimes fall into predictable lines, that does not detract from the appeal. Quaid as a hardened FBI agent is casting against type and Jared Leto as the unspecting friend of Glover leads to wonderful if not suprising twists. While not totally orginal it is still a good way to spend two hours.

Swtchback.......2005-08-30

Danny Glover is believeable (as always) in this mystery/thriller. Unique role/ unique screenplay.

Charlie Rose with Michael Metz, Michael Bloomberg & Byron Wein; Danny Glover; Abba Eban (October 27, 1997)

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Charlie Rose with Michael Metz, Michael Bloomberg & Byron Wein; Danny Glover; Abba Eban (October 27, 1997)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Michael Metz from Oppenheimer & Co. , Michael Bloomberg from Bloomberg Ltd. and Byron Wein of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter discuss the sharp decline in the stock market. Then, Danny Glover tells Charlie about his film Switchback, which chronicles the journey of two men in the Rocky Mountains. Finally, Charlie talks to former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Abba Eban about his new documentary, On the Brink of Peace. The film focuses on the history and the current state of the peace process in the middle east.

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