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Backtrace

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After suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, MacDonald develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. Following his seventh year of incarceration, he is coerced by an inmate and a ward doctor to break out of prison and he's injected with a serum that forces him to relive the life he's forgotten. MacDonald must now elude a local detective, a toughened FBI agent and the drug's side effects to recover the stolen money.
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Donald Clarke Irish Times 03/06/2021
1/5
A film so supernaturally boring that light bends when passing its dense outer mantle. Go to Full Review
Leslie Felperin Guardian 03/02/2021
2/5
The whole dreary thing looks as if it was put through an Instagram filter called Rotgut that makes everything look like it was soaked in weak coffee and bile. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon Variety 12/14/2018
Matthew Modine is outstanding as an amnesia-stricken bank robber in Brian A. Miller's VOD-centric thriller. Go to Full Review
Monique Jones Common Sense Media 07/01/2022
1/5
Backtrace is a bare-bones action movie. It follows the beat-by-beat expectations of movies in the genre, squandering the intriguing potential of a plot about an experimental drug. Go to Full Review
Mabel Salinas Cine Premiere 03/22/2019
.5/5
After the first act, Backtrace turns into a needlessly complicated story where the characters are like carton. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Kevin L. Lee Film Inquiry 01/16/2019
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. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis After suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, MacDonald develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. Following his seventh year of incarceration, he is coerced by an inmate and a ward doctor to break out of prison and he's injected with a serum that forces him to relive the life he's forgotten. MacDonald must now elude a local detective, a toughened FBI agent and the drug's side effects to recover the stolen money.
Director
Brian A. Miller
Producer
Randall Emmett, George Furla, Mark Stewart
Screenwriter
Michael Maples
Distributor
Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co
Happinet, Diamond Films, Grindstone Entertainment Group, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, Lionsgate, Dreamscape Productions
Rating
R (Violence and Some Language)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 14, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2019
Runtime
1h 27m
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