- Release date: 1990
- Runtime: 98 min
- Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Starring: Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price ... See all
- Director: Dennis Hopper, Alan Smithee
- Plot: An artist (Foster) witnesses a Mafia hit and calls the police. At the police station she realizes that the Mafia has a man in the force, so she runs. Trailed by the police, who need her testimony, and a hitman (Hopper) hired by the Mafia, she goes to Mexico, where... Read more
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Naked Jodie Foster!
Aug 17, 2003
Aug 17, 2003
If that's what you want, you want this movie-- she bares it not once but twice. Or if Bob Dylan wielding a chainsaw is your bag... The script is clichéd and inept, the directing choppy, the excellent cast largely wasted.... Read more at imdb.com
A Very Entertaining Film
Aug 01, 2001
alexanderjallan
Aug 01, 2001alexanderjallan
With huge screen personas such as Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster it really makes this film fun to watch. The dialogue works with these actors as it would usually with any actor you like. The story progresses in a way... Read more at imdb.com
Backtrack!
Jul 02, 2001
Bill
Jul 02, 2001Bill
Splendid, offbeat film that blurs the line between the refined arty types (Foster's Anne Benton), and lowlifes (Hopper, Pesci). Exceptional cinematography and editing, plus a neat script, make this film appear to be a template for Tarantino, as we sort... Read more at imdb.com
Hit Men Are Really Sensitive Types!
Mar 31, 2006
ccthemovieman-1
Mar 31, 2006ccthemovieman-1
For about a decade, I swear I saw a number of films with the same trait: trying to make a hardened cold-blooded hit man into a sympathetic softie at heart. Oh, filmmakers just love to make evil look good.Who better... Read more at imdb.com
Even a hit man needs love...
Feb 14, 1999
Eve Sander
Feb 14, 1999Eve Sander
This film mixes some features rarely found together: mob violence, guns, murder, chases and crashes, a woman in jeopardy... AND some understated humor, would-ya-believe romance and kindness to animals, and a happy ending of sorts.Dennis Hopper took his name off... Read more at imdb.com
Nice Try But no Cigar
Jul 30, 2001
gws-2
Jul 30, 2001gws-2
Despite a marvelous cast and some pretty good ideas, pedestrian writing keeps this movie from being as good as its cast would have make one think it would be. Although Catchfire, or Backtrack as it is known in the U.S.,... Read more at imdb.com
Catchfire aka Backtract = BACKFIRE!
Nov 28, 2003
jeff-51847
Nov 28, 2003jeff-51847
Dennis Hopper's BACKTRACK (Catchfire) had everything going for it- good plot potential and great cast. How did everything to go so wrong? I bought the set- up, yet came away feeling this film was the result of Hopper making a... Read more at imdb.com
Hopper plus Foster = great chemistry!
Sep 17, 2000
ktmphd
Sep 17, 2000ktmphd
As I said, Hopper plus Foster = great chemistry. These two make a great movie out of a plot that is absolutelu unbelievable. What hit man falls in love with his hit sight unseen? What hit falls in love with... Read more at imdb.com
Despite everything.....
Apr 19, 2007
merklekranz
Apr 19, 2007merklekranz
Despite the shameless overacting by almost the entire cast, and, despite the "chop shop" editing of the DVD, and, despite the two famous actors (Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci) who yanked their names from the credits, and, despite the randomness and... Read more at imdb.com
Aggressively eccentric
Jan 16, 2001
moonspinner55
Jan 16, 2001moonspinner55
Dennis Hopper's go-for-broke-on-a-slim-budget black comedy about a hit-man falling for his target, a strange but alluring young woman who makes pop art out of neon signs. I enjoyed bits of "Backtrack" (see that, not the butchered European print entitled "Catchfire")... Read more at imdb.com
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