Again, she is disturbed by the sound of it and begins to choke she hits the window, leaving a handprint.
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One client, Felix, apparently suffers from anterograde amnesia, believing that it is still the 80s another, Erica, talks of her suicidal thoughts, but finds herself unable to commit suicide and another, Elizabeth Valentine, is a girl who is apparently mute and who reacts with fear to the sound of the train passing by Peter's office, and before she flees, she writes a series of numbers on one of Peter's notepads: 12787.Įlizabeth returns unexpectedly, and Peter finds her looking out of his window to where the train will pass. His wife Carol suffers extreme depression and rarely gets out of bed while he works in his practice, meeting some clients referred to him by his mentor, Duncan. Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bower suffers from nightmares and eerie visions ever since the death of his daughter Evie in a street accident a year earlier, which he blames himself for after he was briefly distracted by something in a store window and failed to notice her veer off the sidewalk.
The film stars Adrien Brody, Bruce Spence, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy, Malcolm Kennard, and Jenni Baird. There’s a decent film somewhere at the core of Backtrack but this is a highly lacklustre Australian offering that will be neither well received on home soil or abroad and in a local industry that is already facing an uphill battle to maintain a loyal local following, films like this certainly help the cause very little.Backtrack is a 2015 mystery thriller horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Michael Petroni. Since Brody’s win at the Academy Awards way back in 2003, the actor has put his name to such projects as Giallo, High School, Third Person, Dragon Blade and American Heist and his presence in Backtrack ads absolutely zilch to proceedings as Petroni’s film starts off uninvitingly and continues on its merry way with neither the scares, chills or emotional heft to make the mystery of Bower’s past and his ghostly friends worthwhile and Petroni struggles to culminate proceedings in a satisfactory manner as things take a turn for the downright ludicrous as Bower’s father William and Robin McLeavy’s kindly police officer Barbara Henning become involved in the various uninteresting twists and turns. The career of Adrien Brody needs particular attention paid to it after his largely lifeless and badly Australian accented turn as psychologist with a past and ghostly visions Peter Bower sees the star of King Kong and The Pianistcontinue on a career bender to the edges of obscurity that not even the shores of Australia can save. Hiring Oscar winner and one time blockbuster participant Adrien Brody and acquiring the services of the refreshed Sam Neill may’ve seemed like a nice stepping stone for Backtrack’s audience acquisitions but not even the two seasoned performers can save this stinker from wallowing in its own self-made problems of ineptitude. “Some memories are so unacceptable we will do anything we can to forget them”Īn Australian psychological thriller that harbors a potentially powerful narrative, The Rite and The Book Thiefwriter turned director Michael Petroni’s film fails to capitalise on his stories potential as Backtrack squanders a capable cast in amongst some dire execution, tired storytelling tropes and an overall feel of mundanity that ruins any chance Backtrack had of finding an audience or fans. To unlock the mystery at the heart of his troubles, Peter must journey back to his hometown and face the horrors of his past. Plot – Australian psychologist Peter Bower (Brody) finds himself haunted by the past and a recent tragedy as he discovers a horrible secret about some of his patients. Director – Michael Petroni (Till Human Voices Wake Us)Ĭast – Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy
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