Consummate actor Adrien Brody treats us yet again to a brilliant performance as a troubled psychiatrist suffering from selective amnesia. Everything he plays in is 75% better because he's there--and that honor generally only goes to Johnny Depp and Anthony Hopkins. This ghost story has a few twists, and the CGI helps tell the story instead of overpowers it. The first part of the film is quite a bit better than the last 45 minutes, but I like ghost stories without additional detective work and sequences which include revenge--even if it is ghostly. To me, BACKTRACK Part 2 should be about the psychiatrist's father and how he plans to pay his victims back--or just explain it all to God--or maybe both. In this film I would have liked to see the old man break down and confess instead of getting chewed up by a passenger train. All in all, this one's worth your time if you like spooky stories. I could have done without the jump scares, though.

An Australian psychological thriller that harbors a potentially powerful narrative, The Rite and The Book Thief writer 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.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.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 Pianist continue on a career bender to the edges of obscurity that not even the shores of Australia can save.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.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.1 plastic poncho out of 5

A small psychological thriller, produced and shot in Australia.A psychologist is haunted by hallucinations and his past. I don't want to say more as not to spoil the movie.Adrien Brody does his best with the material he's given and the movie isn't bad, but it's definitely lacking. It's very slow, the plot isn't strong enough and the ending isn't great. Also, you'll have to suspend your disbelief in order to accept some of the elements.Many elements reminded me of the movie THE MACHINIST, but obviously this one isn't nearly as good.Still, if you're in the mood for a slow psychological thriller, you might enjoy it.

I found this movie by accident on a rainy Sunday. I love Adrien Brody and have watched everything I can find with him in it. He can be funny or dramatic. I do not know why he isn't a bigger star. He is a lot better than some that are! This movie allows him to show a wide range of emotions. Backtrack is very creepy. Just when you think you know what's going to happen the movie surprises you again. Brody is so good in this movie. You feel his pain and anguish. It is riveting and scary...a mystery right up to the end. The villain was someone I never suspected. I was really at the edge of my seat. Well done. We all need more Adrien Brody!