Review of Switchback (1997) by James S — 09 Sep 2009
Unconventional but decent cat and mouse thriller.
The underlying story is a little thin as rogue FBI agent Dennis Quaid goes off book to pursue the killer who has kidnapped his child. Meanwhile Jared Leto hitches a ride across country with Danny Glover in a car full of pictures of naked women. For a long time these two stories seem completely unrelated. Of course, they're not and even though some of the twists are kind of obvious they are done quite nicely.
Quaid is used to playing this kind of role so it's no great shakes to him while Glover and Leto do exude good chemistry in their many scenes together.
Switchback is slightly different in that for much of the film it appears to be telling two different stories and pits a huge gamble on it's audience not getting confused or fed up with the seemingly bizarre plotting and scene jumps.
It does come good in the end though and the finale delivers a great action sequence which is both tense and exciting.
Not exactly a film to set the world alight but a diverting and enjoyable watch nonetheless.
This review of Switchback (1997) was written by James S on 09 Sep 2009.
Switchback has generally received mixed reviews.
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