Directed by Brian A. Miller, writing about movies with a low-budget and former box office draw actors is an interesting proposition. Sylvester Stallone and Matthew Modine are legends in their own right. Yet, I ponder the worth of producing a movie that, most likely will go straight to On Demand, Blu-ray, and DVD.
Backtrace follows MacDonald, played by Modine, after suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong. He develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward, any psychiatric ward needs to be closed down, The system doesn’t work.
Following his seventh year in an evaluation, he is coerced by an inmate, played by Ryan Guzman, and a doctor, played by Meadow Williams, to break out of prison. After breaking out they coerce him into taking an injection of serum that forces him to relive the life he’s forgotten.
MacDonald must now elude a local detective, played by Sylvester Stallone, a toughened FBI agent, played by Christopher McDonald, and the drug’s dangerous side effects in order to recover the stolen money all while confronting his past.
Modine is best known for the current Netflix hit – Stranger Things. Stallone is making a name for himself in the Creed movies.
