Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Must See Movie...

Just what I expected

Good movie but grossly overrated

I watched this film today, as its gonna be off Netflix soon, fortunately this is the Director's Cut, so it is titled "Backtrack"(probably a bit of irony for Direct/Star Dennis Hopper). The story isn't the first time we had something like this, although what occurs between Hopper and Forster was unexpected. The cast is A-List, Jodi Forster, Dennis Hopper, Joe Pesci, Paul Sorvino, even the crazy guy from Anger Management is in this(we even get cameos by Bob Dylan and Vincent Price) and all do a fine job, the film is known for its unfortunate behind the scenes drama that occurred between Hopper and the original production company, so its nice to see him being able to have the version he wanted released. There are quite a few drag on moments, but the overall tone of the film is good, its starts off strong, dwindle for a bit and than ends, this is probably where the film falters, usually as a film is getting close to its conclusion, the audience can feel it, its not felt here, a scene happens and than credits, no real resolution. I voted the film 8 out of 10(3 out of 5)because it has some great moments and the actors do give it there all.

Since Dennis Hopper died yesterday, I feel honour bound to visit his filmography.This is one of those films which left an impression, mainly because of the absolute bizarreness of the plot.A hit-man (Hopper, cast according to type), for no apparent reason, falls in love with his target (Jodie Foster, after The Accused, before Silence Of The Lambs). He catches her and then, even more unbelievably, she falls in love with him.One wonders if this might, perhaps, have been a wish fulfilment piece written by a mafia hit-man. Whatever its genesis, one notes that the director is Alan Smithee, the Hollywood convention for a director who insists that his name is removed from the piece in disgust at the way it has been abused by those who have control of the final cut. Given that "Alan Smithee" is the name pasted over "Dennis Hopper", things become interesting. One also notes that, absent from the credits is the name Joe Pesci, despite the fact that Mr P has a not insignificant part in the proceedings.Something clearly went very badly wrong, and not much of the story of what happened seems to be in the public domain. But it sounds to me as if it's probably a better story than the story told in the film itself!

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 to play a twisted wacko than Dennis Hopper? Here, Hopper has the hots for Jodie Foster. To quickly summarize, the film is pretty interesting but with a bad message, as just mentioned. What's really interesting is the cast. Check this out: Hopper, Foster, Joe Pecsi, Fred Ward, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro and Charlie Sheen. Obviously, this cast is what primarily makes the film fun for a viewing or two. The more you see it, and analyze it, the dumber it gets so don't see this more than twice....maybe once is more than enough. The dialog is pretty dumb in spots.This is also unique because they can't seem to figure out how long this film runs. When I first saw it on VHS, the box said it was 102 minutes but it was really between 112-115 minutes. When the DVD came out, it also said "102" but only ran 99 minutes. They must have edited out quite a bit of footage from the tape! It was probably a smart move as the second half of the movie dragged too much. However, I've heard of a case like this with tapes and DVDs.

WOW, I'd hate to sound opinionated, but anyone that rated this movie any higher than I just have must have an I.Q. that reaches unimaginably low depths which reach out beyond time and space and connect at planet "Hopper-is-a-retard-for-making-this-movie". WOW this movie STANK. Fred Ward's haircut looks SSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPIIIDDD! I actually considered mailing Fred Ward some money in compensation for that miserable haircut he owned in this awful film. Jodie Foster, of course didn't have much to work with but still manages a terrible performance throughout. Joe Pesci, oh my...Joe Pesci (who mysteriously is not cast) plays THE ULTIMATE stereotypical Joe Pesci movie character, complete with mob killing and constant use of the F word. You won't believe your eyes. Dean Stockwell, watching him in this mess made me feel bad for him because I actually thought he was either intoxicated or temporarily retarded throughout the course of the film. Jon Turturro must have been intoxicated himself when he agreed to be in this, along with Vincent Price, Bob Dylan, and Charlie Sheen. I know what you're thinking, GREAT CAST! I know, and it was the WORST great cast film I've ever seen. Dennis Hopper directs and stars, and does equally bad in both areas. How the man could have directed EASY RIDER and then this is FAR beyond my excellent imagination. His OUTRAGEOUSLY bad hit-man character accent is beyond the realms of horrendous, and only is equaled by the hilariously bad ending. They (Hopper and Foster) are the most uninteresting couple I believe that I have ever come across in my exposure to the world of cinema, and you will be cheering for them to lose and then be grandly maddened by the ending. What exactly are the two of them WEARING at that action filled conclusion? I don't know, but I do know that if I ever meet Dennis Hopper, I will make immensely make fun of him for being responsible for this waste of celluloid. Join me! IAN