Search - Switchback on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Profanity Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 12/01/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 58 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 1 Genres: Thriller, Detective Film, Crime Thriller

Scripter Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) made his directorial debut with this thriller about an FBI agent in pursuit of a serial killer. Politically ambitious Amarillo police chief Jack McGinnis (William Fichtner) uses a local murder to gain votes in his campaign, a setback for Sheriff Buck Olmstead (R. Lee Ermey), up for re-election. The situation looks better for Olmstead after FBI agent Frank LaCrosse (Dennis Quaid) arrives to track the killer. LaCrosse has a personal agenda: he's convinced this killer is the man who kidnapped his son. Meanwhile, ex-medical student Lane Dixon (Jared Leto), hitchhiking across New Mexico, gets a lift from friendly Bob Goodall (Danny Glover), a former rail worker who later rescues Dixon from menacing miners in a bar. Red herrings throughout conceal the true identity of the killer. Some scenes were filmed at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Red Cliff, Colorado. Working titles include: Going West in America, Going West. Shown at the 1997 Denver Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Dennis Quaid - Frank LaCrosse
Danny Glover - Bob Goodall
Jared Leto - Lane Dixon
R. Lee Ermey - Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Ted Levine - Dep. Nate Booker

This suspense story gets a solid presentation for its release on DVD. Switchback has been given a widescreen transfer letterboxed at its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, and the English-language audio is mastered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Surround. In addition, an optional French language track is presented in Dolby Digital Surround, while Spanish subtitles and closed captioning in English can also be accessed. The picture's original theatrical trailer is thrown in as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide