Catchfire
DramaActionThrillerRomance
5.3/10
|US
|en
|116 min
Release Date: 1990-04-03
Overview - A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.
Production Companies
Vestron PicturesPrecision FilmsMack-Taylor ProductionsDick Clark Productions
User Reviews
JPV852
5/10
Pretty weird and quirky action-thriller-romance-comedy that features over-the-top acting from both Hopper and Foster. Kind of awkward scenes and parts are on the slow side, however while Hopper isn't as insane compared with in other roles, there were a few weird moments like playing the saxophone. Not bad and from what I read, an improvement over the theatrical version that Vestron heavily edited ...
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Wuchak
7/10
**_Amusing crime thriller road trip with Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster_** A hitman for the mob in Western America (Hopper) falls for his prey (Foster) and they find themselves running from both the mob and law enforcement. “Backtrack” was shot in 1988 and originally released in Europe as “Catchfire” in 1990, but the director/star disowned it and credited the film to Alan Smithee. So, he di...
