Switchback [Blu-ray]

Director: Jeb Stuart Jeb Stuart

Overview

Screenwriter Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) made his directorial debut with this action thriller about a Philadelphia FBI agent who decides to stop tracking an elusive serial killer. However, the agent soon has a powerful incentive to resume the chase: the killer kidnaps his son. The pursuit continues through the American Southwest where some scenes were filmed at an altitude of 10,000 feet in Red Cliff, Colorado. Working titles: Going West in America and Going West.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/01/2021
UPC:	0810072542595
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	NR
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:58:00
Sales rank:	19,603

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dennis Quaid	Frank LaCrosse
Danny Glover	Bob Goodall
Jared Leto	Lane Dixon
R. Lee Ermey	Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Ted Levine	Deputy Nate Booker
William Fichtner	Chief Jack McGinnis
Leo Burmester	Shorty
Merle Kennedy	Betty
Julio Oscar Mechoso	Jorge Martinez
Orville Stoeber	Saldez
Allison Smith	Becky,Engineer
Wendelin Harston	Sally
Pat Mahoney	Highway Patrol Captain
Ted Markland	Bartender
Gregory Scott Cummins	Rick
Sandy Ward	Tex
Claudia Stedelin	Babysitter
Ian Nelson	Andy LaCrosse
Brent Hinkley	Man on Porch
Walt Goggins	Bud
Louis Schaefer	Sim
Robert L. Somers	Rancher
Lexie Stuart	Rancher's Daughter,Actor
Tommy Puett	Ben
Stuart Grant	Luke
Ken Thorley	Morgue Attendant
Michael K. Osborn	Deputy
Dean Hallo	SWAT Leader
Robert Himber	Police Captain
Bil Rodgers	Cook
Roy Yerby	Truck Driver
Allorah Creevay	Waitress
Maggie Roswell	Fae
Gil Colon	Deputy
Kevin Cooney	Montgomery
Donnie L. Betts	Patrolman
Stan Parks	FBI Agent
Ben Fuhrman	Captain Heber
Lois Hicks	Ruth
Gary Giem	Al
Mark Curry	Robby
Martin David Boyd	Hank
Kevin Bartlett	Tate
Vern Porter	Cubby
Leigh Reyburn	Woman in Bar
Lionel Douglas	Man in Shower
Paul Parducci	Man in Shower
Kristin McCloskey	News Anchor
Trishia Springer	Reporter
Keith Hatten	Brakerman Ray
Jim Clark	Engineer
Christopher Michael	Colorado Trooper
Robert Peters	Colorado Trooper
Joe Alphasa	Small Mexican Man
Basil Poledouris	Composer

Technical Credits

Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart	Director,Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Pam Dixon	Casting
Mel Efros	Executive Producer
Jeff Habberstad	Stunts
Gale Anne Hurd	Producer
Stan Parks	Special Effects
Keith Samples	Executive Producer
Dan Sudick	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

Switchback's lead character is a serial killer. Of course, he's a "movie serial killer," which means that he doesn't kill for sexual pleasure and he's sane enough to out-think the entire cast. Jared Leto plays one of the dumbest characters ever put on screen, but R. Lee Ermey is watchable as always and there's an exciting climax set on a moving train speeding through the snowy wilderness. The screenplay is needlessly complicated, with too many subplots that dilute the intensity of the action scenes (Die Hard was far more pure in comparison) but it's entertaining nonetheless.