Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Nazz86 Dennis Quaid is a worthless steaming pile of trash in this movie, so basically his usual performance.

pr65 I have to say, I think that this film is seriously under-rated, not that well known, and deserves a much higher rating on IMDb. I don't rate many films at 9, but I think that this has to be one. It is astoundingly good, and is one of my favourite thrillers. Is this one of Danny Glover's best performances? I think it is, he is captivating in every scene, a truly menacing character that he masters so well - great acting! The scenery is also memorable, this film would look great on a big screen (cinema or home TV - the bigger the better).If you like films like "A Perfect Murder" (Michael Douglas), or "Breakdown" (Kurt Russel), then you should take a look at this film. Coincidentally, they were all made in the late 1990's.Highly recommended!

Scott LeBrun The extremely well chosen cast raises the value of this thriller a notch, in this tale of a somber FBI agent, Frank LaCrosse (Dennis Quaid) in relentless pursuit of a serial killer. For Frank the pursuit has become personal because this particularly crafty and odious killer has abducted his son. The movie intercuts between Frank's story and that of drifter Lane Dixon (Jared Leto), who's hitched a ride with gregarious character Bob Goodall (Danny Glover). Eventually the two stories are brought together, and a confrontation occurs on a train passing through some mountains.As those who have seen this will tell you, "whodunit" is not at all the hook of the story. Debuting filmmaker Jeb Stuart (who had co-written "Die Hard" and "The Fugitive" for the screen) cares far more about his characters - and telling the tale - than trying to dazzle the audience with elaborate action set pieces. Granted, the movie does eventually head in that direction, but this is one of those rare cases where the action serves the story rather than the other way around.And these characters are people we can actually get to like - even the psycho, who does have a certain charisma about him. You can see how his victims wouldn't feel threatened by him until it was too late. Filling out the rock solid supporting cast are R. Lee Ermey as the small town sheriff who is moved by Franks' predicament, Ted Levine as his loyal deputy, William Fichtner as the smarmy lawman trying to move in on Ermey's job, Leo Burmester as amiable mechanic Shorty, and in small parts, Brent Hinkley, Walton Goggins, Ted Markland, Gregory Scott Cummins, Maggie Roswell, Allison Smith, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Kevin Cooney, Merle Kennedy, and Sandy Ward. Glover is engaging as Bob while Quaid is wonderfully understated.Those aforementioned action scenes are rousing, and there's a great deal of impressive rural vistas well shot in Panavision."Switchback" is lengthy, but worth the effort for fans of the genre.Seven out of 10.

punishmentpark The cast and characters, the snowy mountain setting and later on the action on the train are pretty okay. The story isn't very exciting or surprising, though it has potential. But there's too many coincidences and incidents that keep it from being believable, as does the clichéd emphasis on good versus bad (with the exception of the killer, who has an endearing side to him). Glover's character is too quickly revealed as the killer, which is a missed opportunity for maintaining suspense. The ending that (expectedly) delivers the most action - on a train in the snowy mountains, no less - is just barely up to par, but it'll do.5 out of 10.