Switchback

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 ...more

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 ...more