Tracks (2005/II)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Peter Wade

Writer:

Peter Wade (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Tagline:

His life began a dead end.

Plot:

'Tracks' is based on the true-story of a middle class white suburban teenagers who unknowingly committed a senseless act of violence in July of 1982...

Plot Keywords:

Train | Prison | Teen Violence | Child Abuse

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Chris Gunn	...	Peter Madagin
Ice-T	...	Officer Brian Clark
John Heard	...	Prison Warden
Barbara Christie	...	Leanne Madagin
Lee Wilkof	...	Defense Attorney Carante
Jimmy Gary Jr.	...	Officer Smitty
Brent Hankins	...	Officer Jones
Robyn Myhr	...	Leslie Sweeton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Brandt	...	Ricky
Tina Caliendo	...	Donna
Samuel Bruce Campbell	...	Judge Mulroney
Tim Cinnante	...	Bob Madagin
Jerry Clarke	...	Ernest Grande
Makeia Davis	...	Inmate
Frank Hopf	...	Arresting officer
Chris Kiszka	...	Inmate
Claude Laniado	...	Arthur (mentally unstable prisoner)
Matt Markey	...	Michael Heller
Skip Moore	...	Jonathan
Kim Thompson	...	Officer Beeler (as Kimberly Anne Thompson)
Joseph Tuccio	...	Anthony
Ivan 'Flipz' Velez	...	Inmate
Egen Warner	...	Inmate
Michael Wolfe	...	Brian
Jack Zullo	...	Neighbor at Party Arrest Scene

MPAA:

Rated R for violent content including sexual assault, language, substance abuse and some sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bronx House of Detention, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Two Dog Productions Inc.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The prison exterior shots, which are supposed to be in New Jersey, are actually of Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York.

Movie Connections:

References Deliverance (1972)

Pretty awful movie...

A low-budget movie, and it shows... some pretty bad acting; though Ice T was very good. The movie was slow-moving for the most part, had poor audio and equally poor visuals: dark and grainy; the casting was pretty bad, and thus, the story -which is purported to be 'true'- seems unbelievable. As stated before, the casting of the particular actors and actresses in TRACKS to play 14-16 year olds makes no sense, and even worse, detracts from the film; they're just way too old to play the parts called for. But even if that's a forgivable faux pas, the truth is, at times, this film was just so plain boring that I considered not bothering to see it through to the finish... There's really not much good to say about TRACKS-- But I only paid $1.07 with NJ sales tax to rent it at Red Box, so for a buck/seven, I give it a 4.