Tracers (2015)

Wanted by the Chinese mafia, a New York City bike messenger escapes into the world of parkour after meeting a beautiful stranger.

Director:

Daniel Benmayor

Writers:

Matt Johnson (screenplay), T.J. Scott (story)

Stars:

Taylor Lautner, Marie Avgeropoulos, Adam Rayner

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Taylor Lautner	...	Cam
Marie Avgeropoulos	...	Nikki
Adam Rayner	...	Miller
Rafi Gavron	...	Dylan
Luciano Acuna Jr.	...	Tate
Josh Yadon	...	Jax
Johnny M. Wu	...	Jerry (as Johnny Wu)
Sam Medina	...	Hu
Amirah Vann	...	Angie
Christian Steel	...	Joey (as Christian Steele)
Wai Ching Ho	...	Chen
Chris Jackson	...	Lonnie
Sean Rahill	...	Messenger #1
Andrew Elvis Miller	...	Messenger #2
Doua Moua	...	Skinny Jeans

Storyline

Wanted by the Chinese mafia, a young New York City bike messenger down on his luck, who just wants to do good, escapes into the world of parkour after meeting a beautiful stranger and her group of Parkour trainers that get him involved in a criminal delivery service for extra money.

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Plot Keywords:

running across a roof | bicycling | young man | traffic | parkour | 

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Taglines:

It's not a crime if they can't catch you.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 on appeal for some intense violence, perilous action, sexual content and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jacob Sullivan wrote an earlier draft of the script.

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Goofs

When Cam starts his car for the first time in the garage and then proceeds to throw it into reverse. The car dies. He tries cranking the engine again. Auto cars cannot turn over unless in Park or Neutral.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Cam: Where to?
Nikki: Let's just drive.

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Connections

References Full Metal Jacket (1987)

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Soundtracks

Brink
Written by Chris Hall
Performed by Kilon TeK
Courtesy of Ninja Tune
By arrangement with Third Side Music Inc.

User Reviews

The Two Young Stars are Much Better than the Movie

The two young stars, Canadian beauty Marie Avgeropoulos and Taylor Lautner, are both considerably better than the material.

Which is a back-handed compliment since the material is pretty terrible.

What you have here is a targeted-to-young-audience "street drama" with pretensions of being an action thriller because of the backdrop of Free-Jumping. In fact the closest antecedents would be the "crime dramas" of the 1940s. Sort of.

That is a lot of ambition here and very little in the way of delivery.

There are problems galore. The script is all over the place. Sometimes it thinks it is a rom-com. Sometimes it thinks it is a Van Damme knockoff. And sometimes it thinks it is West Side Story.

The free-jumping scenes are over-directed. What that means is that while the film tries to maintain a "street cred" sort of realism, the action scenes are so well choreographed you might think you were watching a music video. This creates dissonance, which does not help the viewer experience.

And the action climax, the last 10 minutes which is where most films get to shine, is actually weaker than the first 10 minutes, where the romance starts. Which is hardly a great recommendation.

Bottom line: the two stars deserve better. Much better.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Chinese Vietnamese

Release Date:

20 March 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tracers

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,340,503

Company Credits

Production Co:

Saban Films, Cowtown Cinema Ventures, Temple Hill Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1