# Switchback (1997)

> An FBI agent races across Texas and Colorado to recover his abducted son while tracking a serial killer through a web of rural suspects and local rivalries.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5919

## Facts

- Runtime: 118 min
- Genres: Thriller, Mystery
- Director: Jeb Stuart
- Cast: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner, Walton Goggins, Kevin Cooney
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119210/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: brooding, paranoid, atmospheric, late night thriller viewing, crime movie marathon

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