“Trackman” is a Russian film that follows some of the traits
of a typical stalker movie. There are a group of people who enter the killer’
lair, this time being confusing old subway tracks that are no longer in use.
Victims are killed one by one and in this movie, the killer removes the eyes of
each victim as a form of trophy. The movie even includes an old myth about the
man who lives in the tunnels, a mutated survivor of the Chernobyl melt down.
And like most other slasher flicks (except for “Halloween” and “Scream”) it’s
full of characters that you really don’t care if they live or die. I wonder if
they write the characters just because they don’t want you to care about them, knowing
full well that they’re going to be killed off? This film was produced and
distributed by Ghost House Underground and has been one of the higher quality
films I have seen from them.
Three criminals rob a bank and when one of them starts
firing and killing the security guards, they are forced to take three hostages
with them as they escape. They have a full proof plan for their escape by
running into the abandoned subway tunnels nearby, going so far as to booby-trap
the entrance so no one can follow or realize where they went. Once inside, they
are to meet a fourth member of the group. They never find him because he ends
up being the first victim of the Trackman, a large manic killer who lives in
the tunnels and conveniently has a sign with his chosen title hanging near his
lair. One by one the six are stalked and killed until it’s only Grom, one of
the criminals, and one of the bank employees. The ending a pretty silly and almost
ruins the mood of the movie.
Favorite death scene – Grom gives the security officer that
they took hostage a gun to protect the two bank employees after they realize
that they are being stalked. The girls leave the security officer since they
feel safer with their kidnapper but one shortly returns. The security guard
doesn’t realize it’s her and shoots her several times. This death scene is the
only one where you feel sorry for the character dying because it was such a
tragic mistake.
Is this the killer from "My Bloody Valentine"? This is a subway, not a mine!
"You look like a spooky clown without eyes. You should "look" into this as a career option!"
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