Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Trackman’

Written by Scott Edwards

Does anything in life ever go according to plan? I think the only time someone was ever happy with the way a plan came together it was on a TV show, and it still was not the plan that they had worked out. There is always something that can and will go wrong no matter how much you try to think ahead. An accident, someone falling behind, a rogue dog coming up and licking you, anything can throw off the outcome of your situation, so the best plan is to plan for the unexpected.

Kostya has been talked into pulling off the easiest bank job ever, but like anything in life, nothing is absolutely perfect. As the police start to make it into the bank, he unleashes fire killing a couple officers, but with no worry in his mind, Kostya and his team follow through with their plan since it is unbeatable. Heading to the underground with Grom, Pakhomov and three hostages from the bank, the group is ready to escape, but what they do not know is that they are not alone. Waiting for the bag man to show up and show the group to safety, the group has a realization that they may not be able to find the surface once again without help.

As they scour the abandoned railway tracks below, looking for their contact, they start to see a figure out of the corner of their eyes. Opening fire whenever this dark man appears, the group stumbles upon their guide, but he cannot tell them anything about what happened to him, he just says to leave. The group investigates the body, but with his main injury involving his eyes being removed, they know that the man they are shooting at has to be crazy. Needing to find a way back to the surface before they become a statistic to this psycho killer, the keep their eyes and ears open for any indication they are nearing their escape, along with the payday of a lifetime. 

With the new plan in place, Grom assumes all of the leadership roles in the tunnels and looks for any indications of escape, but when the group separates, people start dying. As one of the hostages tries to escape, Kostya catches up with her, but he is not the only one in the area. The large killer takes a pickaxe to the robber but leaves the young woman unharmed as he returns an earring to her. Letting her live, the girl runs back to the group to tell them what she has seen, but it is too late for anyone’s mind to be changed about what they will do when they finally come face to face with this maniac. With none of their paths leading to where they need to go, Grom decides to let the hostages g oand fight for themselves, but when he sees one of them in peril, he knows that he is the only man left who could defeat the underground threat.

This is a pretty good movie that caught me by surprise. With some great characters and a reluctant hero running the show, you could say that it is something that you have seen before, but at the same time you really have not. With a psycho killer roaming the tracks and taking anyone’s eyes that disturbs his underground liar, it has a found a special space in my movie collection and I will need to give it another couple of viewings before packing it away. I must say that even though he did not want to be the hero, Grom had to be the strongest in the group and even without being able to run the entire show, he did step up and make sure that everything going forward went precisely to plan, or a modified version of it that did not involve everyone getting killed. The hostages were great as well, since they did not have a choice in what was happening to them and when given the option to break free of their captors, they knew who was going to be the best option of saying with, at least until they find a way out. Stay Scared.

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