A group of bank robbers take some hostages after a heist and hightail it to an abandoned underground subway station. After being double crossed by one of their members, the group finds themselves lost in the underground tunnels. To make matters worse there is a killer on the loose in the tunnels known as the Trackman (Aleksey Dmitriev) who stalks and kills our hapless group. With goggles and a pick Ax in hand, the Trackman goes to work and the group falls one by one. This Russian horror film has an impressive looking villain in the Trackman and some of the deaths by pick ax have some fun to them. Director Igor Shavlak keeps Trackman in the shadows and manages to build suspense in short blasts. Unfortunately the screenplay and the poor dubbing get in the way too many times and sink the film every time it gets going. One of the actresses dubbing one of the characters is whining the entire time and is annoying as hell. There isn't any real explanation for the Trackman being down there or what the bank robbers were trying to accomplish by going underground after the robbery. A cool killer, who belonged in a better movie.

The movie opens with two criminals discussing a bank robbery and the escape plan. Everything sounds fine, and it goes off as planned. Only, when they get into the tunnel that they were to use for escape, they come head-to-head with a slasher with a pick axe that lives in the tunnel and, believe it or not, collects eyeballs.I would not call it as gory movie. Yes, the slasher does use some kind of eyeball-removal tool after he kills, but that wasn't really bad. It is the terror that makes it interesting.Sure, we have seen this many times before. Originality is not something we expect in horror movies. But it was done well and there was plenty of excitement as they try to escape.I am really not sure about the ending, though. It just didn't seem to fit.

This is a Russian entry from the Ghost House Underground collection translated as TRACKMAN. A bank heist is planed at McDonalds using condiments. The robbery itself isn't perfect; good enough though to getaway with money, but bad enough to need hostages. The criminals with hostages in tow take refuge in abandoned underground subway tunnels below a junkyard. Things otherwise is going as planned until they realize they are trapped in the tunnels with no way out and they are not alone. The tunnels are home to a demented serial killer that has an affinity for his victim's eyeballs.Most of the movie is underground making for most of the anxiety and fear. Two very nice looking hostages are played by Yuliya Mikhailova and Svetlana Metkina; and the Trackman is played by Aleksei Dmitriyev. The movie's director Igor Shavlak also has a role.

Well, our robbers had a fine plan escaping the bank except for the killer being in the abandoned metro system. Now they have to survive, managing 2 hostages, 1 cop and maybe treachery inside the team.It was not as bad as I thought. Clearly, Igor Shavlak has a good team to work with and the movie has a peculiar feeling (image and sound speaking). It's a technical demo explaining that Russian directors can do as well as American ones.Too bad they forgot something to make the story interesting. Despite its short playtime (1 h 20 min), there is no really anything going on. The killer is not inventive and not manipulative (though the place suggested a nice "cat & mice" game) enough. The movie has a really good scene at the end when the last two survivors are followed by the killer and finally interact. It should have been this all along the movie to be really enjoyable.If "old nightmares have a new face" as it is written on the poster, it sure reminds other movies: Silent Hill, Jeepers Creepers, Descent. Not a bad basis to work on but as I said before it lacks the originality.With a good plot though, I'm sure that Scavlak and his team can make a fine movie to watch.