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Breakdown

R
Movie
1997
1h 33m
English
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.
Rating
WATCHMODE
6.9
IMDB
Breakdown (1997) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
78

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Kurt Russell
Jeffrey 'Jeff' Taylor
JT Walsh
Warren 'Red' Barr
Rex Linn
Sheriff Boyd
Moira Harris
Arleen Barr
Kim Robillard
Deputy Len Carver
Jack McGee
Bartender
Vincent Berry
Deke Barr, Red's Son
Ancel Cook
Barfly at Belle's Diner
Gene Hartline
Tow Truck Driver
Steve Waddington
Cowboy In Bank
Rick Sanders
Truck Stop Trucker
Rick Zieff
Producer (uncredited)
Directed By: Jonathan Mostow
Written By: Jonathan Mostow (Screenplay), Sam Montgomery (Screenplay)

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jekyl6669 says...
7 years ago
Tight, tense, effective thriller. Nothing really unique, but everybody is good in it.
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jarvis-13427377 says...
11 months ago
BREAKDOWN IS AN ACTION THRILLER STARRING KURT RUSSELL, KATHLEEN QUINAN AND J.T. WALSH AND I WATCHED ON CINEMAS AND I RENTED ON VIDEO. BREAKDOWN IS A SUSPENSE THRILLER DRAMA MYSTERY A NEW DIRECTOR BY JONATHAN MOSTOW. IN THE TRADITION OF DUEL, DELIVERANCE, THE HITCHER AND THE VANISHING.
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Jordyep says...
one year ago
A pulpy, inoffensive thriller from the 90s that combines the sensibilities of _The Vanishing_ and _Duel_. It’s low on risk and creativity, yielding some adequate results. The acting’s pretty good, it keeps up the tension throughout, sometimes it’s a little too dumb, but it’s still perfectly watchable. 5.5/10
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siggi963 says...
2 months ago
Great Kurt Russell action thriller.
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Featured User Reviews

Whitsbrain
9/10  3 years ago
I'm not trying to brag here, but I usually do a decent job of ignoring movies that I believe will make me just shrug my shoulders. It's not hard to see that "Breakdown" is going to be predictable. It's about a husband and wife. They are in the desert, their truck breaks down, and she goes missing More
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CRCulver
6 years ago
In Breakdown, Kurt Russell and Amy Quinlan play a wealthy New England couple who find horror in Iowa. While driving cross-country, their car breaks down. The various local people they meet who initially seem helpful are in fact criminals working together. The wife is kidnapped, the husband is More
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JPV852
3 years ago
Simple but really solid suspense-thriller with some good sequences especially the finale with great car stunts. Not much to the performances or characters, but Kurt Russell was, as usual, good in the lead and J.T. Walsh sinister as the primary villain. **3.75/5**
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John Chard
5 years ago
Super Thriller.

Breakdown is directed by Jonathan Mostow and Mostow co-writes the screenplay with Sam Montgomery. It stars Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, Kathleen Quinlan, Rex Linn, Jack Noseworthy and Ritch Brinkley. Music is by Basil Poledouris and cinematography by Douglas Milsome.

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