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Breakdown, 1997

Starring: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan

Directed by: Jonathan Mostow

Written by: Jonathan Mostow

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 93 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.9

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Breakdown can be described as tense, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a missing person, mind games, and an investigation. The main genres are thriller and crime. In approach, Breakdown is serious and realistic. It is located in Massachusetts, Arizona, and California. It takes place in the 1990s. Breakdown has received attention for being critically acclaimed.

Summary of Breakdown

After their new Jeep conks out on a desolate stretch of Arizona highway, a well-heeled Massachusetts couple accepts the help of a polite and seemingly honest trucker (J.T. Walsh), who drives the wife (Kathleen Quinlan) to a diner while the husband (Kurt Russell) stays behind to "protect" the vehicle. After saying goodbye, the husband gets two surprises--the Jeep starts, and his wife never actually arrived at the diner. What's more, the trucker doesn't recollect having picked her up at all. This taut suspense film, directed by Jonathan Mostow, is light on special-effects bombasticism and heavy on the old-fashioned Hitchcockian chills.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	2 May 1997
Runtime:	93 min

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Kurt Russell

as Jeffrey 'Jeff' Taylor

J.T. Walsh

as Warren 'Red' Barr

Kathleen Quinlan

as Amy Taylor

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Breakdown (1997)

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Variety

In his bigscreen feature debut, director and co-writer Jonathan Mostow displays real flair for visceral cinema while adroitly sidestepping many of the usual tripwires of this sort of film, particularly silly coincidences, stupid decisions on the... Full Review

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by: Todd McCarthy

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Breakdown is a taut little thriller, the kind of well-crafted yarn that sets itself attainable goals and then meets them. Full Review

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by: Rick Groen

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I have a friend of mine that kept telling me what a great movie this was. But see, the thing is, she also thinks the "Monkees" are better than than "Beatles" and she just loves the movie "Cujo", so I was a little skeptical. I mean, I haven't seen... Read and rate it

05.September.2010
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by: ColumboFan
ColumboFan rated this movie0/10

I've often found that the most effective thrillers are the ones with the simplest and most believable premises, because the easier it is to believe that a story could happen in real life, the more frightening it becomes. It also helps when your lead... Read and rate it

22.March.2009
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by: coolerking
coolerking rated this movie8/10Great

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