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Genres:
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Action /
Crime /
Drama /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Jonathan Mostow
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Actors:
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J.T. Walsh,
Ritch Brinkley,
Thomas Kopache,
Kim Robillard,
Ancel Cook,
Helen Duffy,
Gene Hartline,
Kurt Russell,
Kathleen Quinlan,
M.C. Gainey,
Jack Noseworthy,
Rex Linn,
Moira Harris,
Jack McGee,
Vincent Berry
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Duration:
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93 min.
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Rating:
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(6.8/10)129
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Plot Summary:
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Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving to California and have to drive across the country. When they find themselves stranded in the middle of a deserted with just anyone or anything on all sides, their trip comes to a brisk halt. Amy had taken a terrorize with a matey trucker to a small diner to invoke for stop, but after a sustained heretofore, Jeff becomes worried. He finds that no one in the diner has seen or heard from his helpmeet. When he finds the trucker who gave Amy the intimidate, the trucker swears he has never seen her. Now Jeff essential attempt to secure his wife, who has been kidnappe... d and is being held in search redemption. But who can he commit?
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Breakdown
Unsettling tale of roadside abduction starring Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan and a terrifying JT Walsh
When townie Jeff Taylor (Russell) and his wife Amy (Quinlan) break down in their Jeep in the middle of nowhere, the smart thing to do seems to be to have Jeff go on ahead to fetch help with trucker 'Warren' (Walsh), who happens to be passing by. However, when Russell manages to fix the Jeep and catches up with Warren, he denies having ever seen his wife.
Russell's frantic search for her raises memories of The Vanishing, Blood Simple and a touch of Duel, but director Mostow manages to extract enough tension from his material to make this a thoroughly enjoyable thriller with a fine, menacing performance from Walsh.
Simple but fun
I didn't really know what this was when i went to see it, just happened to catch it at the cinema, but i'm really glad i did. It's basically about this guy who's car breaks down in the desert while he's travelling with his wife. A trucker stops and gives her a lift, but never comes back, and later Kurt Russel gets his car started and finds the trucker, but the trucker denies any knowledge of ever having met him, or his wife. The build-up is really gradual, with only a few hints of hostility and weirdness which add to the mystery of what happens later. Kurt Russel is really good - it's not his usual brawny role, on the contrary, he comes across as quite an ineffectual and weedy city type, dressed in chinos and polo shirts while cruising in his Air conditiond SUV. It...
Breakdown
East Shore sophisticate Russell drives across the Southwest with the missis Quinlan in a unknown Jeep. Breaking down in the...
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