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Breakdown
Directed by
Jonathan Mostow
R
1997
1h 33m
Action
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7.0
83%
69%
6.9
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A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.
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Cast of Breakdown
Kurt Russell
Jeff Taylor
J.T. Walsh
Warren 'Red' Barr
Kathleen Quinlan
Amy Taylor
M.C. Gainey
Earl
Jack Noseworthy
Billy
Rex Linn
Sheriff Boyd
Ritch Brinkley
Al
Moira Sinise
Arleen Barr
Kim Robillard
Deputy Len Carver
Thomas Kopache
Calhoun
Jack McGee
Bartender
Vincent Berry
Deke Barr
Helen Duffy
Flo
Ancel Cook
Barfly
Gene Hartline
Tow Truck Driver
Steve Waddington
Cowboy In Bank
Rick Sanders
Truck Stop Trucker
Alitzah
Spanish Girl (uncredited)
Rick Zieff
Producer (uncredited) / Casting Assistant
Jonathan Mostow
Director / Screenplay
Breakdown Ratings & Reviews
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Its simplicity is striking, and because the central premise is wholly believable, the sensational and impossible aspects become equally genuine as the film goes along.
Film Intuition
Jen Johans
Clocking in at roughly ninety minutes, Mostow's film plays like a gritty yet glossy entry into the universally relatable Ordinary Person in Extraordinary Peril subgenre
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
A turbo-charged thriller.
FlickDirect
Allison Rose
Despite a few hiccups, Breakdown is a solid movie and Paramount Pictures made a very good choice adding to their Paramount Presents collection.
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
Breakdown is a 90s thriller through and through.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
Dabbles in a few horror movie tricks and actioner clichés that weaken the momentum, but it nonetheless refuses to lose all of its steam.
Midwest Film Journal
Nick Rogers
Sometimes a tightly wound watch - with a little bit of filigree and flourish to set it apart - is all you need. The sort of low-and-slow simmer that Blumhouse might now push into 1,000 theaters at best.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
[Kurt Russell's] lack of energy afflicts the film as much as its director's lack of ideas.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jeff Strickler
A taut suspense film.
USA Today
Mike Clark
Many will note echoes of 'The Vanishing,' 'Deliverance' and most of all, Steven Spielberg's 'Duel,' with Mostow displaying much of the craft that Spielberg ambushed us with in the 1971 TV movie that put him on the map.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
A 96- minute thrill ride that twists and turns before accelerating to a wonderfully overwrought finale.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Taut, skillful and surgically effective.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Breakdown has plenty of deft action sequences, and what they add up to is nifty garbage disposal, with all of us -- characters, filmmakers, viewers -- ultimately spiraling down the same drain.
Washington Post
Richard Harrington
Pretty good.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
A classic summer movie that has smarts plus sizzle.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
Breakdown gets the job done.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
Mostow knows his Hitchcock as well as his Spielberg.
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