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Breakdown (1997)

Directed by Jonathan Mostow

Thriller | Crime | Road Movie

Most recently watched by schofizzy, lolareels, BTSjunkie, noahphex

Overview

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.

Rated R | Length 95 minutes

Actors

Kurt Russell | J.T. Walsh | Kathleen Quinlan | M.C. Gainey | Jack Noseworthy | Rex Linn | Ritch Brinkley | Moira Sinise | Kim Robillard | Thomas Kopache | Jack McGee | Vincent Berry | Helen Duffy | Ancel Cook | Gene Hartline | Steve Waddington | Rick Sanders | Alitzah | Rick Zieff

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/23/2014TVStreamingVideo on Demand7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Ready to get re-acclimated with Instawatch (I think it’s been over 2 months since I’ve viewed anything on NWI). Had this high on my queue b/c I’ve been wanting to revisit. Haven’t seen it since around the time it hit home video.

Always enjoyed Russell in this movie and that hasn’t changed. He’s so great at conveying his emotions on his face. His expression in the barn when they take his wife out is everything about this movie summed up in one shot.

Remembered most of this forgot other bits like when Russell drives into the river, which is nuts. Overall a very solid road thriller with Russell being the main reason to view or revisit. Wish he did more films.

*I guess I did watch a NWI flick on 5/19 a little over a month ago. Prior to that was 3/27. So not a lot of NWI activity as of recent.

Comments

avatarsensoria
9 years ago

Heh, funny I was thinking about this movie recently and it’s been on my mind to rewatch. Good to know it’s on NWI!

avatarsleestakk
9 years ago

Definitely worth the revisit if you haven’t seen it in a while. Works very much like a neo-noir maybe without some of the crazier action beats. But I could see a similar screenplay working just as effectively in 50s. Russell is does desperate so well and conveys so much in his expressions.