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Breakdown (1997)

Action | 93 minutes
3,36 1.139 votes

Genre: Action / Thriller

Duration: 93 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Jonathan Mostow

Stars: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan

IMDb score: 7,0 (65.583)

Releasedate: 2 May 1997

Breakdown plot

"It could happen to you."

Jeff and Amy Taylor move to California and have to take a drive across the country. When they are stranded in the middle of a desert, their ride suddenly comes to a stop. Amy gets a ride from a trucker to make a call at a restaurant, but when she's not back after a long time, Jeff gets worried. Later it turns out that no one in the restaurant has seen his wife. He must now do everything he can to find his wife.

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Chainsaw

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If you look up 'nice and simple exciting action movie' in the dictionary, Breakdown should be about the first thing you come across. With a simple premise, a handful of good actors and above all a lot of excellent action sequences, the tension is well built up and maintained. Some fun character actors have been brought in for some amusing roles, including Jake Noseworthy (Idle Hands), delightful redneck MC Gainey (who also starred in that other great 1997 action lick) and of course the scumbag everyone loves; J.T. Walsh. Not a typical hero in the hero role, although Kurt Russell has plenty of big action roles on his resume - after all, he is the one and only Snake Plissken. But he is quite convincingly turned into a normal man, who must try to play the action hero. Clichés and coincidences pass by, but you don't even notice that because of some excellent action scenes. Breakdown may not be groundbreaking, but it's damn well put together. What more could you want from a 90s action lick?

4 stars.

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jippie2010

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Well, you know before you make this film that you are not going to win an Oscar. The plot is simple and unoriginal. But the detail, on the other hand, is quite in order! Like a diver who only does a somersault but does it perfectly. *3.5

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filmfan0511

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Ultimate action movie. Breakdown is well put together from start to finish, and is highly entertaining until the last minute. The first fifteen minutes still seem to hint at a thriller/drama-like atmosphere, but after that the action and entertainment bursts forth. Kurt Russel, the coolest actor of all time, plays a very good role here precisely because he is in fact just a very normal man who has to deal with a situation bigger than him, and not an action hero like Snake Plissken. That decision keeps the film exciting and interesting, because at no point does his character really have the upper hand in the situation. For the rest also some fine bad guy actors; JT Walsch in particular plays a fantastically filthy villain who gets the blood out of your fingernails. Add to that the very cool setting of the desolate prairie landscapes, and you have a wonderfully entertaining action film, which is also more than well put together outside of the action. 4*.

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