Breakdown

1997 93 min ★ 6.9 Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Action

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Jonathan Mostow

Screenplay

Jonathan Mostow

Tagline

"It could happen to you."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$36,000,000

Revenue

$50,159,144

Production

The De Laurentiis Company, Spelling Films, Paramount Pictures

Reviews

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CRCulver

September 6, 2018

★ 2/10

In <i>Breakdown</i>, Kurt Russell and Amy Quinlan play a wealthy New England couple who find horror in Iowa. While driving cross-country, their car breaks down. The various local people they meet who initially seem helpful are in fact criminals working together. The wife is kidnapped, the husband is told to pay half a million to get her back alive, and Kurt Russell decides he'd rather fight. I ...

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John Chard

May 16, 2020

★ 8/10

Super Thriller. Breakdown is directed by Jonathan Mostow and Mostow co-writes the screenplay with Sam Montgomery. It stars Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, Kathleen Quinlan, Rex Linn, Jack Noseworthy and Ritch Brinkley. Music is by Basil Poledouris and cinematography by Douglas Milsome. When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor (Russell) lets his wife, Amy (Q...

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JPV852

September 19, 2021

★ 8/10

Simple but really solid suspense-thriller with some good sequences especially the finale with great car stunts. Not much to the performances or characters, but Kurt Russell was, as usual, good in the lead and J.T. Walsh sinister as the primary villain. **3.75/5**