Production Year: 1997 - Thriller - Director: Jonathon Mostow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, Jack Noseworthy, M.C. Gainey more
...a phone call to the breakdown service who can then rescue them and Jeff stays with the truck as he doesn’t want it nicked. However, things don’t quite go to plan.
Jeff manages to fix the truck himself, so goes off to pick up his wife from the bar, only to find shes not there and hasn’t even been there, so where is his wife? Well, I’m not going to spoil the film for you so all I’m going to tell you is that Kurt is living ...
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Advantages: Quite a good suspense film Disadvantages: Same old storyline
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Jeff Taylor (Kurt Russell) and his wife Amy Taylor (Kathleen Quinlan) are on there way to start a new life in Santiago. They face a long journey ahead of them which will take them through many deserted road, across baron countryside until they can reach there destination and a new life. As there journey continues, Jeff ...
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Advantages: Great opening that leaves you wanting more Disadvantages: Slow in parts
When I first watched Breakdown I really, really enjoyed it, and thought it was a much better film then some of the negative newspaper reviews gave it credit for. Starring Kurt Russell, Breakdown hurls us into a horrible and frightening scenario right from the off, and cranks up the pressure as the film progresses. The entire film is set in the unforgiving Arizona desert, a lonely and barren place, and a great location for the drama to unfold.
Jeff ...
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Advantages: Tense thriller with lots of action Disadvantages: Takes a while for the plot to get started...
Breakdown isn't as bad as a lot of people make it, out to be it takes while for the plot to pick up, but when it does it makes for a fantastic movie.
Kurt Russell stars as Jeff, who is driving with his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) into San Diego, when their car breaks down. After many long hours in the mid-day heat, help comes in the form of a man in his 18 wheeler truck. He offers to take Amy to the neareast phone, while Jeff stays with the car. ...
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After seeing Volcano and Warriors of Virtue in back to back visits to the movies, I needed a good flick. This movie did not disappoint. After the first typical five slow minutes, this movie really picked up. This movie had action, suspense, and drama. Even though you know who is behind this whole plot, the suspense throughout makes up for it. The best thing about this movie is that it was realistic. As I was sitting there deciding what I would do, ...
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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful
Advantages: Great acting, understated Disadvantages: The last bit of the ending is too far fetched
A little like "The Vanishing", this film is very thrilling. There are times that I jumped, was sitting on the edge of my seat or wondering what was going to happen next. There were no times that I was bored! This was not a film I wanted to get out at the time, so uninspiring was the blurb on the back. The acting is good, there are some famous faces that, if you don't recognise immediately, you will be srtaining your brain trying to remember where ...
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Advantages: Not too bad Action film Disadvantages: Won't appeal to everyone
You'd be forgiven for thinking oh no Kurt Russel again in a dodgy movie. But, this isn't that bad really. It's a tad slow at first, but once it gets going you are drawn into it.
There are a few twists and turns en-route and by the end you feel that you have seen a film that didn't completely waste your time....
Don't expect too much though, it is just a run of the mill action kind of thing. Once seen you probably won't want to see it again ...
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