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Breakdown (I) (1997) 6.8
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Metascore: 73/100
Reviews: 199 user | 70 critic | 19 from Metacritic.com A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert. Director:Jonathan Mostow |
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Cast
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Deke Barr
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Plot Synopsis
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Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving to California and must drive across the country. When they find themselves stranded in the middle of a desert with hardly anyone or anything around, their trip comes to a sudden halt. Amy had taken a ride with a friendly trucker to a small diner to call for help, but after a long time, Jeff becomes worried. He finds that no one in the diner has seen or heard from his wife. When he finds the trucker who gave Amy the ride, the trucker swears he has never seen her. Now Jeff must attempt to find his wife, who has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. But who can he trust? Written by David Landers <dml@gwis.com>
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It could happen to you. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence/terror and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 May 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A félelem országútján See more »Box Office
Budget:
$36,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£589,478 (UK) (1 May 1998)Gross:
£2,020,938 (UK) (29 May 1998)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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(1997)
Lyric by Jonathan Mostow and Rachel Lipman
Music by Jeffrey Pescetto
Performed by Robbyn Kirmsse
Produced by Jeffrey Pescetto
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The Coke can that Deputy Carver is sipping at the Sheriff's office is advertising the 1996 Olympics, and were still in circulation at that time. See more »Goofs
When Earl stops to pick up Jeff after he gets the ransom money, he stops his truck in front of a railroad crossing. When he pulls away, there is no railroad crossing in sight. See more »Soundtracks
"This Game Of Love"(1997)
Lyric by Jonathan Mostow and Rachel Lipman
Music by Jeffrey Pescetto
Performed by Robbyn Kirmsse
Produced by Jeffrey Pescetto
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The very best action packed suspense dramatic thriller I have ever seen. Throughout my life I have seen about twelve thousand movies, so that actually is saying something. I can't believe that I never saw this movie until today. Wish I had seen it in the theatre.
Jeff and Amy Taylor are moving from the east coast to the west coast and have a breakdown some sixty miles outside of the town that progress forgot. A friendly truck driver offers to help and gives Amy a ride to town while Jeff stays behind to watch the SUV. He notices the actual problem with his car's engine, a minor one that he can fix, and gets under way to meet up with his wife. When he gets to the diner where Amy is supposed to be calling for a tow truck, she is not there. Where is Amy? Where is the trucker who helped her? Why are people shooting at Jeff?
BUZZ WORDS THAT I'VE HEARD APPLIED TO OTHER MOVIES, WHICH GENERALLY DISAPPOINT, BUT ARE ACCURATE FOR THIS ONE:
Breakdown is an edge of your seat, adrenaline pumping and heart stopping in your face cinematic thrill ride that will leave you breathless and begging for more pulse pounding, jaw dropping excitement; and then it delivers with a finale that will leave you teetering on the edge of eternity chewing on someone else's fingernails.
If you only have the opportunity to see one action flick in your lifetime, THIS HAS TO BE IT!