Brake (2012)

A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract information for their plot against the President of the United States.

Director:

Gabe Torres

Writer:

Timothy Mannion

Stars:

Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, JR Bourne

Cast

Cast overview:
Stephen Dorff	...	Jeremy Reins
Chyler Leigh	...	Molly Reins
JR Bourne	...	Henry Shaw
Tom Berenger	...	Ben Reynolds
Bobby Tomberlin	...	Trucker
Kali Rocha	...	911 Operator
King Orba	...	Good Samaritan
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Driver / Boss Terrorist (voice)
Sammy Sheik	...	Marco (voice)
Kent Shocknek	...	News Anchor Jack Stern
Jaylen Moore	...	Training Agent Ahmadyar
Stephen J. Bridgewater	...	Training Agent McClane
Matthew Pollino	...	Training Agent Dipego
Jason Raphael	...	Paramedic

Storyline

What appears to be a random kidnapping becomes something more sinister when Secret Service Agent Jeremy Reins discovers he's being used as a pawn in a terrorist plot. Watching the clock tick down to an unknown catastrophe, Jeremy is forced by his captors to listen to the outside world on the brink of collapse, knowing that the only way to save the people he loves is to divulge a secret that he has sworn to protect.

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Plot Keywords:

one man film | secret service agent | terrorist | torture | chamberplay | 

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Taglines:

The only way out is to give in

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for mental torture/terror, and language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

Composer Brian Tyler's soundtrack involved actual car part noises. Tyler claims that many filmmakers have since come to him and asked him to do another score similar to Brake's, even though many laughed at the idea of an experimental score utilizing car parts.

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Goofs

With short wave radios, the person speaking must press a button to engage the microphone to broadcast, and cannot receive signal while the button is depressed. In other words, only one person can speak at a time. This is why people say "over" when they have finished speaking-- to indicate that they have finished taking their turn. It is not possible to interrupt someone while they are broadcasting, as is depicted in the movie several times.

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Quotes

Jeremy Reins: I'm not giving you anything. I'm not giving you a goddamn thing!
Training Agent Dipego: Then good luck to you, agent Reins. I'll tell Molly goodbye for you.
Jeremy Reins: You lay one hand on her, I'm goona fucking kill you.

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Connections

References Die Hard (1988)

User Reviews

Keeps you interested up to the end but unfortunately not the best ending

I must say I liked the movie. Would I watch it again? No. Up to the very end the movie was very interesting and it has been thus far - by my standards one of the best movies that you see 1:20mins only one actor acting.

Acting was good to great. Special attention was given to verbal communications to convey meaning and a big thumbs up for that.

Cinematography and editing was very good, too. It does not get boring or repetitive and the movie maintains an edge right close to the end. Very clever script actually.

I would spoil the movie if I continue to speak about the ending but If you haven't read many reviews (that could spoil the end) and like mystery flick I would recommend this movie.

7/10 for the clever movie but loses some point for the ending.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 2012 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Brake

Filming Locations:

Newhall, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,330, 25 March 2012

Gross USA:

$4,876

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$102,819

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walking West Entertainment, Costa Productions, La

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1