Breakdown | | Cast : | Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan | | Director : | Jonathan Mostow | | Studio : | Paramount Studio | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | May 02, 1997 | | DVD Released Date : | January 07, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | Realistic and credible thriller !! | Content
 | This kind of movies must get the idea to the spectator that the plot is something it might happen to him or any other guy. Those films that exagerate the characters or the situations turn to be stupid, boring and sometimes funny. This movie keeps the spectator tense from the begining to the end. There is an excesive-dinamite car persuit at the end but it's ok. Great actors. Don't miss it. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 30, 2005 | | Summary | just a damn good movie | Content
| I won't bore you with an overly elaborate review, just let me say I consider myself a movie fan of taste. This movie was just plain fun. No big dramatic, tearfull B.S. ; however no, "let's just blow stuff up for the hell of it", antics either. A film where the good guy has just piss-pot had it. And he's not polite about it. Charles Bronson would have been proud. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 20, 2005 | | Summary | what a winner!! | Content
| I was totally unfamiliar with this film til I caught it on tv last night...it's marvelous, a real edge-of-your-chair, no holds
barred barrel-house of a ride with real villains who'll have you
hollering at the screen. Watch it and tell your friends...it's a keeper! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 20, 2005 | | Summary | Taut and suspenseful nightmare | Content
| Before he directed Terminator 3, Jonathan Mostow helmed and co-wrote this taut, suspenseful, Hitchcockian nightmare about a desperate husband (Kurt Russell) whose wife (Kathleen Quinlan) disappears after their car breaks down in the desert. A vicious truck driver (the late J.T. Walsh) is at the center of it all, and Russell will do anything to find his wife. For being his first big budget film, Mostow masterfully weaves the nailbiting suspense with taut action, which would be a prelude to his later films U-571 and the aforementioned Terminator 3. Russell's performance is one of the best of his career, while Walsh is perfect as the savage redneck heading an interstate kidnapping ring. All in all, Breakdown is one of the most underrated action films you'll ever see, and while it's not perfect, it still leaves it's mark as a taut and chilling urban nightmare. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 16, 2005 | | Summary | Strangely compelling | Content
| This movie is interesting because while the plot is not new and you know how it will end, it draws you in and is strangely compelling. To a large degree this is due to the power of its stars. Kathleen Quinlan, Kurt Russel's wife, has a relatively small part by virtue of the fact the she vanishes/becomes kidnapped early in the movie. Her presence is strong enough that when she reappears at the end, your heart goes out to the couple. Kurt Russel is also very good as the distraught husband. You can see his mind working to stay focused on his mission while at the same time being emotionally and physically taxed. J.T. Walsh plays does a great job turning from the helpful trucker to a very smary character.
The plot is quite predictable and the ending over the top, literally, and yet your really don't mind because at its heart you like it's stars.
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