Breakdown
1997 · Movie · R · 93 min · ★ 6.9 · 79% critics
A couple’s cross-country trip turns into a nightmare when their vehicle breaks down in the desert and one of them accepts a ride to get help, then vanishes. With few leads and growing doubt from others, the remaining partner races against time through lonely highways and small towns, determined to uncover what happened and bring them home.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-05-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (1,101 votes)
- Box office
- $50,159,144
- Budget
- $36,000,000
About
If you enjoy lean, high-stress road thrillers where an ordinary person is pushed into a desperate search, this delivers; Not for you if you need deep character work or strict realism, like in Red Rock West.
Pros: relentless suspense; tense desert setting; strong lead drive | Cons: predictable setup; implausible moments; thin character depth
Themes
- california
- chase
- ransom
- kidnapping
- bank
- paranoia
- new mexico
- highway
- barn
- diner
- vacation
- deception
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Cast & crew
Kurt Russell
as Jeff Taylor
J.T. Walsh
as Warren 'Red' Barr
Kathleen Quinlan
as Amy Taylor
M.C. Gainey
as Earl
Jack Noseworthy
as Billy
Rex Linn
as Sheriff Boyd
Ritch Brinkley
as Al
Moira Sinise
as Arleen Barr
Kim Robillard
as Deputy Len Carver
Thomas Kopache
as Calhoun
Directed by Jonathan Mostow