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Breakdown (1997)

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Release Date: May 2, 1997
Genre: Crime, Action
Running Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong terror/violence and language.
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Writer: Sam Montgomery, Jonathan Mostow
Cast: Moira Harris, Ritch Brinkley, Rex Linn, Jack Noseworthy, M.C. Gainey, Kathleen Quinlan, J.T. Walsh, Kurt Russell

When Jeff Taylor's car breaks down, he lets his wife go on ahead with a trucker. Before he knows it, his wife is missing and the trucker is demanding $90,000 for her return. Read more

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Grade: B+ Kurt Russell has been in some really good movies (Stargate, Executive Decision) and he has also been in some really bad movies (Escape from LA, Soldier). Luckily, Breakdown is one of his better films, and it is a slightly different change of pace for him. Read the full movie review

User Comments & Reviews

Miss, by Thalie

December 2, 2003

Super movie, really good. One of Kurt's best movie. All of the actors are good and the story is unlike what we're always used to see, which is nice.

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