Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 49
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 10
A brainy and suspenseful -- if somewhat uneven -- thriller.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 3
A brainy and suspenseful -- if somewhat uneven -- thriller.
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In this suspense thriller, a man discovers the unexpected danger of trusting a good Samaritan. Jeff Taylor (Kurt Russell) and his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) are driving through the New Mexico desert en route to California when an incident with a lunatic driver causes their jeep to break down in the middle of nowhere. Jeff is trying to fix the vehicle when an apparently friendly truck driver, Red Barr (J.T. Walsh), stops by to offer help. Red tells the couple that there's a diner a few miles
R, 1 hr. 33 min.
May 2, 1997 Wide
Dec 1, 1998
Paramount Pictures
All Critics (57) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (10) | DVD (4)
[Kurt Russell's] lack of energy afflicts the film as much as its director's lack of ideas.
A taut suspense film.
Breakdown has plenty of deft action sequences, and what they add up to is nifty garbage disposal, with all of us -- characters, filmmakers, viewers -- ultimately spiraling down the same drain.
An example of what happens when a new filmmaker comes along with a fresh perspective and manages to squeeze some life back into a by-now formula plot.
A long, drawn-out bore where the fate of each character is all-but-inscribed on his or her forehead.
...one of the most effective and flat-out engrossing thrillers within recent cinematic history...
A first-rate nail-biter that packs more genuine white-knuckle moments into 100 minutes than a dozen overpriced volcano movies could ever dream of having.
A taut, well-crafted suspense film that delivers the paranoid goods.
An engrossing, exciting nailbiter that makes the most of every single one of its efficient 95 minutes.
Are we really supposed to empathize with the empathy-proof Kurt Russell? I was actually hoping that his character's wife had run away with the trucker ...
A well-crafted thriller.
Pure free-fall fun.
It's a little silly and you do have to suspend your disbelief, but it's a thrilling ride.
A plain old bad movie with a ridiculous plot and no logic. The first thirty minutes was sort've interesting, but after that it just takes a trip to crazy town. It just becomes the most ridiculous plot that has no base in reality. They tried to attempt blending abduction with action and it just didn't work.
November 19, 2009Super Reviewer
It?s been done before and since. It?s been done better, it?s been done worse. It?s ok.
September 24, 2009Super Reviewer
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