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Breakdown (1997),
Director: Jonathan Mostow, rated R for kidnapping, violence, language
A
cross-country trip. An unexpected breakdown. The trap
has been set.
  Starring:
Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M. C. Gainey, Jack
Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"My
wife, where is she?" -
Jeff Taylor
Why watch this?
Most folks assume the best in people. This illustrates the opposite
of that.
Plot Summary: A
middle-aged couple, Jeff and Amy, are driving across the desert
southwest. Their car breaks down. A trucker happens along and
offers to take Amy to the nearest phone while Jeff stays with
the vehicle. She never makes it. This sets in play a frantic
search by Jeff, who is just a regular guy, to find his abducted
wife... and the clock is ticking.
Dad's Preview:
You're on vacation and your car breaks down. Help arrives and the
next thing you know, your wife is missing. It's every traveler's
worse nightmare. This is a tight, tense thriller. Russell and Quinlan
are perfect as a middle aged couple traveling West. The standout
performance, however, goes to the creepy J. T. Walsh and M. C. Gainey, who
excel as psychotic antagonists.
Dino De
Laurentiis Company, Spelling Films; Paramount Pictures |
