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Minahzur Rahman This movie which was released in the 90s is simply - breathtaking!!! it's a really good movie to watch especially if you're into thrillers. Everything was good - from start to finish! There aren't too many films as suspenseful as Breakdown. Unfortunately, Breakdown is one of these rare movies that seems to have gone unnoticed despite involving Kurt Russell. We all know there were many fine movies during the 90s, but Breakdown was not part of those big movies we all seem to remember from the top of our heads. Breakdown is an excellent road movie, and there aren't too many road movies that can compete with Breakdown. I don't know why this movie does not get the recognition it deserves as many of the other great movies back then, so that's a mystery in itself. I've heard and seen many greats movies, but this was not one of them. In conclusion, the movie - Breakdown - is a very suspenseful one. Underrated.

blanche-2 Kurt Russelll and Kathleen Quinlan star in "Breakdown" from 1997, featuring J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, and Jack Noseworthy. Russell and Quinlan play Jeff and Amy Taylor who are driving from their home in Boston to California, where they are taking new jobs. It looked to me as though they were in Monument Valley - it was similar and in the same general area, but not Monument Valley.When they hit New Mexico, they just barely escape an accident with a truck. At a gas station, the truck driver, Earl (Gainey) confronts them. They high-tail it out of there quick.Later on, their car breaks down, and they're in the middle of the desert with no phone signal. A truck driver, Red (Walsh) stops and offers both of them a ride to a diner where they can phone for help. Jeff does not want to leave the car alone. Amy wants to take the ride. She says that she will go to the diner, call for help, and wait for him.Jeff manages to get the car moving after he discovers some wires had been disconnected, but when he gets to the diner, no one has seen his wife, and the people are very abrupt. Finally, he finds Red, and the trucker tells the police he never picked up Jeff's wife and drove her anywhere. The sheriff even searches the truck. No Amy.This film will remind you of other films, but it is very, very well done. I was a wreck during the whole thing, it was so exciting and scary. In one sense, it was reminiscent of the early TV movie directed by Spielberg, "Duel," and in another way, it was reminiscent of "So Long at the Fair" or "Dangerous Crossing."Russell does a terrific job, as do all the bad guys, of which there are many. The bad guys have not one redeeming quality, one ounce of human compassion - nothing. Really, if you ran into one of the actors on the street you'd want to kick him in the groin.Loved it - highly recommended if you like fast-moving, terrifying, exciting films.

Python Hyena Breakdown (1997): Dir: Jonathan Mostow / Cast: Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy: Chilling film that echos The Vanishing only this film has the added advantage of being a much better film. The title is physically referring to the condition of a vehicle as well as the breakdown of mind and emotion. Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan are vacationing when their vehicle breaks down. Quinlan accepts a ride from a trucker while Russell awaits a tow truck. When she is not at a given destination, Russell and a cop stop the truck but the trucker claims that he has never seen them before. Uncertainty lies at its very core as viewers are not sure what Russell will find. Director Jonathan Mostow provides tension although the conclusion falters with justified violence just to satisfy a hunger that perhaps should be examined first. Russell delivers one of his best performances as a man striving for survival while searching frantically for his wife. Quinlan is appealing in a brief role. The film all depends upon her fate and how it creates turmoil in Russell's mind. J.T. Walsh steals scenes as a trucker who may or may not be responsible for Quinlan's disappearance. There are nasty truckers in the film but they are seen more as thugs than personalities. The film is well made despite wayward elements within its plot solution. It is a vacationer's nightmare. Score: 8 ½ / 10

badfeelinganger Kurt Russells character Jeff, search for his wife is reminiscent of The Vanishing and yet there is something else, an insidious violence that declares open season on strangers. Whatever is going on, and you never quite know for certain, it has an ugly echo of the dark side of country.This could easily have been a style-washed film noir of the Red Rock West variety. Instead, Mostow remains believable, therefore increasing the tension. He makes you feel Taylor's terror and rage. He makes you breathe fast and shallow. Russell can be beef-caked and plastic films like Escape From New York, Big Trouble In Little China. He can be solid wood Stargate and stiff-upper ed The Thing. What Mostow achieves with him here is remarkable.Taylor is not presented in Stallonescope, rather as an ordinary bloke who doesn't know what to do. Russell can slip into stereotype at the scratch of a producer's pen. What makes Breakdown such a convincing ride is his ability to convey fear and courage simultaneously. Taylor's out of his depth. He's scared, but he's going on. Russell throws off the familiar guise, rejects showboat heroics and sweats for real. He's never been better.