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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Dolby Digital (5.1) Surround Sound, Spanish, Subtitled
Jeff and amy are driving from massachusetts to san diego to starttheir new life. As they cross the western deserts, their truckbreaks down.Jeff doesn't want to leave their truck due to arecent run with earl,a local he nearly crashed into. So amy acceaccepts a ride with red saying she'll meet jeff later.
Editor's Note
After their new Jeep conks out on a desolate stretch of Arizona highway, a well-heeled Massachusetts couple accepts the help of a polite and seemingly honest trucker (J.T. Walsh), who drives the wife (Kathleen Quinlan) to a diner while the husband (Kurt Russell) stays behind to "protect" the vehicle. After saying goodbye, the husband gets two surprises--the Jeep starts, and his wife never actually arrived at the diner. What's more, the trucker doesn't recollect having picked her up at all. This taut suspense film, directed by Jonathan Mostow, is light on special-effects bombasticism and heavy on the old-fashioned Hitchcockian chills.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Features:
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 1/24/2006 |
| Running Time: 93 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 334547 | | UPC: 00097363345473 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Spanish | | Video: Color |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...Well-conceived....Fresh and exciting..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 05/09/1997 p.13DNew York Times
"...BREAKDOWN is a tough, vigorous exercise in pure action, shot with throwback expertise and, most refreshingly, without special effects..." 05/02/1997 p.C10 Entertainment Weekly
"...A powerfully nerve-racking contemporary thriller....Fresh..." -- Rating: A- 05/09/1997 p.54-5 Los Angeles Times
"...This is a really solid first feature, and the best cardiovascular workout you're likely to have in a sitting position this year..." 05/02/1997 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...BREAKDOWN is taut, skillful and surgically effective....BREAKDOWN is a fine thriller..." 05/02/1997 p.35 |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  5 | | Plot | 5 | | Acting |  4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4.5 |
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4 of 5 Kurt Russell at his best! Friday, September 15, 2006
john chase from drexel hill, pa
I had seen breakdown many times on cable, however, I wanted my own copy on DVD...this is an excellent action thriller starring Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlin and the late, JT Walsh, as the villainous rig operator, who abducts Russell’s wife, during a cross country trip...this one will keep you on the edge of your seats...features Russell at his very best, as the frenzied and frantic husband, racing the clock, and a host of bad guys, in order to rescue his wife! Was this review helpful?  
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5 of 5 This Movie's Under-Rated Saturday, October 05, 2002
A Viewer from Quincy, CA
Do you like suspense? This movie will surely keep you on the edge of your seat. What would you do if your wife was kidnapped for ransom and you had to rescue her on your own? Kurt Russell is superb in this. Check it out! Was this review helpful?
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