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Oct 18, 2021 · Director Mostow transforms the expansive southwestern desert from a place of rugged beauty to a location of lethal foreboding. The 26th title in the Paramount Presents Blu-ray line features 1080p resolution in the widescreen aspect ratio of 2.39:1. This edition, approved by director Jonathan Mostow, is a remaster from a new 4K scan.
Breakdown is a 90s thriller through and through. Full Review | Sep 20, 2021. Dabbles in a few horror movie tricks and actioner clichés that weaken the momentum, but it nonetheless refuses to lose ...
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Breakdowndoesn’t shy away from its north vs south conflict. Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan play an educated couple from Boston, traveling through Texas – or a Texas filled with working class redneck caricatures. The imagery makes a point to show the vehicle’s license plates. Part of this is because Breakdown is edited to the bone, a slick 90-min...
Most of the Paramount Presents line sport fresh new masters, but Breakdown looks like an anomaly. While debuting here on Blu-ray – and this isn’t a DVD-era source – Breakdown’s HD presentation is minimal. Resolution is lean, and detail limited. Scenery across the desert finds a few bright spots despite the dull definition. Grain is preserved at lea...
Straight from the early surround era, this TrueHD 5.1 track proves aggressive in showing off panning effects. Vehicles shift between speakers with perfect accuracy and a slight boost in volume through the rears. That overcranking isn’t unusual for the time period. Dialog stays nicely in balance, even amid ambient effects like small breezes or storm...
Director Johnathan Mostow pops up a few times on this disc, first in a commentary paired with Kurt Russell, then over an alternate opening (if you so choose). Mostow continues in a Filmmaker Focusthat nears 11-minutes. Kathleen Quinlan sits down for a couple of minutes and remembers her part in the production. Martha De Laurentis comes next, chatti...
Oct 1, 2024 · Paramount announced on the press release for this set that all 4 films have been given new 4K remasters, but being that this is only a couple year old re-release of the 4K remastered Paramount Presents Blu-ray, I’m going to GUESS (unless corrected, please do if I’m wrong) that it’s using the same master, and that guess is pretty strongly indicated as the two formats look REALLY similar ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Overview -. 4K UHD Review By: Matthew Hartman. One of the best thrillers of the 90s might stretch the Paramount Scares designation a tad, but Jonathan Mostow’s Breakdown starring Kurt Russell is certainly an unsettling, terrifying flick! It’s Russell’s film, but J.T. Walsh’s performance can’t be understated. For this edition, the film ...
Apr 4, 2021 · Item Size. 41.8M. When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his ...
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Aug 21, 2024 · All roads lead to excitement with Kurt Russell in Breakdown, the non-stop thrill ride that’s “a movie of nerve-frying intensity…Kurt Russell’s best performance yet” (Rex Reed, New York Observer). Jeff Taylor (Russell) and his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) are headed toward a new life in California when their car’s engine dies on a ...
