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"Breakdown" is so plain and blunt that much of it is almost nonverbal, like a spectacular action sequence that follows the Jeep into a raging stream. (Some of the film's stunt work is dazzling.) Episodes like this, and like a furious confrontation at the end of the story, work much better than the inevitable explication of the plot.
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May 2, 1997 · Jeff Taylor (Russell) and his wife Amy (Quinlan) are headed toward a new life in California when their car's engine dies on a remote highway. Amy accepts a ride from a helpful trucker (Walsh) while Jeff waits with the car. But when Jeff shows up at the agreed rendezvous, he finds his wife's not there. The locals aren't talking; the police aren't much help. With no one to turn to, Jeff battles ...
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May 2, 1997 · Action. 96 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1997. Roger Ebert. May 2, 1997. 4 min read. “Breakdown” is taut, skillful and surgically effective, the story of a man who finds himself trapped in a surrealistic nightmare. The story’s setup is more entertaining than the payoff; as Hitchcock observed, suspense plays better than action.
Oct 10, 2024 · Directed by Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin. Cate Blanchett stars as a lusty, preening stateswomen in a geopolitical satire from the experimental filmmaker Guy Maddin. By Jeannette ...
I think he was a working trucker who gradually developed the crime on the side with his pals. The stuff that the film leaves to the imagination (what they actually did with his wife, how they kidnapped/killed/buried the others, how they became disgruntled with their incomes/boring lives/hatred for tourists and hatched the idea in the first place) I find so eerie and chilling.
