Upon seeing the previews of this movie I thought that it would be good. Unfortunately I didn't get to see it until recently and I am quite happy that I did. I quite like Kirt Russell as and actor: the movies that he appears in tend to be very entertaining. I am thinking mostly of Tango and Cash and Big Trouble in Little China. Well, he didn't disappoint me in this movie either.
Kirt Russell plays a business man moving from Boston to San Diaego with his wife. They have bought a new Jeep Cherokee and are taking the scenic route through the desert. On the way they almost hit a black pickup and the guy is not too happy. After a few words at the petrol station, they leave and break down along the road. A semi-trailer pulls up and offers to give his wife a lift to the nearest town. Unfortunately she never arrives and Kirt manages to fix the car up himself. When he catches up with the Semi, the man says that he has not seen his wife and shows him an empty truck.
What has happened is that they have kidnapped his wife and are demanding 90,000 dollars, which he does not have, to get her back. Later in the film you discover that these people do this regularly, and even though they are rednecks, they are actually quite deceitful. The truck driver pretends to be a very nice loving man with a family and Billy plays the roll of a slow boy. The other two in the scam are simply muscle and use brute force to get their way.
It is the start of the movie that is the most chilling because his wife has disappeared and there is no idea as to what has happened to her. Most people say that she has left him but he refuses to believe this. His love for his wife means that he will go to any extent to find her. This isn't a marriage of convenience or lust, but one truly of love. He is willing to put himself in danger to get her back.
Breakdown is an enjoyable movie. My prediction from the previews was right. It is suspenseful and exciting. It is an action movie with a lot of suspense and the end leaves you gasping for breath. Breakdown is a cool movie and is recommended by me.
Kirt Russell plays a business man moving from Boston to San Diaego with his wife. They have bought a new Jeep Cherokee and are taking the scenic route through the desert. On the way they almost hit a black pickup and the guy is not too happy. After a few words at the petrol station, they leave and break down along the road. A semi-trailer pulls up and offers to give his wife a lift to the nearest town. Unfortunately she never arrives and Kirt manages to fix the car up himself. When he catches up with the Semi, the man says that he has not seen his wife and shows him an empty truck.
What has happened is that they have kidnapped his wife and are demanding 90,000 dollars, which he does not have, to get her back. Later in the film you discover that these people do this regularly, and even though they are rednecks, they are actually quite deceitful. The truck driver pretends to be a very nice loving man with a family and Billy plays the roll of a slow boy. The other two in the scam are simply muscle and use brute force to get their way.
It is the start of the movie that is the most chilling because his wife has disappeared and there is no idea as to what has happened to her. Most people say that she has left him but he refuses to believe this. His love for his wife means that he will go to any extent to find her. This isn't a marriage of convenience or lust, but one truly of love. He is willing to put himself in danger to get her back.
Breakdown is an enjoyable movie. My prediction from the previews was right. It is suspenseful and exciting. It is an action movie with a lot of suspense and the end leaves you gasping for breath. Breakdown is a cool movie and is recommended by me.