Thursday, October 4, 2018

Breakdown (1997)


Released May 2nd in the US.
Filmed in California  , Arizona , Utah and Nevada.
The story : Married couple Jeff and Amy are in the process of relocating from Massachusetts to San Diego , driving across country.
While driving through Arizona they experience car trouble and find themselves stranded on the side of the road.
Along comes a trucker who the couple flag down for help.
He claims to not have a CB but offers to take the couple to the next truck stop 60 miles ahead.
At first Jeff declines the help but after Amy expresses concern about not knowing when and how they will get the heck out of there , she offers to take the ride with the trucker to call for a tow truck while Jeff stays with the car.
Jeff agrees and off Amy goes.
Sometime after Jeff decides the tow truck should be there by now.
Getting sick of waiting , Jeff finds the problem with the car , fixes it and off to the truck stop he goes , looking for Amy.
But Amy isn't there and no one there has seen her.
Now Jeff becomes hysterical.
Stars Kurt Russell , Kathleen Quinlan , MC Gainey , JT Walsh , Ritch Brinkley , Jack McGee , Rex Linn , Jack Noseworthy , Kim Robillard , Moira Sinise , Thomas Kopache , Helen Duffy
Directed by (& story written) Jonathan Mostow
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER

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