Breakdown feels at first so casual, so comfortable with its own small expectations (a good but unglamorous cast, a sturdy but unspectacular plot), that the authentic feelings of suspense are a surprise.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Jack Mathews
Mostow, with his first feature, has made such a convincing, fast-paced, edge-of-the-seat thriller that you'd swear you'd never seen anything quite like it.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
His Breakdown is a tough, vigorous exercise in pure action, shot with throwback expertise and, most refreshingly, without special effects.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
Breakdown exploits so many traditional thriller situations that any suspense fan vet can easily devote a hand to counting off the predecessors it plunders. [02May1997 Pg 12.D]Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Breakdown is a fine thriller, and its ending is unworthy of it.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Richard Harrington
Jonathon Mostow, who wrote the script and then directed the movie, travels mostly familiar backroads and crosses bridges when he comes to them, actually managing a pretty good cliff-hanging denouement on the latter.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
The movie's surrender to banality is all the more dispiriting because it gets off to such a good start.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Breakdown is the latest in a seemingly endless traffic jam of thrillers that opens strong but finishes abominably.Read Full Review »
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