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Breakdown (1997) is streaming on Paramount+. Also available to free on Kanopy.
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On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.
One moment a routine desert pit stop turns into a frantic disappearance that leaves a husband questioning his own sanity. This claustrophobic thriller trades slow-burn mystery for a pulse-pounding race to find a missing wife in the vast New Mexico wasteland.
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Jonathan Mostow
Cast
Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley, Moira Sinise, Kim Robillard, Thomas Kopache
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Breakdown
You can watch Breakdown (1997) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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6.9/10
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83%
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Director
Jonathan Mostow
Cast
Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley, Moira Sinise, Kim Robillard, Thomas Kopache
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