Breakdown,
directed by Jonathan Mostow
(Paramount, 1997)


If you liked that Steven Spielberg oldie Duel you should probably check this out. The whole idea of some out-of-place Massachusetts yo-yos traveling through the lonely desert (Monument Valley here) and getting targeted by a team of professional rip-off artists applies here. Do such people exist? You know they do ... in movies.

Kurt Russell is good-guy boss as the resourceful victim. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve. J.T. Walsh is the top bad dog. He's also got a few tricky moves up his sleeve.

This movie initially suggests it is a puzzle movie as a man's wife vanishes and he sets out to find her. Is there some psychological answer? Is there something bizarre going on? Nope. It's just bad guys doing nasty stuff. Once we realize that, we can settle in for bad-ass action as a righteous husband goes and tries to rescue his kidnapped wife.

Bloody mayhem ensues.

Kurt, god bless his righteous bootie, delivers the goods. Amen.




Rambles.NET
review by
Dave Sturm


3 May 2010


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