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Actors: Kurt Russell, J.T. Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Breakdown |
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BREAKDOWN is a movie written and directed by Jonathan Mostow in 1997.
Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan are moving to California. In the middle of the desert, Quinlan is kidnapped by J.T. Walsh and his gang. Blackmailed, Kurt Russell must empty his bank account if he wants to see her again. As he can not count on the local police forces, Kurt will have to face alone the bad boys.
Curious thriller with Hitchcockian flavours. Recommended.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Breakdown |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- vigilante hunting down criminal(s)
- criminal kidnappers
Blackmail & Seduction
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- fat (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Desert?
Yes
Water?
Yes
Water:
- river
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- crushed
- flamed
- perforation--bullets
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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