Breakdown 1997

[earthwormjim]

Breakdown is a 1997 American action thriller film directed and co-written by Jonathan Mostow. It stars Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh, and Kathleen Quinlan. The original music score was composed by Basil Poledouris. The film was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis, and released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures. It is the final film featuring Walsh to be released in his lifetime.
Kurt Russell as Jeff Taylor
J.T. Walsh as Warren 'Red' Barr
Kathleen Quinlan as Amy Taylor
M. C. Gainey as Earl
Jack Noseworthy as Billy
Ritch Brinkley as Al
Moira Harris as Arleen Barr
Rex Linn as Sheriff Boyd
Kim Robillard as Deputy Sheriff Len Carver
Jack McGee as Bartender
Vincent Berry as Deke Barr
Steve Waddington as Cowboy In Bank
Thomas Kopache as Calhoun
Breakdown was filmed on location in Sacramento, California; Victorville, California; Pyramid Lake; Moab, Utah; Sedona, Arizona; and the Tasmanian Midlands Highway
An excellent film, tense and uncertain until the very end. I highly recommend everyone who hasn't seen it yet to do so.

[An4h0ny]

Agree.

This film is of its era but it slaps hard.

JT Walsh AND MC Gainey in the mix. 2 of the best supporting actors ever.

If you enjoy 90s era action/thrillers with strong mystery elements, this is your movie.

[DR Herbert West]

Love it.

[Jay H.]

I watched it for the first time about 3 years ago. I was disappointed by it, but hey, that's just me. I know it has rabid fans, and I'm glad it finally got a Blu-ray release.

[Michael24]

One of the best suspense-thrillers of the '90s.

[drush9999]

Kurt Russell is the GOAT in this

[DrWally]

I waited fifteen years for Breakdown to come out on Blu-Ray and then two very different but worthwhile releases got released almost simultaneously.

[Mephariel]

Love it.

[Abdrewes]

One of the best suspense-thrillers of the '90s.

[Marv Inc.]

Originally Posted by DrWally

I waited fifteen years for Breakdown to come out on Blu-Ray and then two very different but worthwhile releases got released almost simultaneously.

Same and you end up getting both releases because of the different extras.

[CreasyBear]

Doesn't get much better than Breakdown as far as thrillers go.

[BudBaxter]

Awesome flick. Very underrated (& underseen).

It also had one of my all-time favourite side-breaks in the laserdisc era.

[Show spoiler]Kurt gets hit in the face with a shovel. Cut to black. End of side one. Classic!

[Gerby]

Great thriller, heavily influenced by the wonderful 1973 TV Movie Dying Room Only.

[VictoryAtNight]

I liked that Jeep Grand Cherokee that was shown in the movie.

[Troll2fan]

One of my favorite Kurt Russell movies and J.T. Walsh was excellent in this.

[An4h0ny]

Just watched this again and it holds up so great.

Everybody is firing on all cylinders in this. I really love the amount of information contained in the opening shot(s).

Forgot this was Dino De Laurentiis Company AND Spelling Films. That's a hell of a production team up.

[L.J.]

Such a good film with a great cast.

[chrisrasdale]

I was really looking forward to getting 'Breakdown.' on 4K but now that I've read the review here at bluray.com, I'm not going to bother.

I guess it's an unavoidable part of the process of bringing a Film to 4K blu ray but I've always disliked the fact that they always end up darker than their 1080p counterparts. In my experience it just means that so more much visual information is buried in shadow, so you can't see it.

Maybe one day 4K mastering technology will get to a point where optimal natural sharpness can be achieved, natural colour saturation can be optimized and HDR applied, without leaving the image looking darker than the original cinematography intended it to be.

In fact I've always wondered why people are so many people are so enamoured with HDR. My question has always been: 'What's wrong with just aiming for an image which most closely replicates the original cinematography - and leave it at that? Who really needs a choice of different kinds of image quality via HDR10 or HDR10+ or Dolby Vision?'.

To me HDR just seems like an unnecessary gimmick. But that's just my opinion. I'm a die hard Film image purist.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by chrisrasdale

without leaving the image looking darker than the original cinematography intended it to be.

The older transfers are almost always too bright.

[BluRayTim]

Fact check: the final movie with J.T. Walsh in his lifetime was Pleasantville, not Breakdown.