When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.

Keywords: california, bank, ransom, car-breakdown, kidnapping, donut, highway, barn, vacation, stranded, deception, murder, redneck, diner, extortion, captive, car-chase, desert, truck-driver,

Title: Breakdown
Imdb rate: 6.9
Imdb votes: 47,264
Year: 1997
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Writers: Jonathan Mostow (story), Jonathan Mostow (screenplay), Sam Montgomery (screenplay)
Actors:
Kurt Russell
J.T. Walsh
Kathleen Quinlan
M.C. Gainey

Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations.