Breakdown

A tough little nail-biter. Nothing fancy, nothing too ambitious, nothing deeply significant: just a frantic guy, a missing wife and a whole lot of ominous, empty road. Massachusetts couple Jeff and Amy Taylor (Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan) are driving cross-country in their shiny new car, heading for a fresh start in San Diego. Somewhere between south of the boondocks and the middle of nowhere, the car breaks down. A friendly trucker (J.T. Walsh) offers them a lift to Belle's Diner, just a short piece down the road; Amy goes, Jeff stays with the car. And then she's gone. This lean, tautly directed thriller preys on urban paranoia about the heartland,...