A road movie with a tight plot, but the logic of the kidnapper is as inexplicable as the title translation.

Tressie 2022-05-26 14:57:30

First of all, the film is very good-looking. Like the male protagonist, we have an immersive sense of substitution. Follow him to find the truth. The last part of the bridge is also very exciting, although we have not yet reached the bridge, we already know what will happen on the bridge, and now it seems to be a very clichéd bridge. But that's okay, you like to watch the scenes of intense action movies.

The male protagonist was also in charge of the action movie that year, and the setting of this ordinary person, not the setting of a hero, is more realistic.

The English title "Breakdown", the translated title is terrible, it's not right. Not to mention that the Titans have long been used to bad, but this time Kurt Russell is not a hero with a halo character. It is a story of ordinary people who are confused and helpless until they are forced to fight the bad guys bravely. Far better than hero movies. It is better to literally translate "Car Breakdown."

The biggest logical problem is that since the bad guys kidnapped the hostess’s wife and blackmailed him, they don’t have to be silly, let a group of people be the car boss, and one drive the truck to load the passersby with kind people. If the hostess doesn’t get in the car, then they do it again. Think of a way to cheat? Shouldn't the threat of drawing a gun be more real? Why pretend that you haven't seen it before and just catch and persecute it together. In this way, he did not directly control the male protagonist, but also attracted the attention of the police. In the end, he had to arrest the male protagonist and coerce him to go to the bank.

Therefore, the biggest flaw is that the logical premise of the story’s kidnapping method does not hold. Just to make the audience look nervous. If the kidnappers drew guns and grabbed people from the start, not many people would find it good-looking.

Movies are just movies after all.

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Extended Reading

Breakdown quotes

  • Amy: [reading a doughnut package] If you win this mail-in contest, you can choose between 90,000 dollars, or 90,000 donuts. What would you do with 90,000 donuts?

  • Red: You're a tough man to get a hold of, Jeffery.

    Jeff: What do you want?

    Red: It's not what I want, it's what you want, and how bad you want it. 'Cause it's gonna cost you. Can't show it to you right now, but it's about 5'5", 115 pounds, three or four of that just pure tit. Nice curly brown hair, upstairs and down. Interested?

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