SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Brainsbell The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Hickoryburger On the surface this movie is a thriller. Kurt Russell is the everyman Jeff Taylor. Kathleen Quinlan plays his wife Amy and she has little screen time. J.T. Walsh, as always, shines in his role as the bad bad man. The story plays out how you anticipate it will and it has a lot of fun along the way. This movie is also an allegory for how poor decision making and losing sight of what's important can jeopardize one's marriage. Consider the fact that in the beginning of the film Jeff and Amy are reflecting on their journey from Massachusetts to San Diego, their financial difficulties, and their regret that they spent so much money on their car, a loaded SUV. Due to Jeff's inattentiveness a series of unfortunate events unfolds. At the critical juncture in the film, when their car breaks down and they are offered a ride, Jeff decides to stay with the car while his wife gets in the truck with the samaritan. The rest of the movie follows Jeff as he fights like hell to save his wife and his marriage. Along the way, he loses the car and all his money but rediscovers what's really important. The moral? Keep your eyes on the road and stick by your wife :)

Python Hyena Breakdown (1997): Dir: Jonathan Mostow / Cast: Kurt Russell, Kathleen Quinlan, J.T. Walsh, M.C. Gainey, Jack Noseworthy: Chilling film that echos The Vanishing only this film has the added advantage of being a much better film. The title is physically referring to the condition of a vehicle as well as the breakdown of mind and emotion. Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan are vacationing when their vehicle breaks down. Quinlan accepts a ride from a trucker while Russell awaits a tow truck. When she is not at a given destination, Russell and a cop stop the truck but the trucker claims that he has never seen them before. Uncertainty lies at its very core as viewers are not sure what Russell will find. Director Jonathan Mostow provides tension although the conclusion falters with justified violence just to satisfy a hunger that perhaps should be examined first. Russell delivers one of his best performances as a man striving for survival while searching frantically for his wife. Quinlan is appealing in a brief role. The film all depends upon her fate and how it creates turmoil in Russell's mind. J.T. Walsh steals scenes as a trucker who may or may not be responsible for Quinlan's disappearance. There are nasty truckers in the film but they are seen more as thugs than personalities. The film is well made despite wayward elements within its plot solution. It is a vacationer's nightmare. Score: 8 ½ / 10

LeonLouisRicci That Old War Horse Kurt Russell is at it again in Rookie Director Jonathan Mostow's Road Trip, Paranoid, Action Thriller. Unfolding at an Accelerating Pace it takes the Clichés of its Inspirations and makes You want to get in and Go along for the Ride.J.T. Walsh adds His bit of Detached Dementia and the Clan of some Really Nasty Rural Types are on the Hunt for more Big City Prey to Fleece and Murder. One of the Scariest Scenes Takes Place when Their Lair is Discovered and what is Piled Up in The Barn Sends Chills. It is Not an Action Scene, it is a Static Discovery of Past Deeds and Things are lying around like so many Bones and Decaying Flesh in a Horror Movie.This is an Offbeat way of Scaring People on an Intellectual Level without Blood and Bodies. This is a Talented Craftsman at Work with Standard Material and that's what makes this one Out of the Ordinary.The Thrills One Expects from this Type of Thing are here also, but it is an Odd Way that is On Display (like a strange trip down the rapids), as the Film has Fun with Plenty of Homages. Highly Recommended.

juneebuggy The first hour of this is pretty good, then you just have to shut off your brain and enjoy the ride as things get silly. I definitely felt the suspense, frustration and fear of Kurt Russell's character after his car breaks down in the desert and the trucker that gave his wife a ride to a diner later claims not to have ever seen her.A decent mystery, good road trip movie on desolate highways filled with crazy redneck bad guys who seem to have come up with a pretty intricate kidnapping/heist plan for some not so smart guys. Kurt Russell pulls off some decent stunts involving big-rigs and fancy driving especially in the final showdown on the bridge. Reminded me of that other mid 90's movie The Vanishing where the girlfriend disappears from a gas station bathroom. 8/24/14