Breakdown vs Children of the Night
Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.5/10 for Children of the Night). Children of the Night is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 33m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Breakdown
Children of the Night| Breakdown | Children of the Night | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 5.5/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jonathan Mostow | Andrea De Sica |
| Main cast | Kurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. Gainey | Marco Boriero, Fabrizio Rongione, Vincenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Yuliia Sobol |
Synopsis
Breakdown
On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff…
Children of the Night
Somewhere in the bleak Italian Alps is an isolated boarding school for troubled boys of the ultra privileged. 17-year old Giulio is sent there by his mother and finds himself instantly at odds with both his peers and the staff until the arrival of the eccentric Eduordo. The pair bond over their mutual desire for escape, which they eventually do, and run away to a nightclub in the middle of the woods. There they meet Elena, a young prostitute…
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