Breakdown vs Edge of Darkness

Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.4/10 for Edge of Darkness). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 57m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2010). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breakdown posterBreakdown1997 VS Edge of Darkness posterEdge of Darkness2010
BreakdownEdge of Darkness
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 6.4/10
Year19972010
Length1h 33m1h 57m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorJonathan MostowMartin Campbell
Main castKurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. GaineyJay O. Sanders, Paul Sparks, Mel Gibson, Frank Grillo, Damian Young

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…

Edge of Darkness

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

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