Breakdown vs Frantic
Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.7/10 for Frantic). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h . Frantic is the older of the two (1988 against 1997). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Breakdown
Frantic| Breakdown | Frantic | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jonathan Mostow | Roman Polanski |
| Main cast | Kurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. Gainey | Harrison Ford, John Mahoney, Dominique Pinon, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner |
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…
Frantic
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
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