Breakdown vs High Crimes
Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.4/10 for High Crimes). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 55m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2002). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Breakdown
High Crimes| Breakdown | High Crimes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 6.4/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jonathan Mostow | Carl Franklin |
| Main cast | Kurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. Gainey | Michael Shannon, Jim Caviezel, Amanda Peet, Emilio Rivera, Adam Scott |
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…
High Crimes
A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.
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