Breakdown vs In the Line of Fire

Breakdown and In the Line of Fire are tied on audience score (6.9/10). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 8m. In the Line of Fire is the older of the two (1993 against 1997). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breakdown posterBreakdown1997 VS In the Line of Fire posterIn the Line of Fire1993
BreakdownIn the Line of Fire
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 7.0/10
Year19971993
Length1h 33m2h 8m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJonathan MostowWolfgang Petersen
Main castKurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. GaineyGary Cole, Dylan McDermott, Gregory Alan Williams, Tobin Bell, Clint Eastwood

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…

In the Line of Fire

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.

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