Breakdown vs Meeting Evil

Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.3/10 for Meeting Evil). Meeting Evil is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 33m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2012). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breakdown posterBreakdown1997 VS Meeting Evil posterMeeting Evil2012
BreakdownMeeting Evil
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 5.3/10
Year19972012
Length1h 33m1h 29m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorJonathan MostowChris Fisher
Main castKurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. GaineySamuel L. Jackson, Peyton List, Leslie Bibb, Luke Wilson, Danny Epper

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…

Meeting Evil

Follows disillusioned young family man John as a mysterious stranger, Richie takes him on a murder-fueled ride that transforms the weak-willed John into a desperate hero willing to go to any length to protect his family.

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