Breakdown vs Striking Distance
Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.8/10 for Striking Distance). Breakdown is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 42m. Striking Distance is the older of the two (1993 against 1997). Both are action, crime, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Breakdown
Striking Distance| Breakdown | Striking Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 5.8/10 |
| Year | 1997 | 1993 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jonathan Mostow | Rowdy Herrington |
| Main cast | Kurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. Gainey | Andre Braugher, Timothy Busfield, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Bruce Willis |
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…
Striking Distance
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.
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