Breakdown vs The Cold Light of Day

Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.4/10 for The Cold Light of Day). Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2012). Both are action, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breakdown posterBreakdown1997 VS The Cold Light of Day posterThe Cold Light of Day2012
BreakdownThe Cold Light of Day
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 5.4/10
Year19972012
Length1h 33m1h 33m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Mystery, Thriller
Country–Spain
DirectorJonathan MostowMabrouk El Mechri
Main castKurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. GaineyÓscar Jaenada, Henry Cavill, Caroline Goodall, Joseph Mawle, 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…

The Cold Light of Day

After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.

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