Breakdown vs The Price We Pay

Breakdown has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 5.8/10 for The Price We Pay). The Price We Pay is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 33m. Breakdown is the older of the two (1997 against 2023). Both are action, crime, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breakdown posterBreakdown1997 VS The Price We Pay posterThe Price We Pay2023
BreakdownThe Price We Pay
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 5.8/10
Year19972023
Length1h 33m1h 25m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, ThrillerAction, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorJonathan MostowRyuhei Kitamura
Main castKurt Russell, Jack Noseworthy, Jack McGee, Rex Linn, M.C. GaineyStephen Dorff, Emile Hirsch, Tanner Zagarino, Vernon Wells, Heath Hensley

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 Price We Pay

After a pawn shop robbery goes askew, two criminals take refuge at a remote farmhouse to try to let the heat die down, but find something much more menacing.

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