Brake
A federal agent (Stephen Dorff) is taken captive by terrorists who want to know the location of the U.S. president's secret bunker. Now, the only way to save the people he loves is to divulge a secret that he has sworn to protect.
2 December 1956, Berkeley, California, USA
5 July 1960, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
31 May 1949, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 April 1982, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
15 November 1981, Alexandria, Egypt
8 April 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
5 December 1971, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
29 July 1973, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
July 23, 2012
...a second-rate carbon-copy of Rodrigo Cortés' vastly superior Buried.
May 06, 2012
Over 95% of "Brake" takes place in the trunk of a car. But, despite the confines or perhaps because of them, it's a decent enough thriller.
April 14, 2012
In a movie like this, almost everything depends on the lead actor -- and Stephen Dorff does not disappoint. He turns in a splended 'confined' performance here.
September 16, 2012
Most of it is a decent film despite it being stretched out, but most of it being good just doesn't cut it.
March 22, 2012
Brake may not be the kind of film that Dorff's thesp character in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere is pining for, but the actor fully commits to the arduous demands of the part.
January 16, 2013
While the film is suspenseful for awhile, it ultimately becomes a let down because of a stretched out story and an absurd ending.
March 22, 2012
Dorff and Torres make a lot out of very little, always keeping the audience aware of the larger world outside the small, dark space in which they've trapped us.
March 22, 2012
There are plenty of gripping moments, as well as a few silly ones - bees get involved at one point, presumably to please Wicker Man fans. And the ride as a whole is at the very least exciting to take part in.
July 24, 2012
It's a clever B-movie that has a number of fun twists up its sleeve.
March 22, 2012
Talk about being boxed in: This thriller is half-"24," half-"Buried" and, despite a few twists, unable to move anywhere.
March 21, 2012
It is amazing how much hair-raising action and fluid movement this film captures in the confined interior of a car trunk, or how many mood shifts Mr. Dorff conveys in a performance that can only be called multi-dimensional.
March 23, 2012
The whole claustrophobic one-man show feels like we've been here before, and with better material.
