Rotten
The whole claustrophobic one-man show feels like we've been here before, and with better material.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Brake
The only way out is to give in.
2012 · 1h 32m · R
Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Gabe Torres
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Brake
Overview
A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.
Director and cast
- Gabe Torres Director
- Stephen Dorff as Jeremy Reins
- Chyler Leigh as Molly Reins
- JR Bourne as Henry Shaw
- Tom Berenger as Ben Reynolds
- Kali Rocha as 911 Operator
- Kent Shocknek as News Anchor Jack Stern
- Jaylen Moore as Training Agent Ahmadyar
- Stephen J. Bridgewater as Training Agent McClane
- Matthew Pollino as Training Agent Dipego
- Jason Raphael as Paramedic
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Andrew Lapin, NPR
Rotten
Talk about being boxed in: This thriller is half-"24," half-"Buried" and, despite a few twists, unable to move anywhere.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Fresh
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.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Rotten
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.
Noel Murray, AV Club
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