Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Stephen DorffJeremy Reins
- Chyler LeighMolly Reins
- JR BourneHenry Shaw
- Tom BerengerBen Reynolds
- Kali Rocha911 Operator
- Kent ShocknekNews Anchor Jack Stern
- Jaylen MooreTraining Agent Ahmadyar
- Stephen J. BridgewaterTraining Agent McClane
- Matthew PollinoTraining Agent Dipego
- Jason RaphaelParamedic
Recommendations
- 75
Observer
In retrospect, it's preposterous. But while you're gasping for air, it's one hell of a thrill ride, like being stuck on a malfunctioning roller coaster for an hour and a half at top speed, and unable to get off. - 70
Movieline
It wouldn't go so far as to say it feels like you went through Jeremy's ordeal for nothing, but I did wish I had come to know as much about Dorff's character as I did about the size and shape of his nostrils. - 58
The A.V. Club
Ridiculousness aside, though, Brake is reasonably impressive both as a performance piece and as an exercise in staging. - 50
NPR
The ride as a whole is at the very least exciting to take part in. - 40
The New York Times
Brake is a full-scale paranoid nightmare with back-to-back double-whammy endings. - 40
Variety
Mannion's script goes a bit too far in terms of twists, capping the third-act suspense with a plot U-turn, and then another, that leaves audiences feeling played. Worse, the final development loses credibility in retrospect, reducing the film to the level of an exercise in paranoia, effects and one actor's ability to hold attention for nearly 90 minutes. - 40
New York Daily News
While we're meant to feel claustrophobic, we're not supposed to fight boredom, which kicks in quickly. - 30
Village Voice
Dorff's mannered Bruce Willis affect seems as insincere as the script, which helplessly loses credibility as info accrues and the narrative unpeels.
