
Overview
Genre :
ThrillerRelease Date :
March 23, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Gabe TorresStarring :
Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, Tom Berenger, JR Bourne, Bobby Tomberlin, Kali Rocha, King Orba, Kent Shocknek, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Sammy Sheik
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
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“..your mileage enjoying "Brake" may vary, but even if you spot the final destination coming, it's a pleasant enough joyride..”
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies]

“..there are plenty of gripping moments, as well as a few silly ones - bees get involved at one point..”
by Andrew Lapin [NPR]
Review rate : C+
“..the structural similarities between Brake and the 2010 hit Buried are hard to ignore..”
“..the structural similarities between Brake and the 2010 hit Buried are hard to ignore..”
by Noel Murray [AV Club]

“..suffice it to say, you will not be bored..”
by Rex Reed [New York Observer]
“..regardless of whether you second-guess the climax or not, it'll thoroughly piss you off..”
by Michael Atkinson [Village Voice]
“..may become a technical object lesson in how to film in extremely tight spaces..”
by Robert Koehler [Variety]

“..it has no logic or credibility, and its paranoid view of Washington is too absurd to spur even a second thought..”
by Stephen Holden [New York Times]
“..instead of dazzling, the twisty double ending sets the slight but ultimately critical emotional detachment of the preceding ninety minutes into greater relief..”
by Michelle Orange [Movieline]
“..as political cinema, Brake may be gross; as a good time at the movies, it's a total non-starter..”
by Andrew Schenker [Slant Magazine]

“..another you may not - neither satisfying enough to justify an hour and a half of Dorff-in-a-box..”
by Sara Stewart [New York Post]
“..a sure sign the well of ideas has reached the watery muck at the bottom: multiple movies whose protagonists spend the entire running time inside a box..”
by Sam Adams [Time Out New York]
“..a bit too much required suspension of disbelief, some plot holes, weak dialogue, and two increasingly silly twist endings ultimately sink the piece..”
by Brian Tallerico [HollywoodChicago.com]





