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Break (2009)

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: An introverted hitman named Frank is hired to carry out a most unusual contract in this stylish neo-noir featuring Charles Durning, Michael Madsen, James Russo, and David Carradine. The Man is the... An introverted hitman named Frank is hired to carry out a most unusual contract in this stylish neo-noir featuring Charles Durning, Michael Madsen, James Russo, and David Carradine. The Man is the biggest crime boss in the city, and his rule is absolute. When The Man discovers that he's terminally ill, he calls on Frank to put him out of his misery. Selfish and jealous, The Man doesn't want to die alone--when he goes, he wants his lover to follow behind. But The Man's lover isn't just your average gangster's moll; she's Frank's long-lost love. Upon making this shocking discovery, Frank alters the contract to make himself the next mark. Now, before Frank and his love can escape The Man's suffocating grip, they will have to survive a hail of gunfire while defeating every assassin that comes their way. [More]

Starring: Sarah Thompson, Chad Everett, Mackenzie Firgens, Michael Madsen

Starring: Sarah Thompson, Chad Everett, Mackenzie Firgens, Michael Madsen, Charles Durning, James Russo, David Carradine

Director: Marc Clebanoff

Director: Marc Clebanoff

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Jul 14, 2009

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  • BREAK is a stylistic noir drama, shot like a comic book come to life, about an introverted hit man named Frank who is contracted to carry out an unusual job. When the city’s crime boss, known only as “The Man,” discovers that he’s terminally ill, he enlists Frank to carry out his own assassination. “The Man,” however, is selfish and jealous, and doesn’t want to die alone, and makes it clear to Frank that he is to take out the woman he loves too. When Frank discovers that The Woman is his own long lost lover, Frank alters the job. In an action-packed chain of events, riddled with dark humor and visual spectacle, Frank and The Woman take on their enemies.
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    Ugly and inert, Break strives for grindhouse thrills but lacks the verve and style that made those films so beloved, and is neither sincere nor intelligent enough to develop into anything more.

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    05/08/09
    Andrew Baker
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    Only Madsen walks away from Break with his reputation unscathed, and this is if only because he's already something of a B-movie kingpin.

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    05/08/09
    Steve Ramos
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    Break contains all the elements you'd expect from a hard-boiled Quentin Tarantino knockoff: the complicated hit men, the fetishes, the blood baths, not to mention the presence of Michael Madsen and David Carradine.

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    05/01/09
    Glenn Whipp
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    What’s most stunning about Break, beyond its pitifully amateurish production values and badly choreographed fight sequences, is that it actually has name actors in it.

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    04/30/09
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