Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- claustrophobic
- paranoid
- tense
- late night suspense
- thriller marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the contained thriller overreliant on preposterous twists, though Stephen Dorff's committed performance supplied its main strength.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jeremy Reins spends the crisis trapped inside a vehicle trunk while captors manipulate him remotely.
Jeremy listens to events unfold while an unknown catastrophe approaches and time runs down.
Captors pressure Secret Service agent Jeremy Reins to divulge a secret he has sworn to protect.
News and emergency communications suggest that Jeremy's confinement is connected to a terrorist plot and wider collapse.
Films like Brake, and why
Buried
shared claustrophobic single-location survival thriller structure and real-time psychological pressure
Phone Booth
shared terrorism conspiracy, countdown tension, and morally coercive thriller plotting
The Call
shared contained kidnapping premise, escalating revelations, and paranoid crime-thriller atmosphere
Vantage Point
shared secret-service conspiracy, national-security stakes, and tense action-thriller momentum
Movie Details
- Director
- Gabe Torres
- Release Date
- 2012-03-22
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (231)
Cast
- Stephen Dorff
- Chyler Leigh
- JR Bourne
- Tom Berenger
- Kali Rocha
- Kent Shocknek
- Jaylen Moore
- Stephen J. Bridgewater
- Matthew Pollino
- Jason Raphael
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Brake about?
- A trapped Secret Service agent races against an unseen catastrophe while terrorists turn his protected secret into a weapon.
- What is Brake like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Brake as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Brake violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Brake as moderate.
- What did critics think of Brake?
- Critics broadly found the contained thriller overreliant on preposterous twists, though Stephen Dorff's committed performance supplied its main strength.
- Which films are like Brake?
- Films with a similar feel include Buried, Phone Booth, The Call, and Vantage Point.
- How long is Brake?
- Brake runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch Brake?
- In United States, Brake streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
