J. T. Walsh
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Oct 6, 2026
HawkHOST
And I think this is...
HawkHOST
the 90s thriller masterpiece yeah breakdown kurt russell brings it jt walsh is the heavy we did this on broken vcr too also so go back and listen to it and we've done a lot of
ChadHOST
dino dude how could we not it's fine
HawkHOST
he's a master dude he has a good eye for what he wants i guess as far as what stories he wants to tell
HawkHOST
It's a masterclass in script writing and direction.
HawkHOST
You have Kurt Russell.
HawkHOST
You have JT Walsh.
ChadHOST
Suspense, action, everything.
Luke FerrisHOST
Dave Pe- Bautista, Frank Grillo, William Fichtner, uh, Al Leong, Michael Ironside, Kelly Hu, Famke Janssen, Richard Kiel, uh, Yayan Ruhian, [laughs] oh, geez.
Luke FerrisHOST
Conan Stevens, Jonathan Banks, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, J.T. Walsh, Walsh, Billy Drago, Grace Jones, Vinnie Jones, Chi McBride, Scott Caan, [laughs] Billy Zane is also a henchman.
Luke FerrisHOST
Uh-
Zach HallGUEST
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David BazzelHOST
Remember, Roger, I was looking at a couple of significant birthdays today.
David BazzelHOST
One of our favorite character actors, JT Walsh.
David BazzelHOST
Yes.
David BazzelHOST
What's your one go-to movie when you think of JT Walsh?
Roger ScottHOST
Well, I'll split it if you'll allow me to.
Roger ScottHOST
It's playing Happy in a great bad movie, Blue Chips.
JeffHOST
Um.
JeffHOST
So, and then Breakdown, you've got Kurt Russell and Kathleen Quinlan, JT Walsh, RIP.
JeffHOST
Man, JT Walsh was so awesome, so sad that he's no longer with us.
JeffHOST
He's been gone, he's been dead for a long time, but it's still sad.
JeffHOST
And then, like, Breakdown is a couple of that guys.
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JeffHOST
Um, and the way he commands every room that he's in just elevates breakdown because it's a movie where, you know, you've, you've got to have the hero and you've got to have the villain.
JeffHOST
And if one of them's off, the movie can fall apart real quick, but both of them are on.
JeffHOST
And JT Walsh as the villain, uh, really
ChristianHOST
Whoever that actor is that pulls the chair from across the room and lets it really drag.
ChristianHOST
It's JT Walsh.
ChristianHOST
I guess it was his idea to do that.
Bill O'DonnellHOST
Yeah, great actor, and a few good men as Lieutenant Markinson.
Steve PauloHOST
The film was directed by Jonathan Mostow, written by Mostow and Sam Montgomery.
Steve PauloHOST
It stars Kurt Russell, JT Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan.
Steve PauloHOST
Scores, Rotten Tomatoes, 83%, very respectable Rotten Tomatoes score.
Steve PauloHOST
Quite a bit lower IMDB kind of version, which is a 7.0, which is right at that line we've talked about of being fine, decent, but not celebrated.
Steve PauloHOST
Two nominations at the 1998 Saturn Awards.
Steve PauloHOST
It was nominated but did not win for Best Action Adventure Thriller Film, which is a category at the Saturn Awards.
Steve PauloHOST
And then J.T. Walsh was nominated for but did not win Best Supporting Actor that year.
Steve PauloHOST
However, at the 1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Kathleen Quinlan did win favorite supporting actress in the suspense genre.
Dave ParkerHOST
Tom Hanks and Bruce Willis I'm always like what those guys were in a movie together and this is very similar to me this is uh Tequila Sunrise uh late 80s movie 88 directed by Robert Towne who is more famous as a writer but it has Mel Gibson Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell in it so during the late 80s these three a lot of star power going on besides that we also have some good character actors in Raw Julia uh Gomez Adams of course Street Fighter a million other movies that are much more well-renowned Then those ones.
Dave ParkerHOST
Then we also have J.T. Walsh, who is an incredible character actor who died way too young.
Dave ParkerHOST
But he's in stuff like Breakdown and Red Rock West.
Dave ParkerHOST
Just a bunch of stuff.
Dave ParkerHOST
She does not know this, though.
Dave ParkerHOST
And Kurt Russell is a cop.
Dave ParkerHOST
his old buddy, and obviously he's getting some pressure from JT Walsh, who he's working with, who wants to kind of bust Mel Gibson, thinks he's guilty.
Dave ParkerHOST
Kurt Russell isn't necessarily sure, but he starts to move in on the restaurant.
IanHOST
He doesn't outright murder him, but it's his actions that cause Steven to be where he is, which results in him getting hurt and then eventually leading to his death.
IanHOST
You know, Tim gets burned, Bob De Niro gets a... a steel spike through his shoulder yeah that was fucking wicked yeah so I mean don't get me wrong you know JT Walsh that's RIP that's in this that is technically the kind of all round villain gets his comeuppance in the end but yeah Scott Glenn has a lot to answer for and I kind of think as well Evan I think the way Stephen's looking at it from the character point of view, I think if it came out that Axe was the arsonist, I don't think he would have got the send-off that they get at the end for the funeral.
IanHOST
Right.
IanHOST
I think they'd been like, well, the guy's a murderer, so he can get fucking binned, and then Stephen gets the funeral kind of alone.
EvanHOST
Yeah, I suppose.
EvanHOST
But I am glad that...
EvanHOST
That JT Walsh did get his fucking comeuppance at the end.
EvanHOST
I wish I could have seen what actually really happened to him afterwards.
PatrickHOST
I, I'm really on one today.
PatrickHOST
Uh, JT Walsh, and of course, legendary actor Dennis Hopper.
PatrickHOST
And the synopsis of this film, according to IMDb: "Upon arriving in a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hit man, but when the real hit man arrives, complications ensue." So I'm gonna look over here.
PatrickHOST
If you're watching the YouTube version or if you're listening to the audio version on, you know, whatever podcast app you're doing it at, just know that I'm staring at you.
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PatrickHOST
Just let me go, and we'll just pretend like this never happened." And it looks pretty good.
PatrickHOST
I'm not gonna lie to you.
PatrickHOST
Wayne does-- JT Walsh sells it very well.
PatrickHOST
Like, "Okay, here's the key." He slowly starts trying to do it.
Andrew LewisHOST
By the way, I just got a little, like, going to have a side segment rant.
Andrew LewisHOST
This award should be the JT Walsh Award.
Andrew LewisHOST
I mean, I love Joey Pants, but JT Walsh is the, I always referred to before, and I had that guy thing in my mind before I ever heard the Rewatchables podcast.
Andrew LewisHOST
But it was the JT Walsh Hall of Fame.
Andrew LewisHOST
That guy from Good...
Andrew LewisHOST
The guy who's the bastard in Good Will...
Andrew LewisHOST
There is no Markinson.
Andrew LewisHOST
He's the all-time goat, that guy.