Breaking – Movie Review
ABC Film Challenge – Thriller – E (892)
Director: Abi Damaris Corbin (Actors Anonymous)
Writer: Abi Damaris Corbin, Kwame Kwei-Armah (Screenplay)
Cast
- John Boyega (Star Wars The Last Jedi)
- Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth)
- Selenis Leyva (Spiderman Homecoming)
- Michael Kenneth Williams (Critical Thinking)
- Connie Britton (This is Where I Leave You)
- Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice)
Plot: A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate into civilian life.
Runtime: 1 Hour 42 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Breaking starts when military veteran Brian Brown-Easley (Boyega) enters a bank and takes it hostage. He holds Estel Valerie (Beharie) and Rosa Diaz (Leyva) threatening to have a bomb unless he gets what he wants.
As the police approach, Eli Bernard (Williams) leads the negotiations. Meanwhile, Brian connects to the media through Lisa Larson (Britton) to tell his story and the government taking his money.
Verdict on Breaking
Breaking is a thriller following a military veteran who takes a couple of bank employees hostage. He wants the money which was taken from him and uses the situation as a platform to show how badly veterans get treated.
This thriller uses the idea of veterans being discarded by society refusing to accept the decision. It has all the tension you would expect, as we wait to see how the standoff will unfold. All while giving us a deeper message about how to treat people who need help. This is based on a true story and proves once again that not everything is treated fairly in the world. We have a strong cast, who get their time to shine through the movie.
Where to Watch
Final Thoughts – Breaking Is an important message about helping people in need.
