what's going on to all my movie fans out there and welcome back to my channel movie files we
are back with a brand new movie review and today we're talking about the new john boega
thriller drama based on true events by the name of breaking now the film did premiere at the sundance
film festival earlier this year which mostly from what i heard was very positive reviews and during
that time it actually went under a different title which was 892. the film is coming out august 26th
i got a chance to check it out early and by the end of this review i'm gonna let you all know if
it's worth checking out all in this spoiler-free breakdown before we get into today's discussion if
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film from the story the direction the performances the commentary that the film has to say what
worked what didn't work let's talk about it in the comments below so first and foremost i just
want to put it out there that this film really got to me on an emotional level and i'll get to
those reasons a little bit later here in this breakdown but the film is based on true events
it's based on an article as well that went down in 2017. now i didn't know about the event i watched
the film first then did the research after and i would advise you all to do the same if you're not
too familiar with the story hold off from reading the article because it might give away some of the
things that went down the movie and of course you know hold off on google it and youtubing
it watch the film and then come back and do the research later but let's get into my thoughts
here first and foremost abi damaris corbin who's the director and co-writer of this film this is my
first time watching one of her features film and i thought that she did such a great job of again
after doing the research and learning about this scenario she just presented the facts
i've seen my fair share of movies based on true events and you see it countless time after time
and after time where you unfortunately see a lot of creative liberties in films like that and they
kind of stretch things out and they add things in that just takes away from the authenticity of the
narrative and i thought that abi did the opposite of that now of course there are some characters
that might have been uh added to the film um you know some other things that might have been added
just to kind of you know make it a feature film because it is based on an article which i believe
is only 30 pages long so they do have to add some things in but it doesn't take anything away from
what the film is trying to convey what it's trying to present to you and it's just it's just a really
well done movie from a perspective of again obvi is a white female telling this story about a black
man and what it's like being black in america in a situation that brian uh who john boeger plays
in this film which goes to the credit of having a black co-writer they're able to inject that
perspective of again what is like being black in america number one but also what it's like
being black in this situation that john boyega's character finds himself in so i thought that true
to the narrative authentic compelling thrilling and very heartbreaking so on that level very well
done and also from a direction level it was some really great shots it was really well put together
some really well done transitional shots which i thought from you know some people might not notice
those little my new things but it was something i noticed and i definitely applaud the production
team and the crew doing all those great things but let's talk about these great performances starting
off with our supporting cast a whole buhari i am such a big fan of hers and she is playing one of
our two tellers uh that are being held hottest in this situation again just a little bit of the
story without giving too much away for those that aren't too familiar with it john boega plays brian
now brian is an ex-marine who comes home from his time serving and unfortunately we hear it so many
times unfortunately where people that serve come back home and are mistreated they're not getting
help from the government and this is that same scenario he's getting taken advantage of by the va
he is trying to support his ex-wife and his daughter and he has met ends meet and he
decides to take it upon himself to go down to a wells fargo he has a bomb in his bag and he's not
only threatened to take his own life but also the people that are working at the bank which
brings me back to nicole buhari she plays one of the senior managers in this position this film is
about an hour and 40 minutes so we mostly focus on john boyega and we don't have that much back story
from the supporting cast but someone like nicole buhari and the rest of the cast are able to convey
backstory without giving us exposition or showing us how these people feel they're able to convey
with their eyes and their emotions and the way that they're delivering lines you can tell that
nicole's character she is scared but she's also sympathetic to the situation she wants to get
back home to her family and i thought that she was just so fantastic match that with the other
teller in this film played by the great salinas leyva who i'm a big fan of and she is definitely
has taken this situation and she's very upset she's very nervous she's very scared and every
it makes sense because again her life is she's being told that she might not make it back home
to her family and i thought she was great and then michael k williams who if you all know we recently
lost him not too long ago one of my favorite actors of all time i mean from the wire to
boardwalk empire to most you know a couple years ago lovecraft country just a fantastic filmography
on television and in the movies and if i'm not mistaken this was one of his last performances
and he gave us something special in this performance he plays a negotiator in a situation
trying to talk to brian trying to relate to brian trying to get everyone home safely and
i thought that he did such a great job and he's just doing his best because it's one of those
situations where again this is a black man in this situation and i can hear in the comments now oh
it's not always about race well in this particular scenario race becomes an issue in this problem and
i thought that michael uh did such a great job of just being great as he always is and again rest
in pizza late great michael k williams he was fantastic but speaking of fantastic y'all john
bowega is in his bag in this movie he's giving us our denzel washington type of performance i think
of john q ginzal's my favorite actor of all time and john boyega has been building his resume from
attack the block to obviously seeing him being so under used in the star wars franchise you see him
in so many other projects he's such a fantastic actor and he just gives us such a great compelling
sympathetic just heart wrenching heartbreaking performance in this role as brian again he is a
veteran he's an ex-marine served his time goes back home and just is just not treated to the
way he should be and again we'll talk about this a little bit later as far as my thoughts on that but
you you you you understand number one he's committing a crime you know you 100 understand
that but john boyega is able to convey this level of sympathy to his character and understanding of
where he's coming from and he just wants to be done right uh and i thought that john was just
so fantastic from when you first meet him interacting with his daughter to seeing him in
this situation he's upset but he's also again he's a human and he knows he's doing wrong like he's
he's constantly apologizing to the tellers like you know when he's on the phone i need you to call
on i want to know i want 911 to know the va is screwing me over but then he's also
like i'm sorry i didn't mean it it's just it's just such a great performance and and i hope
he gets the recognition in this role it's a small independent movie so i don't know if he'll get the
oscar push that it probably deserves but he was just he's giving you an oscar-worthy performance
so performances are great and just i mentioned earlier how this film got to me on emotional
level again i in my day job not to get too much to myself here but you know i work as a real estate
agent and i work with a lot of veterans and you hear so many different stories countless stories
of people you know trying to get a house and a va and all the different things they go through
and you hear their stories and and i see it all the time being in st louis you come across
a lot of homeless people unfortunately are veterans ex-marine ex you know navy seals and
whatnot and you just hear their stories and you feel bad for them and i know in some cases you
know with alcohol and drugs and they kind of take their life down a certain path but again it goes
back to not being serviced when they come home from the government and that in this film really
kind of just got to me on a level we're all just trying to make it right and do right by people and
and and you you never know how much of how you're doing today opening the door for someone listening
to someone being there for people how long and how much that can do to someone's mental state
in a positive way and the film really does a good job of again it doesn't shove it down your
throat and saying that the government's terrible but it shows you the facts how
people in these positions of power to make these decisions how they are um really affecting
people's lives on on a very sad level and the film really does a good job of displaying that so
those are some really great things that stood out to me you know the film isn't perfect but it's
it's a lot of small my new things that you would have gotten maybe a little bit more backstory
here and there especially with john boyega's character his time the service and all that stuff
and there's a particular incident that happens earlier on the film where he's trying to get
his check and how all that shakes out so i wish it was some more time to kind of sit in scenes but
small minor details overall at the end of the day do i recommend you all give this a watch
yes this film is very compelling this film has great direction really well written performances
are top-notch especially from our supporting cast as i mentioned again rest in peace of john
michael k williams and john bowega is fantastic it's compelling it is extremely thrilling and it
is extremely heartbreaking to see this man being disserviced and the situation that how it all
shakes out it's a very heartbreaking film and it's a film i recommend you all give a watch with that
being said i'm going to give breaking a four out of five again this film will be coming out
on august 26th now i believe it's gonna it's from breacher street and i've seen a lot of their films
they have limited releases in theaters so check out your local theater see if it's playing and
if so definitely uh take the chance to see it and if not i'm pretty sure it'll be available on vod
pretty soon around that august 26 release date so hey that's my thoughts pros cons
and everything in between four out of five for breaking give it a watch when you do let
me know what you thought of the film again did you like it did you not like it would you think
about the commentary that the film had to say and if you yourself have a personal story about
maybe serving in the military or serving an army and and having a similar circumstance as far as
not similar circumstances and robbing a bank and everything that went down this film but
your thoughts and opinions on how people of uh that serve in these different positions
aren't treated the way they should be let's have those discussions in the comments as well so
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