"El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie": Movie Review
For any long time fan of the series, "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie" puts a marginal smear on the legendary shows achievement. Director Vince Gilligan and Netflix should have left Jesse's legacy up to the viewers imagination. Instead we are stuck with a sub par, dramatically contrived narrative, that includes wildly out of touch characterizations of some of it's most beloved characters.The story resumes seconds after the season 5 finale, as Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) drives off in an El camino. His journey and where he eventually ends up is the films focal point, and while some of the scenes are touching and even exhilarating (at its best), the film lacks almost all of what made "Breaking Bad" classic.
Returning characters such as Todd (Jesse Plemons), Skinny Pete (Charles Baker), and Ed (Robert Forster) are welcome faces, but their script and appearances feel far off from it's TV counterpart. And if it couldn't distracting enough, a predictable Walter White cameo, is awkwardly de-aged for our contextual timeline.
It's a damn shame this film exists. It's nicely shot, well acted, and has some wonderful fanfare. But it's inconsistencies from the get go are enough not to recommend for those die hard fans.
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