In which the Mister joins me in reviewing BREAKING (2022), currently playing on Showtime and to buy/rent on Prime. Inspired by the story, “THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO KILL HIM’ : THE DEATH OF LANCE CORPORAL BRIAN EASLEY by Aaron Gell, the film is directed by Abi Damaris Corbin with a script from Abi Damaris Corbin and Kwame Kwei-Armah. John Boyega gives a magnificent, heartbreaking performance as Brian, a Marine vet who’s come back to face constantadversity from the VA. The film follows Brian on a fateful day in July, 2017 whenhe walks into a Wells Fargo bank and holds it up with the threat of using the C4 bomb he claims is in his backpack. The film briefly introduces us to Estel {Nicole Beharie), Rosa (Selenis Leyva), Lisa (Connie Britton) and Eli (Michael K. Williams in his last screen performance) but the main focus here is the last agonizing hours of a man who’d had enough and snapped. The film has a run time of 1 h and 43 m and is rated PG-13. Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.

You can find the Aaron Gell article here:https://taskandpurpose.com/news/death-lance-corporal-brian-easley/

Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library