{"id":32109,"date":"2019-10-14T03:13:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T07:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=32109"},"modified":"2019-10-14T03:14:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T07:14:20","slug":"el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/14\/el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Vince Gilligan’s \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d ended beautifully with Walter White embracing death finally, and Jesse Pinkman tasting freedom after being chained up and dehumanized for such a long time. I was happy with the ending Vince Gilligan gave us. What I loved about \u201cEl Camino\u201d is that it doesn\u2019t try to be spectacular, nor does it open the door for a new series. It\u2019s merely the epilogue of the \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d saga where Jesse Pinkman has to fight one last time for his freedom.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

After months of being dehumanized, degraded and tortured by the white supremacists, Jesse Pinkman is finally free. With Walter White dead, Pinkman is now a wanted man. Suffering from PTSD and thinking over his life in crime, Pinkman goes for one final score that will ensure him a ticket to freedom and a chance to start a brand new chapter in his life. The bad news is, you\u2019ll have to have seen the entirety of \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d to understand the finer points of \u201cEl Camino.\u201d The good news is that \u201cEl Camino\u201d is a fine book end to the series that finds Jesse Pinkman working without the know how of Walter White.<\/p>\n

As expected, Pinkman is a shell of himself when we see him. He\u2019s been tormented, humiliated, tortured, and he literally has nowhere to go. To make things worse, every move he makes has to be calculated to avoid running in to authorities and making him a target once more. There s a great sense of urgency with Jesse\u2019s journey as he comes to grip with what led him to his fate. There are some really good flashbacks with appearances from a lot of key characters from \u201cBreaking Bad.\u201d Thankfully Gilligan doesn\u2019t go too far with the appearances, only providing those that can offer insight in to Jesse\u2019s rise and fall, and his absolute painful imprisonment. The true center of \u201cEl Camino\u201d is the sick relationship with Jesse and Todd, both of whom are polar opposites of Walter\u2019s ideal partner.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s an utter sociopath and a murderous monster whose casual approach to violence is unnerving, even to Jesse. Jesse Plemons is fantastic in his breakout role once again, offering us new layers of sheer horrendous behavior and how he seems to approach every deed with an apathetic shrug. Much of \u201cEl Camino\u201d is about Jesse working tooth and nail to claw himself out of one more hole and find some sense of salvation, and it\u2019s a satisfying conclusion offering interesting parallels to \u201cBreaking Bad.\u201d We didn\u2019t really need \u201cEl Camino\u201d when all is said and done, but it\u2019s a satisfying epilogue to a fantastic saga, nevertheless.<\/p>\n

Now Streaming on Netflix.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n