Review of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) by Linttaflamingo — 12 Oct 2019

Whether or not this film was essential remains for everyone to decide themselves, but Jesse Pinkman being mostly overshadowed by Walter White, but now getting an epilogue just for himself, is kind of beautiful.

It's not really a stand-alone film because you definitely have to have seen Breaking Bad in order to get the most out of this. And there are a handful of things to point out when it comes to flaws, like the semi stretched out story and the TV episode feel of this "movie", but I didn't feel like it was relevant at all to really nitpick all these things. It's all about Jesse letting go of the past completely and finding a new happiness.

Sure it takes a while to get going and the film relies heavily on flashbacks to give context, but it has its ways of creating tension to keep you interested, and eventually you're hit with the last 30 minutes that are definitely the best of the film, and I really really liked the ending. Say what you want or start a riot about whether or not this film has any reason to exist, but I sort of always imagined Jesse's story to eventually go this way. And Aaron Paul's awesome.

This whole thing just left a warm feeling inside my ice cold heart, even though I hadn't seen Breaking Bad for maybe five years. All the memories of this awesome story just came back in an instant.