Warning BITCH.: Spoiler alert for Breaking Bad (2008) and minor Spoilers for El Camino (2019).
Although it ended in 2013, Vince Gilligan's TV masterwork Breaking Bad has only grown amongst it's fanbace as quite possibly the greatest TV Drama ever created. Due to this, when romours of a final chapter in the breaking Bad legacy in the form of a Netflix original movie sprouted back in late 2018 fan anticipation was through the roof and in October 2019 when Netflix officially announced the film, it was expected that the film would be yet another amazing creation from Vince Gilligan and co. Now that the dust has settled and the film has been available for almost a month we can finally as our selves the question: Is the film 99.1% pure? or is it time to call Saul to have Gilligan sued for assault and battery on all of our collective hopes and dreams. Well I can now confirm that after my 4th rewatch the movie blew me away much as Walt did to half of Gus' face at the end of season 4. The film picks up following the events of the season 5 finale with our only surviving hero Jessie Pinkman escaping the natzi compound. Once again Aaron Paul brings a great depth and nuance to young Jessie through his career best performance. Paul particular exells in realising Pinkman's PTSD from his 6 month long imprisonment. This is aided from an excellent represal from breaking Bad cast member and fan favourite Jessie Plemmons as the phsycopathoc Tod in an extended flashback playing out throughout the runtime. Other Br Ba characters given cameos including Mike, Badger, Skinny Pete,Joe Walter White and Ed Galbraith: the dissaperer played here by the late Robert Forrester in his final acting role before his death from brain cancer on the films release date amongst others. While not all essential to the plot, these cameos slot seemlessly within the narrative and provide either satisfactory closure or touching and much welcome fan service. Those worried that El Camino wouldn't be a movie and rarther a glorified TV episode can rest assured as the film is indeed cinematic in its look. It blows the TV show out of the water in terms of its cinematography with several breathtaking shots, particularly those in the painted desert. In conclusion the film is indeed a triumphant ending for Breaking Bad with it's only real flaws being that it's cast looks noticeably older than they did during the final season of the show particular Jessie Plemmons. However that can't be helped and apart from Plemmons this becomes unnoticeable as the film goes on.
El Camino: a Breaking Bad movie is a Solid 10/10.
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