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It’s Gabrielle Union vs.
home invaders in Breaking In, a
suspense-thriller flick from director James McTeigue. Union plays a mother
named Shaun, who takes her two children to stay in the vacation home of her
late father ahead of his estate sale. Unbeknownst to Shaun or her kids, her
father’s shady business dealings have attracted the attention of some deadly
criminals. Shaun will have to use every tool at her disposal if she hopes to
save her kids and survive the night.
Breaking In
makes for decent B-movie, Netflix-night-in entertainment, but it’s too hackneyed
to be worth much higher praise. On a basic level, Breaking In accomplishes the essential goals of a thriller movie:
it provides sustained tension for the course of its runtime, supplies a badass protagonist, and packs in enough
surprises to keep things interesting. It may not be the most exciting or
inventive, but it provides a few hours of relatively unchallenging diversion.
If that’s all you’re looking for, Breaking
In will probably get the job done.
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If, however, you’re
looking for something with a bit more meat, you’ll probably want to search
elsewhere. It would be easy to sit around and poke holes in Breaking In, but that probably misses
the point of a movie of this particular genre and sensibility. The big flaws
are readily apparent: major plot contrivances, a host of genre clichés, and flimsy,
disposable characters. Without anything else to energize it, Breaking In settles for cheap thrills.
FINAL VERDICT: Lacking
in both style and substance, Breaking In
doesn’t impress.
Watch the trailer here.
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