This is a movie that has no reason for existing, IMHO. Breaking Bad was a great TV series, and it didn't need this tepid mediocre warmed up dog's breakfast. Should've just left Breaking Bad alone. But I guess for whatever reason Vince Gilligan and/or Netflix felt that it was time to cash in and go to that well one more time. There's already a spinoff Better Call Saul (seems everyone but me is a fan). Did we really need a feature? I didn't feel any need for "closure", all it did is besmirch the memory of Breaking Bad the series. It's so, so inferior to the series, it's like an insult. Jesse's predicament just didn't engage me - I didn't care. If you didn't know these characters, would anybody care? What were we supposed to get out of this movie? The flashbacks were embarrasing, dragging in Walter White for a completely pointless "here he is!" in a scene that made no sense, the O.D. girlfriend another shallow pointless conversation... that opening conversation between the old muscle/assasin guy and Jesse - a lot of prattle that did nothing for us or the movie. The predicaments and conflict scenes were just flabby and felt implausible. There was no depth of psychology here as there was in Breaking Bad. The acting was serviceable, but nothing to rave about. The dialogue was limp. All in all, a movie that felt perfunctory. We just don't care about any of this. I think any such movie sequel to BB is a bad idea, but they didn't even choose particularly interesting characters to focus on, which might have taken us in a different, more challenging direction - like Skylar (Walter's wife)... something deep and wrenching there could've perhaps had more fuel in the tank of this El Camino, but as is, I couldn't muster up interest in any of this. YMMV.
And the pacing was hit and miss - there were quite a few scenes that felt draggy to me. While he's not a horrible director, Gilligan is no great shakes either.
This movie is an embarrasing endeavor that did not cast a favorable light on anybody involved. It was like watching a band that was great once upon a time, now completely spent decades later, out of all creativity, going on a tour one more time to grab some cash. The world has moved on, and this movie didn't need to exist.
And the pacing was hit and miss - there were quite a few scenes that felt draggy to me. While he's not a horrible director, Gilligan is no great shakes either.
This movie is an embarrasing endeavor that did not cast a favorable light on anybody involved. It was like watching a band that was great once upon a time, now completely spent decades later, out of all creativity, going on a tour one more time to grab some cash. The world has moved on, and this movie didn't need to exist.
