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Wikipedia article
'Breaking' is a 2022 American thriller drama film starring John Boyega as a Marine Corps veteran, Brian Brown-Easley, who is in financial trouble and robs a bank. It is written and directed by Abi Damaris Corbin and co-written by Kwame Kwei-Armah, based on the 2018 'Task & Purpose' article "They Didn't Have to Kill Him" by Aaron Gell.
'Task & Purpose', Aaron Gell, "[https://taskandpurpose.com/news/death-lance-corporal-brian-easley/ They Didn't Have to Kill Him]" The film also stars Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Connie Britton, Jeffrey Donovan, and Michael Kenneth Williams.
The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival under its original title '892' on January 21, 2022, and was released in the United States by Bleecker Street on August 26, 2022. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
Plot
Based on the 2017 real-life story of the late Brian Brown-Easley, a former Marine Corps veteran in financial trouble. Easley is concerned over the effects of this on his daughter alongside the prospects of homelessness to the point of threatening to blow up a Wells Fargo bank in order to receive payment he believes he is owed from the Veterans Administration.
Cast
* John Boyega as Lance Corporal Brian Brown-Easley
* Michael Kenneth Williams as Eli Bernard
* Nicole Beharie as Estel Valerie
* Selenis Leyva as Rosa Diaz
* Connie Britton as Lisa Larson
* Jeffrey Donovan as Major Riddick
* Robb Derringer as Chief Jack Quail
* Olivia Washington as Cassandra Easley
* London Covington as Kiah Brown-Easley
* Kim D'Armond as 911 Wendy
Production
On March 2, 2021, it was announced that Jonathan Majors would star in the film, then titled '892', as a Marine war veteran who suffers from mental scars, and his hard transition back to civilian life. On July 8, 2021, it was reported that John Boyega replaced Majors due to a scheduling conflict with 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'. On August 30, 2021, it was confirmed that Connie Britton joined the cast.
Principal photography began on July 6, 2021, and was scheduled to conclude on August 16, 2021, in Los Angeles.
Release
The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2022, where the cast won the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. On February 1, 2022, Bleecker Street acquired the film's US distribution rights. The film's title was later changed from '892' to 'Breaking', and it was set to be released on August 26, 2022.
Reception
Box office
In the United States and Canada, 'Breaking' was released alongside 'The Invitation' and 'Three Thousand Years of Longing'. The film debuted to $985,921 from 902 theaters in its opening weekend.Critical response
Pete Hammond of 'Deadline Hollywood' said, "Corbin is firmly in control behind the camera and with particular expert help with her editor Chris Witt. The British actor Boyega is superb in every aspect of the role, as is the commanding presence of the late Williams in what sadly is his final film role."
Writing for 'Variety', Peter Debruge said, "This is not an act of documentary reenactment so much as a tense, speculative drama, imagining what this man must have gone through during those hours, and how his actions rippled out to affect others' lives."
Accolades
*2022 Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Award for Ensemble Cast in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.
References
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