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by Sebastian Kluth

Breaking In (2018) - Decent low-budget action thriller with interesting characters - 7/10 (04/06/20)

Breaking In (2018)

Breaking In is a decent action-thriller that convinces with solid acting performances and lots of tension in eighty-eight compact minutes despite a low budget. The movie revolves around an African-American family that goes through hell during one fateful night. Gabrielle Union convinces as resilient mother who has just lost her estranged father who had been accused of multiple crimes but who got murdered just before he had to go to court. The family mother travels all the way to rural Wisconsin with her teenage daughter and younger son to spend one last weekend at the family mansion of her childhood. She plans on selling the mansion and turning the page as quickly as possible. However, a group of four thugs have entered the mansion and surprise the unsuspecting family members when they arrive. The gangster manage to kidnap the daughter and the son while the mother escapes and hides in the nearby woods. She realizes that she is on her own and needs to risk her life in order to save her children. She will need to use the traps, surveillance and secrets of the house to overpower four former convicts who are looking for a safe holding four million dollars in cash.

There are numerous elements that make Breaking In an enjoyable movie. First and foremost, the acting performances are above average. Gabrielle Union convinces as strong mother and is easily a sympathetic lead character to root for. Her daughter is played by a versatile Ajiona Alexus who adds more smart feminine power to the movie. The characters of the bad guys are rather fleshed out as well. The leader is the most organized, smart and also unpredictable one. There is also a paranoid military veteran who is responsible for opening the safe. One of the gangsters is a violent American-Mexican psycho with plenty of tattoos. The last of the quartet is a young guy with dyed blonde hair who looks like the singer of a skate punk band in the late nineties and who represents the softer side as he wants to avoid harming anyone. Another strong element of the movie is that it keeps the tension elevated after an appropriate introduction of about twenty minutes. The final hour of this movie is filled with many twists and turns that will keep you watching until the end.

The story itself however doesn't offer anything new and is overall predictable. The complex security system of the mansion should have been used more to add a more contemporary and technological twist. Some of the scenes feel a little bit rushed like the one when the children manage to break loose and flee.

Despite a few minor flaws, Breaking In is an entertaining action-thriller with great acting performances, interesting characters, lots of tensions and a few intriguing twists and turns. Genre fans will get an hour and a half of solid entertainment. Ignore the exaggerated negative reviews and give it a try.

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