El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Breaking Bad was perfection. A five season story arc that tied up to everything that needed to be tied up. Were there lingering questions? Sure. Did Walter really die? ... What happened to Skyler? ... What of Marie? ... What became of Brock after his mom was killed? But the question of Jesse’s fate never seemed prevalent in my mind, because it seemed obvious. He got away. He got away, and he got far away and lived out his life. This movie, rather painstakingly, explores that unnecessary denouement. Not to say it’s bad. Aaron Paul is excellent as he exposes to what the months of torture did to Jesse. The scene where he summons up the spirit of Walter and tries to outwit the vacuum store owner is awesome. It is all, in classic Vince Gilligan fashion, tightly scripted, properly paced, and wonderfully acted. It just never proved it needed to exist.