Breaking (2022)

Name: Breaking
Director: Abi Damaris Corbin
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2022-08-25
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Cast: John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Connie Britton

Crime Drama Thriller

Director: Abi Damaris Corbin

Cast: John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Connie Britton

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81%

Runtime103 min

Rating15

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Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.

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Breaking, the 2022 thriller directed by Abi Damaris Corbin, offers a compelling and high-stakes drama driven by a powerful performance from John Boyega as a desperate Marine veteran. Fans of gritty, character-driven crime stories will appreciate the film's tense, real-time unfolding of a bank hostage situation and its exploration of systemic injustice.

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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 true story of Brown-Easley, detailed in the 2018 Task & Purpose article "They Didn't Have to Kill Him" by Aaron Gell. The film also stars Nicole Beharie, Selenis Leyva, Connie Britton, Jeffrey Donovan, and Michael Kenneth Williams.