Breaking In

This is nothing new. Been done 100 times. Not bad...but just...nothing i haven't seen before. Cheesy yet watchable. But...

Even though this movie was predictable, because there are a million movies with the story line of a desperate mother willing to go great lengths for her children, I really liked it. It had a lot of action throughout the entire movie. So it kept my attention!

I've definitely seen worse movies, there are better home invasion films too, but come on this is mediocre even though there are plot holes for sure, like we don't know much about Gabrielle Union/Shaun Russell's father or about her training, and the 4 guys could've planned a little better. Either way it's quite entertaining for what it is. It's also unfortunate it's because it's by such a great director James Mcteigue. I'm glad I was able to watch it free on HBO GO. If you wanna see a better invasion flick check out You're Next or Don't Breathe those are written better with great chills. For now though at least give this a chance it's decent.

It had ever cliche in the book. I Also feel the acting was very mediocre at times from the criminals and they didn't come off as very scary as you'd expect from them. On the plus side it had a good ending and was an easy watch.

Home invasions are nothing new. This sets our protagonist outside the house though, which is not common. The movie itself tries to keep it as real as possible, but sometimes seems uneven when it comes to character behaviour. Then again if they behave just like a one way street it seems to easy to paper thin. So while this overall may seem flawed (I'd argue it is), it still has some nice moments to it.

Suspend your disbelief and let yourself emerge and just feel what the characters go through. The good ones that is. If you do that, you can be entertained to a degree. So while uncommon on one side, not really anything new overall.