El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
- The incredible score for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- Many of the practical effects used in the climax were achieved without any CGI.
- Vince Gilligan originally wanted a completely different ending for the film, but test audiences preferred the one we see today.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is a 2019 American crime thriller written and directed by Vince Gilligan, a direct sequel to his acclaimed television series Breaking Bad. Aaron Paul reprises his role as Jesse Pinkman, picking up immediately after the series finale as Jesse escapes from the neo-Nazi compound where he was held captive and forced to cook methamphetamine. Traumatized, desperate, and hunted by law enforcement, Jesse must navigate the aftermath of Walter White's final rampage while securing the money and means to start a new life.
Vince Gilligan maintained the visual and tonal identity of the television series with remarkable precision, and Aaron Paul's performance conveyed the cumulative physical and psychological damage of everything Jesse had endured across the series. The film's flashback sequences, featuring appearances by characters from the show, provided emotional resonance for longtime fans. El Camino debuted on Netflix and was viewed by over 25 million accounts in its first week.
