[64] Rhee also designed the dimensions of the apartment set to fit El Camino's aspect ratio when shooting overhead. 8 minutes ago. [165] Franich compared El Camino to a television reunion special, calling it "a playful project, very fun, not always necessary". [72][142][143] According to Aaron Paul, Forster watched the film before his passing: "he was so proud of it and of me. About 9 F-words, 22 scatological terms, 6 anatomical terms, 17 mild obscenities, name-calling (lying, evil, scumbag, defective, slow kids, Sasquatch, skinny, clown car, weird, pathetic, big boy, dump, crazy, Opie-looking self, rat, bastard, silly), exclamations (heck, shut-up, jack me up), 1 religious profanity (GD), 17 religious exclamations (e.g. [66] The original vacuum store had sold and become a furniture store since the series ended, so production had to recreate the set from scratch and use a special buyer to locate identical props from flea markets and salvage areas. 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A main character is also an addict as well as his friends and some other minor characters so expect a lot of drug use throughout the show. [178][179] As Breaking Bad collected a total of sixteen Emmy Awards throughout its run, some critics also felt El Camino could potentially win Outstanding Television Movie based on the series' prior clout with voters. Gilligan worried about introducing a new character not seen in Breaking Bad, but also called it "Drama 101" to include Neil as he gave Jesse a villain he could prevail against and provided the film with more visceral flair. [33][35] Following his initial read-through, Paul said he was so impressed with the screenplay that he felt speechless. [16][17] Gilligan expressed his admiration for director Sergio Leone and his love for the Western genre he originally wanted to film Breaking Bad in the CinemaScope format Leone used for the Dollars Trilogy and got his wish in El Camino. [2] Aaron Paul, who portrayed Jesse in the series, affirmed that around this time, he received a phone call from Gilligan, who hinted at a return for his character. In a flashback to shortly before they leave Walter White's meth business,[N 1] Jesse Pinkman asks Mike Ehrmantraut where he would go to start over. While violence does occur, it is not the focus of the show. . The show is pretty violent but most of it isn't particularly graphic and is just shootings with a little bit of blood shown. Judy Berman of Time called his portrayal "mesmerizing", citing Paul's ease at "fully re-inhabiting a role he hadn't played for years endowing Jesse with the same mix of (waning) goofiness and (escalating) existential terror that propelled him through the finale". [60], Adams saw El Camino as a way to pay homage to original Breaking Bad cinematographer Michael Slovis. A lot of the time the make mild innuendos as well. [2] This less-pressured schedule gave the actors more opportunities to improvise on set while providing the crew members additional time to film a wider variety of shots and further camera coverage. "Whore" is used once in Season 2 and twice in Season 3. If you have seen 'Breaking Bad', Walter's attempted escape to a new life is strikingly similar to Jesse's escape to Alaska. [N 6] Jesse is $1,800 short and Ed refuses to help. [65] For the welding shop, Rhee wanted to maintain the accuracy of how a welding business appeared and match its exterior location, but also designed the set for the scene's stunt choreography and necessary camera blocking. We see this from a far with mild blood and smoke coming from the gun shot. [30], Gilligan presented Paul with a completed screenplay seven months after proposing his idea. [38] Paul and Plemons reached the Painted Desert set by a helicopter flown by Gilligan himself, who was a licensed pilot. Club remarked that in freeing his ambitions from Walter White's manipulations, Jesse found his own redemption and avoided his mentor's fate, finally giving himself a chance for a future. Depends on the episodes however as some episodes contain mostly moderate to slightly strong violence but some episodes contain much bloodier, brutal and occasionally even gorier death scenes and violence. We welcome suggestions & criticisms -- and we accept compliments too. [163] When comparing the film to other franchise continuation projects, Roxanne Sancto of Little White Lies mentioned that "movie spin-offs [have] become a dangerous trend that often ends in disappointment the balance needs to be just right and, fortunately, creator Vince Gilligan has nailed it with El Camino". And you will be helping support our website & our efforts. Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone stated that "if the [Breaking Bad] conclusion had a flaw it's that Jesse got left behind a bit. A man digs a hole in the desert and he and another man bury a womans body in it. A man has his throat slit by a box cutter. [38] Gilligan later referred to his time filming in the Painted Desert as the single best day of directing in his career. [153] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned El Camino a score of 72 out of 100 based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The movie follows the former kingpin of the methylene drug empire after his escape from being imprisoned by the reigning Neo-Nazi meth drug lords. Its critical consensus reads, "Entertaining if not essential, El Camino adds a satisfying belated coda to the Breaking Bad story led by a career-best performance from Aaron Paul". None of the sex scenes are all that explicit. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie has been classed a 15 certificate movie. [123][126][127], Over 3.5million viewers watched the livestream before the film's release. In a flashback,[N 7] Walter and Jesse have breakfast after a multi-day meth cook. [61] Though Adams took over as director of photography during the third season of Better Call Saul, he previously filmed pick-ups with Slovis during the end of Breaking Bad's fourth season and served as cinematographer during the show's fifth season premiere. NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jeremy. As it goes along, it gets darker. [133][134] Taking place at some point before the events of the film, the short features Todd assembling a custom snow globe which includes his and Lydia's likenesses and little floating Stevia packets, as he tries to call her to ask her on a date. [23][24], Vince Gilligan, the creator and showrunner of Breaking Bad, had the idea for El Camino while writing the series finale "Felina". Adams applied the same principle for other scenes which used locations from the series, such as the compound and the vacuum store. [52] He also expressed a desire to work with Gilligan again, regardless if the project was related to Breaking Bad or not. A man shoots a man several times in the abdomen and chest and he falls back dead with blood splattered and smeared behind him and bloody bullet wounds on his shirt. Season 1, 2 and 4 have the most graphic drug use. After the escorts leave, he asks for $1,800, and Neil refuses. [52][199], Paul would eventually reprise Jesse Pinkman again in Better Call Saul's final season for two episodes, with Gilligan directing the second. Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. [103] Similar to his work on both series, his score used a mix of electronic sounds and live instrumentation. A man's family is slowly destroyed over the course of the show due to his selfish actions, which can be emotionally upsetting for some viewers. They also provide an opportunity for appearances by the celebrated series principals. [137], El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie had its world premiere on October 7, 2019, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, with multiple cast members from the film, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul in attendance. Features exclusive to the Blu-ray consisted of a commentary track from Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul, deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel, and scene studies with Gilligan. Jesse briefly holds the pistol Todd left unsecured, but Todd talks him into returning it. "Bitch" is often used, primarily by a main character. Powerful Stories About Martin Luther King Jr. [31] The first thing filmed for El Camino was the scene where Jesse shows up at Badger and Skinny Pete's house and collapses into bed; Paul compared his first day of shooting with Gilligan, Matt Jones, Charles Baker and the show's former crew members to a family reunion. [18], When thinking of which Breaking Bad characters to use for El Camino, Gilligan considered bringing back Skyler White, Walter Jr., Hank and Marie Schrader, Gus Fring, and Saul Goodman but could not find a way to incorporate them into Jesse's story. Skinny Pete snorts cocaine in a strip club montage. Both scenes are equally disturbing. [89], El Camino's rough cut had an original runtime of three hours, with an estimated 30 percent of footage left out of the finished film. The 62 episodes of Breaking Bad make for one of the most satisfying and consistent viewing experiences in TV history. Common Sense Media. The show contains high tension and some gruesome death scenes. El Camino's unspecified budget surpassed the $6million budget per episode by the end of the show's final season. [71] Paul believed that Jesse is "going to keep his nose clean. That you didn't have to wait your whole life to do something special", tying the scene to El Camino's theme of Jesse finally taking control of his life. [30][36], Though Gilligan had been involved with feature-length films before, El Camino would be the first he directed and produced. She is shown getting into each of their cars and her head moves down towards their crotch but the camera cuts away each time before anything happens. [59], To distinguish the flashback scenes from the ones set in the present, Gilligan decided against using different color saturation. [71] Paul said he would be interested in playing Jesse again if Gilligan felt he had more story to tell, but highly doubted such a scenario could occur since the film gave the character a satisfying ending. He often engages in violent and erratic behavior whenever he is on meth. Using this camera also meant El Camino would be shot digitally, as opposed to Breaking Bad which shot on 35 mm movie film. Mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White thinks his life can't get much worse. [69] The scene where Todd sings "Sharing the Night Together" in his El Camino was also shot in the area; Gilligan noted that Plemons improvised the gesture Todd gives to the truck driver. Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) Stunningly enough, El Camino kicked off with some gorgeous scenery and some mother-effing Jonathan Banks back as Breaking Bad 's Mike, as opposed to the. [169] When speaking as to which audience would enjoy the film, Vadim Rizov of Sight & Sound remarked that "El Camino will only work for fans who can recall who all these familiar faces are the nostalgic pull and possibility for reconnection are sometimes recapped in dialogue, most of it avoiding the ludicrously expository, but outsiders will be baffled". A man held hostage in a car watches as his girlfriend is shot in the back of the head and killed. Moderate to strong violence throughout some instances are pretty graphic. Where: Button Brew House, 6800 . Mike, Walt and Jesse had to see. The rest of their bodies are without visible nudity in this extended sequence. A plane crash is shown and it is connected to real life. Jesus, Thank God, Jesus Christ, Oh My God, Oh God, Godspeed). El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) Parents Guide Add to guide Showing all 29 items Jump to: Certification Sex & Nudity (3) Violence & Gore (3) Profanity (1) Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (6) Frightening & Intense Scenes (3) Spoilers (13) Certification Edit Sex & Nudity None 278 of 355 found this to have none This movie, arriving six years after the series finale, will resonate strongly with old fans; it also works as a stand-alone story, puzzling perhaps, but still satisfying. This influenced his decision to write it as a direct continuation rather than inserting exposition scenes to try to attract new viewers. Series creator Vince Gilligan wrote, directed, and produced El Camino; Aaron Paul reprised his role as Jesse Pinkman. The death of Jane is one of the most sick and emotionally draining scenes in television history. [200] Following the series finale, Paul said he felt confident that Better Call Saul marked Jesse's final appearances and called it a farewell to his character.[203]. You can help us keep our independence with a donation. This then cuts to the couple having sex in a car park. Pete devises a plan to make it appear Jesse fled after trading the El Camino for Pete's Ford Thunderbird. Characters smoke marijuana and cigarettes, ingest cocaine, and drink beer. Jesse collects the driver's licenses of the remaining men and lets them leave after threatening to return and kill them if they tell the police. The fact that much of Breaking Bad used handheld filming inspired this decision. Just go to our search page or use the search bar, with or without a keyword, from the top navigation menu. Not even Twig's vivid imagination . We see Jesse's parents again in El Camino, where they're on the news urging Jesse to come forward and turn himself in. Thanks to stellar writing, beautiful cinematography, and the work of its actors, though, the show developed a vocal fan base and became a smashing success, earning four Emmy nominations for the first season the start of many awards nods to come. One can be seen screaming in pain with his leg blown off with the bone sticking out and blown off leg infront of him. PDF. Gilligan's girlfriend Holly Rice advised against this ending, saying fans would not appreciate seeing Jesse incarcerated after all he had been through. After Gould read the first draft, he advised that Jane could appear in the ending, "where it would mean the most to the audience". A man is shown snorting cocaine and holding a mirror with several lines, two men smoke a marijuana cigarette and offer it to a third man (he declines), we see a pill vial on a floor (its an unidentified drug), and a man makes reference to smoking a fat bowl. A man drinks a beer, a man suggests getting a six-pack, and a few men are shown holding bottles of beer. "Retard" is said a handful of times in the show. Tuco beats a henchman to death in front of Walt and Jesse. That being said I thoroughly enjoyed this film. [13], Under the working title Greenbrier, a majority of the filming occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico from November 2018 to February 2019, with the overall shoot lasting 50 days. [149], For El Camino's limited theatrical release, 12 of the 125 theaters that screened the film reported a combined gross of $40,000, an average of $3,333 per venue. [2][18] Critics noted the duel between Jesse and Neil as being directly in the style of Western films. Unlike the MPAA we do not assign one inscrutable rating based on age but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE & LANGUAGE on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest depending on quantity & context |more|, Print a page, share with friends, and yes, please go ahead and email links. This is shown once at the very end of season 1 and is shown again in the first episode of season 2. However, the set's palette became darker going further into his bedroom, indicative of Todd's sociopathic tendencies. [155] Liz Shannon Miller elaborated, in her review from The Verge, that Paul's "work in El Camino is staggering, given the high difficulty factor that comes with having to play so many variations of this character" and followed this by stating "what makes El Camino so compelling is the way it engages with how he's changed since those early days". A man shoots another man in the head and blood splatters (we see the bloody bullet hole) as the man falls through a glass window. [N 3]. [96][97] Arriving later into the production process, Porter estimated spending six to eight weeks composing the score, a much longer timetable compared to the three to four days per episode for the two series. Lots of blood can still be seen. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is now available to watch on Netflix. A large beetle crawls on a mans hand. You really should, as it's one of the Top 10 TV shows of all time. [13], Near the tenth anniversary of Breaking Bad's premiere, Gilligan started sharing the idea with former cast and crew members as a means to celebrate the milestone. There are some messy crime scenes with bloody imagery. 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There is frequent drug references and manufacturing throughout. [18] Realizing a short would not be cost-effective, Gilligan opted to make a full-length feature film. Then, the show expands into organized crime and the major drug trade. That was something we were definitely after. After arriving at the home of Skinny Pete and Badger, Jesse knows he has to get rid of the El Camino, as the cops have linked the car to the Nazis and to Walt's massacre. [3] TheWrap calculated that if El Camino received a proper wide theatrical release, and assuming that every reported viewer had instead purchased a ticket for the average price to see it, then it likely could have topped the box office that weekend. In the present,[N 2] Jesse flees the Brotherhood compound in Todd Alquist's El Camino. Walter and Skylar have sex there's some thrusting and moaning. [117] A full trailer premiered on September 24, 2019, which gave viewers their first full look of clips from El Camino accompanied by the song "Black Water" by Reuben and the Dark. [120][121] Netflix later released an extended 13-minute behind-the-scenes featurette titled The Road to El Camino on October 29, 2019. Ttulo original El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie IMDb Rating 7.3 220,407 votos TMDb Rating 6.9 3,714 votos You can help us help kids by She then arranged for Gilligan to shoot the Better Call Saul scene with Forster in person during the film's production, months before filming began for any other episodes. Title: Twenty years around the world. Walter watches Jesse's girlfriend, Jane overdose on heroin. ", To arrange El Camino's score, production retained the use of composer Dave Porter, who created all of the original music for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. [81][82][83] When off the set, the cast could not see one another, and when recognized they would lie that they were working on the film. This is pretty graphic and is shown for a fairly long time. exploits his parents good will to steal guns from their house, shoots a man dead, steals the drivers licenses of multiple other men to threaten their lives, then blows . Do you believe that the character is redeemable by the end of the movie? Starring: Aaron Paul, Jesse Plemons, Robert Forster Watch all you want. The nursing home scene in Season 4 has by far the most intense and brutal moment in the show and it can definitely scare some younger viewers. Pete and Badger give Jesse the money Walter gave them,[N 3] and Badger drives south in the Thunderbird so it appears Jesse is headed to Mexico. The new set recreated the interior of Jesse's cage for the initial scenes of Jesse in captivity and seeing Todd through the steel grate. Walter attempts suicide in the very first episode via gun. [170], El Camino received several nominations in the streaming or television film categories from major industry award ceremonies where Breaking Bad previously won multiple accolades in the television series categories. | However, to differentiate the flashback scenes from the scenes set in the present, Porter tried to replicate the less cinematic sounds from the original series as closely as possible.