Breaking’s debut teaser features John Boyega as a former Marine who is determined to do everything to get his voice heard, turning an alleged bank heist into a political statement. Before it was 892, Breaking relates the actual tale of Lance Corporal Brian Easley, a soldier who sparked a national debate about the neglect of the military by threatening to blow up a bank in order to raise awareness of it.
Easley picked the Wells Fargo Bank headquarters outside Atlanta, Georgia, as his target in his desperate attempt to criticise how the government abandons former Marines, and the trailer brings us right there.
In spite of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and visual field loss as a result of his time in the Navy, Easley was nonetheless forced to live in poverty upon his return home. The final straw was an $892 cheque from the Department of Veterans Affairs that he never received. Easley decided to acquire the attention he craved by holding a bank hostage and pretending he had bombs in his rucksack. The professional hostage taker, despite using a deadly threat to entice police and the media to the bank, managed to negotiate the release of all the hostages only moments before he was gunned down.
Even further evidence that Easley had no intention of harming anyone was found in his backpack, which did not contain any explosives. On display in the teaser, Boyega portrays a complex character who is both willing and concerned about others’ well-being. Even though Easley didn’t make it out of the scenario alive, the teaser indicates how the future film will do justice to the issues of the veteran. Aaron Gell, a writer for Task & Purpose, produced a detailed piece on Easley’s dramatic escape and death. Easley was a victim of a cruel system that ignored his mental health, refused to compensate him for the problems he experienced while serving the country, and finally killed him in a clear example of excessive police force against Black people.
This article investigates Easley’s life in the military. Abi Damaris Corbin and Kwame Kwei-Armah were inspired by the in-depth to compose the narrative for Breaking, with Corbin taking on the role of director. With Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie, Olivia Washington and Selenis Leyva in the cast, Breaking is one of the most anticipated films of 2015. This August 26, Breaking will be released in cinemas.
Synopsis:
Heavily in debt and running out of alternatives, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley decides to take hostages at a bank and hold several of its workers at gunpoint, setting the scene for a dramatic standoff with police. Based on the real-life incident.