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Corbin’s film is brutal and sad, thanks to its brutal and sad origins and the abilities of Boyega, but its wandering eye is just the latest to gloss over Brian Easley.

...a noble and deeply sensitive effort that aims to commemorate an honorable veteran who was failed by the dysfunctional and racist country that he bravely served.

...the film is carried by an electric John Boyega, who is even better here than in Small Axe.

Boyega’s performance has an essential sympathy and dignity that are vital to this drama; an unshowy sense of self-worth that keeps it together.

...John Boyega is a knockout in Breaking

Boyega gives a captivating, nuanced performance in this fact-based drama about a man on a mission to be heard.

The best thing in this movie is the performance by a cast that rarely falters. It’s solid, from top to bottom.

...is reminiscent of a smaller-scale “Dog Day Afternoon,” in which we sympathize with everyone on all sides of this story...