El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is a colossal waste of time

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is a colossal waste of time Netflix Six years after his drug-dealing TV drama ended, creator Vince Gilligan has conjured up a feature-length sequel. Given how the narrative merely runs straight on from the series, it perhaps precludes Pinkman as a character from gaining any radical new layers, yet the one interesting new psychological element Paul could have been given to grapple with – the trauma-cum-PTSD resulting from Pinkman’s imprisonment – is dealt with via few cursory flashbacks and then dropped. If this fantastically empty endeavour is characterised by anything, it’s a kind of glib machismo Inevitably, there are a series of cameos from familiar faces – a few, like Pinkman’s wastrel buddies Badger and Skinny Pete, appearing in the present timeline, while others – including, yes, that one – are crowbarred in via flashback. As the series progressed, the question of Breaking Bad’s so-called ‘bad fans’ – those who would misogynistically hero-worship White and deride his wife Skylar – inspired debate: was it subject to misinterpretation, or simply less sophisticated than it had initially appeared?