curiouscarnivore Review of The Break-In

The Break-In (2016)

What could have been a good movie spoiled by too many flaws

[3/10 · 5 March 2016]

This movie could have had potential but there were too many crucial details that in true life would never have happened. The detective when visiting the couple who's husband was filming with a camera,behaved and performed actions that a detective would not do as part of his job.. example: when he was shown where the utility box was located, he all of a sudden became a forensic specialist, pulling out a brush and orange plastic lens to check for fingerprints? I had to laugh at this scene as it was in no way believable.Of course there would be prints on the damn box.. but he quoted" nothing unusual was apparent after his forensic test lol.. also when the neighbors were broken into, yes it wasn't pleasant to see that the husband had been stabbed, and when the next door friends visited him in hospital.. The one who was stabbed told them the detective had visited and that they had a "possible" suspect.. and yet again in reality no detective would then give the specific name of any individual, as it's not procedure and an totally unprofessional action of a detective to give any individuals details to any victim of crime until the person in question is proved to have enough evidence to charge him.. And as far as the statement just before end of movie ..it stated that the husband was on trial for murder of his wife and baby..

The poor guy was sleep walking. he even had evidence on the cameras in the bloody house.. so as far as on trial for murder.. It would be exception to the whole case his action were what can be placed under as diminished responsibility.

Maybe for most viewers it was a cool movie but as a experienced film critic, its small detail that is of importance, and mistakes and errors in this movie spoil the characters in question whole integrity and is a frustrating trait that seems to be reason to effect many other films as well.