\r\nAlso, I will gladly give credit to the fact that they do a good job of solidifying this \"filming everything\"-style in two ways; Firstly, they're expecting their first child and want to document this as well as make a video for the future child. Secondly, when the break-ins in the neighborhood begin, a police officer tells Jeff that it's great he's recording so much. After all, you never know what you might catch while filming something else.\r\n\r\nSo, points for that... even though I still found myself thinking some moments of filming were too far-fetched - like filming while running. Then again, I do know people who could react the same way as Jeff in the movie, so it's no dealbreaker for me. Though they would use a GoPro and not a handheld smartphone. Also, we do have a few scenes, where Jeff talks while filming and it feels a bit too forced; It's like he's narrating for us and not just talking to himself or anyone else in the room with him. It's no biggie, but I'm sure others will notice, so might as well mention it. \r\n\r\nThis is about as low-budget as you can get, which means there are a few sound issues (something we also encountered in They Look Like People, which we loved) and this means the story has to be interesting and the acting has to be on point. And I'm very glad to report that they win big on both these counts! I mean, we've seen plenty of movies where the story is very lacking and the acting is awful - and the horror genre delivers far too many of them.
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Great acting wins us over
\r\nThe acting in The Break-In is absolutely top-notch, which makes it believable all the way through. For Maggie Binkley (Melissa) and Ted Fernandez (Detective Garcia) this is their film debut, while Melissa Merry (Lisa) has done lots of short films. And J.P. Veizaga (Steve - credited as Juan-Pablo Veizaga) has had small roles in lots of really great TV shows like Person of Interest, House of Cards and Sleepy Hollow.\r\n\r\nJustin Doescher is the director and writer of The Break-In but also stars in the movie. Fortunately, he does a good job in that department as well. He has quite a lot of acting experience, but mostly he has been playing a bodyguard, security guard or police officer - probably due to his 6'5 frame, which makes him ideal for these roles.\r\n\r\nOne last thing, regarding the acting in particular; There are movies where you can just play the trailer, close your eyes and when you listen to the actors delivering their lines, you cringe. Those are the kind of movies we tend to steer clear of because I have no interest in watching a movie just to talk shit about it. Especially when it's a low-budget project that people make out of a passion for film and storytelling. I'd rather encourage people to watch a great movie than help them avoid a bad one, which they might like anyway (I'm paraphrasing one of my own favorite movie critics, Tasha Robinson, here). And yes, you can find reviews of The Break-In where they claim the acting is awful, but let me tell you, I've seen awful and this is very far from it.\r\n\r\nThis is one of the better truly low-budget horror movies out there and it's only around 70 minutes long, so it's worth a shot to help out those trying to bring something new to the horror genre.\r\n\r\nThe Break-In is out on VOD now!\r\n
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