Film Review – Breathe (2024)

The future is dire in “Breathe.” Screenwriter Doug Simon creates a dystopian tomorrow using all the cliches of B-movies from today, delivering a climate disaster drama that takes place around a single bunker, populated with irritable characters dealing with issues of life and death. The material is small in scale despite a plot that deals with the destruction of Earth, finding Simon trying to use a series of confrontations as a way to increase suspense. He’s also crafting a family drama, hoping to make the whole thing a little more human. Intentions are clear, but the execution of “Breathe” is dismal at times, with director Stefon Bristol (2019’s “See You Yesterday”) offering a clumsy drama that’s limply performed by the cast. Thriller elements are even more unappealing, finding suspense nonexistent in this study of relationships and survival, which always struggles to land emotional beats and generate heated moments of conflict. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com