Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.
7 May 1986, Orange, New South Wales, Australia
29 October 1973, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
28 May 1964, New York City, New York, USA
9 February 1972, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
25 November 1966, Everett, Washington, USA
May 21, 2018
Should have been Die Hard in a McMansion, but this Mother's Day-coinciding release - an obviously intended paean to fierce moms - unfortunately dies easily.May 11, 2018
There is a familiarity to its characters and story, which doesn't do much at all in terms of reinventing the genre, but very much meets its own expectations.May 11, 2018
"Breaking In" is broken.May 12, 2018
Just in time for Mother's Day comes a thrill-free, home-invasion thriller about a mom (Gabrielle Union) who'll stop at nothing to keep four bad guys from killing her two kids. Buy a ticket to this dull, dim-witted con job and you'll want to break out.May 10, 2018
Without suspense, all the audience has to go on are the plot mechanics, which are no great shakes, and the characters, which are paper-thin.May 18, 2018
Some stylish direction can't compensate for some massive logical gaps and eye-rolling twists.May 17, 2018
A ratty little thriller that knows just how trashy is the right amount of trashy.May 18, 2018
Does she get to say: "You broke into the wrong house"? You bet she does.May 20, 2018
'Breaking In' is a lackluster thriller.May 17, 2018
Action hero may not be what [Gabrielle] Union does best, but her versatility stands her in good enough stead; here's hoping this potboiler makes enough money to bring her vehicles more worthy of her.May 11, 2018
James McTeigue has a fleet, efficient visual style that keeps the suspense set pieces percolating.May 10, 2018
Breaking In mirrors the incompetence of its crooks, in the sense that it doesn't feel like much thought went into plotting it out.