{"id":30866,"date":"2024-07-27T17:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T21:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=30866"},"modified":"2025-08-01T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:09:03","slug":"breaking-and-re-entering-2024-nyaff-by-greggwmorris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/breaking-and-re-entering-2024-nyaff-by-greggwmorris\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING AND RE-ENTERING (Recently Screened at the 2024 NYAFF) \u2013 This Film Directed by Ding-Lin Wang Could Blow Your Mind Unlike Any Other You May Have Seen Recently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s an hyperbolic, insanely hilarious, <em>reverse-heist-action-comedy-caper-thriller-of-the-highest-order<\/em> with a class act by starring and supporting actors and actresss. Cinematography is through the roof.<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tBlCEQ0uXX0?si=U3gnvf6ixCUn5pSZ&amp;start=15\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This reviewer believes that BREAKING AND RE-ENTERING is kinetically charged crime film with two beating hearts at its essence: One pulsing with drama, the other pulsing with a dynamic range of comedy, from slapstick to black \u2013 and beyond. There is a dizzying array of intricately zany scenes with head-spinning antics that can take an audience&#8217;s breath away. Things happen at breakneck speed, so, it&#8217;s best that audiences try not to blink.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The plot:<\/strong> A gang of veteran thieves, preternaturally savvy and skilled \u2013 flushed with copious amounts of machismo \u2013 are coming off their latest successful caper that netted them with goo-gobs of $$$. And then it happens: They are blindsided by an insidious fate: They must sneak back the money they stole from a rich entrepreneur (a real snake in the grass).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-30314\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1-1024x946.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1-560x518.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1-260x240.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1-160x148.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/NYAFF-2024-LOGO-RED-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"3\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm10941189\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_Ding-Lin%2520Wang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ding-Lin Wang<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_30895\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30895\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30895\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/director-wang-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/director-wang-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/director-wang-260x402.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/director-wang-160x248.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/director-wang.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-30895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director Ding-Lin Wang<\/p><\/div>\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"3\" width=\"60%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30888\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"656\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM-560x339.jpg 560w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM-260x158.jpg 260w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM-160x97.jpg 160w, https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/breaking-rentering-10.56.56\u202fAM.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laser-beaming obstacle courses, cockroach catastrophes (really big cockroaches), and more sardonic humor than one could imagine in a movie \u2013 several movies, yes, but just one?!?!? \u2013 are way too intricate for this reviewer to try to explain, coherently, how they fit into the plot; that would result in a major spoiling and despoiling that this reviewer doesn&#8217;t want to do.<\/p>\n<p>There are many times in this beaut of a caper that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0443456\/soundtrack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">film score-soundtrack<\/a> was so arousing that it had the reviewer on the verge of jumping up and boogieing and strutting around with his head bopping and arms swinging in rhythm. This reviewer wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he eventually learn that many audiences did just that at movie theaters or in front of their big screens at home.<\/p>\n<p>Audiences should anticipate being so hooked watching BREAKING AND RE-ENTERING that they might be swept up by that hunger to see the film again and again and again, as fast as they can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7155\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7155\" src=\"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gwm-700x700-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"100 class=\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7155\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editor, Reviewer Gregg W. Morris<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Can be reached at gregghc@comcast.net, profgreggwmorris@gmail.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audiences should anticipate being so hooked watching BREAKING AND RE-ENTERING that they might be swept up by that hunger to see the film again and again and again, as fast as they can. \u2013 Review Article by Gregg W. 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