Break In (2013 film)

Break In is a 2013 British home-invasion thriller film directed by Brian Welsh and written by Jesse Armstrong and Charlie Brooker. The film stars Toby Kebbel, Jodie Whitaker and Jack O' Connell.

Plot
Liam (Toby Kebbell), a young lawyer, attends a work appraisal which he feels did not go well. Liam was in a case involving a young criminal, Luke (Jack O' Connell), who was found not guilty, after Liam's work to get him into prison. He arrives at home, where his wife, Ffion (Jamie Whitaker), reveals they are going out for dinner to celebrate his birthday. Ffion has organied for a housesitter, Sara (Phoebe Fox), to look after the house while they are gone.

At the party, they meet with their friends; Ffion's best friend, Lucy (Amy Beth Hayes), Liam's best friend, Paul (Jimi Mistry) and his wife, Colleen (Rebekah Staton). A guy arrives late and it's Jonas (Tom Cullen), Ffion's co-worker. Lucy asks how the appraisal went and suggests telling them about it so they can all give their opinions on it, but Jonas steps in to save Liam from the embarrassment.

At dinner, Jonas speaks increasingly frankly about his personal life. Throughout the meal, Liam becomes suspicious of how fondly Ffion seems to be looking at Jonas, and he is especially suspicious when she laughs at Jonas's bad joke. After dinner, Ffion invites everyone back to their remote house for drinks. When they get to the house, Ffion notices that Sara is not around and believes she may have left early.

They gather in the lounge for drinks. Liam and Ffion go upstairs to talk. It transpires that Ffion had had a previous relationship with Jonas many years ago which she had mentioned to Liam but downplayed. She initially said it lasted a week, then says a month, and then admits it was six months. These initial lies make Liam even more paranoid and he insists she tell him everything.

Ffion becomes increasingly uncomfortable with his relentless questioning and the conversation turns into a row. They are interrupted by the sound of music coming from outside. They investigate and see that their car has been moved away from the house. As Liam approaches it, the car lights come on and the car is driven off by persons unknown. They return to the house, before a scared Ffion decides to lock all the doors. As the group try to figure out whats going on, someone begins to pound harshly on the front door.

Liam refuses to open up. Colleen runs upstairs to the coat room and tries to call the police on her cell phone, but there is no signal. As Ffion returns to the lounge, an assailant wearing a pig mask follows holding a shotgun to her head. He forces all of them to sit on the bed facing away from one another, after letting in another assailant wearing a bear mask and carrying an axe. Colleen hears the commotion and hides underneath the bed.

Bear Mask decides to investigate upstairs, whilst Pig Mask makes them write down their ATM pin numbers. Bear Mask enters the bedroom where Colleen is hiding and looks around. Bear Mask leaves the bedroom. Colleen, taking a chance, gets out from under the bed. She sends a text message to the police, hoping that if her phone finds any small signal at some point, that the text will be sent. Colleen crawls to the on-suite bathroom and finds In the bathroom Sara, bloodied and dying.

Downstairs, Lucy quickly gets up, and runs upstairs, with Pig Mask going after her. as she reaches the door, Paul attacks Pig Mask, but is hit in the face with the gun. A frightened Lucy tries to escape through the front door, but is shot in the face by Pig Mask. Ffion screams at the death of her friend. Colleen hears the gunshot and the scream. Colleen leaves as Sara dies in her arms. She exits the bedroom, but is quickly attacked by Bear Mask. Colleen runs downstairs and Paul goes to attack Pig Mask. As Colleen runs to open the front doors, Jonas runs to help Paul, only for Pig Mask to accidentally shoot Jonas in the face. Colleen runs as fast as she can to get away, but Bear Mask takes off after her, and pushes her down.

Colleen wakes up in the basement, with Pig Mask pointing a gun at herstanding over her and Bear Mask boiling water. We see Paul now tied up in a column, with plastic wrap. Bear Mask gets the boiling water, and burns Paul's ears. The hot water also goies into his eyes. Liam and Ffion watch this in horror, as they are also tied up in a column with plastic wrap. Colleen also watches in horror, not being able to do anything, as Pig Mask points a gun at her the whole time.

Pig Mask and Bear Mask go upstairs, to look around for more money. Colleen, now tied up with plastic wrap on the floor, finds a way to get up. She turns on the chimney, and puts her bound hands through it, burning the plastic wrap off. She unties herself, and the quickly goes to Paul.

Bear Mask finds a painting. He grabs it, and finds a safe. Bear Mask orders Pig Mask to bring Liam upstairs. Pig Mask goes to downstairs and finds the hostages missing, but before he can react, Liam attacks him, and Ffion puts plastic wrap over his face. Liam and Colleen then take turns stabbing him. They take off his mask revealing a young guy (Joe Cole). Paul, now half deaf and blind, grabs Pig Mask's gun, and goes upstairs to try and kill Bear Mask. Colleen goes after him, trying to stop him, but Paul does not hear her. She surprises Paul, who reacts quickly, and shoots her. As he realises what he's done, Bear Mask shoots him dead. Bear Mask goes to finish off Colleen but she dies before he can do anything.

Bear Mask goes downstairs and finds Pig Mask dead. Liam manages to knock out Bear Mask, before finding Paul's car keys, which the assailants had taken. Liam takes Bear Mask's gun and runs to the car as Ffion calls the police. Liam finds he cannot start the car and as Ffion goes outside the front door to try to get signal. Bear Mask then pulls her back into the house and shuts the front door. Liam quickly runs to door to try and get in. Liam shoots the window, which smashes and walks in to find Bear Mask missing and Ffion lying on the lounge floor with a stab wound.

Liam runs to a dying Ffion. Bear Mask reveals himself as Luke, the criminal Liam tried to send down. Liam draws the gun, and prepares to shoot him, and Luke informs Liam that he is just as much as a murderer as he is. Liam continues to aim the gun at him. Luke manages to outwit him, however, and quickly attacks, knocking the gun out of his hands and wrestling with him. The criminal eventually gains the upper hand, and knocks Liam unconscious, before picking the gun up and taking aim. He shoots Liam in the head and then places the gun in Liam's hands as if he commited the murders and shot himself afterwards.

The young criminal leaves the house in a state and puts Pig Mask in the boot of his car. He then gets in the car and drives away from the scene of the crime.

Cast
Toby Kebbell as Liam

Jamie Whitaker as Ffion

Jack O' Connell as Luke/ Bear Mask

Rebekah Staton as Colleeen

Jimi Mistry as Paul

Tom Cullen as Jonas

Amy Beth Hayes as Lucy

Joe Cole as Pig Mask

Phoebe Fox as Sara