History Awesome / ElCamino

** And Skinny's plan works like ''gangbusters''. The only times the cops even come close to Jesse throughout the movie are when Ed calls 911 and when Jesse himself [[BatmanGambit deliberately calls his parents]]. It pays off in the long run too: [[spoiler:as the penultimate episode of ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' reveals that people ''still'' believe Jesse's in Mexico months later.]]

** And Skinny's plan works like ''gangbusters''. The only times the cops even come close to Jesse throughout the movie are when Ed calls 911 and when Jesse himself [[BatmanGambit deliberately calls his parents]]. It pays off in the long run too: [[spoiler:as the penultimate episode of ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' reveals that people ''still'' believe Jesse's in Mexico years later.]]

** And Skinny's plan works like ''gangbusters''. The only times the cops even come close to Jesse throughout the movie are when Ed calls 911 and when Jesse himself [[BatmanGambit deliberately calls his parents]].

* We see a flashback of Jesse walking out of his motel room and to the hallway...then'''[[TheCameo WALTER WHITE]] ''' himself comes out of the room next door and casually strolls with Jesse. Plenty of fans across the world roared with applause at this scene as they weren't sure if they would ever see the legendary Heisenberg again after all these years.

* We see a flashback of Jesse walking out of his motel room and to the hallway...and '''[[TheCameo WALTER WHITE]] ''' himself comes out of the opposite room and casually strolls with Jesse. Plenty of fans across the world roared with applause at this scene as they weren't sure if they would ever see the legendary Heisenberg again after all these years.

* We see a flashback of Jesse walking out of his motel room and to the hallway...and '''[[TheCameo WALTER WHITE]] ''' himself comes out of the opposite room and casually strolls with Jesse. Plenty of fans across the world roared with applause at this scene as they weren't sure if they would ever the legendary Heisenberg again after all these years.

* Jesse staring down the barrel of a gun while loading Walt's cash in a garbage bag. He calmly explains all the reasons why Neil isn't going to shoot him and simply proclaims that he's gathering his half of the money. Neil settles for giving Jesse 1/3rd of it, and lets him walk away.

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* The film was made in complete secrecy; the internet waited for news for months until Bob Odenkirk suddenly revealed it had already been filmed, and just a few days later the first trailer would reveal the film would be released just one-and-a-half months later. Somehow no-one leaked anything at any point.
** The biggest CMOA in this regard is what [[https://www.gamesradar.com/el-camino-walter-white-cameo-bryan-cranston/ Aaron Paul claims]] Netflix did to secure Creator/BryanCranston's cameo: at the time of production, Cranston was performing in Broadway, so Netflix ''bought every seat in the theater for a day'' so they could fly him to New Mexico and film his part with no one knowing about it.
* Creator/AaronPaul is a one man tour de force in this movie, which has him essentially playing three different characters in the three versions of Jesse Pinkman. There's the man who no longer fears death and fighting for his freedom, the prisoner who had been broken down and tortured, and the cocky young punk who didn't know what he was getting himself into. And he nails all of it with many considering it to be his best performance of his career.
* Robert Forster gives his final performance, and totally nails it despite suffering from terminal brain cancer that would kill him the very same day the film was released.

* When Jesse confronts Neil and Casey to get the rest of the money he needs, Neil laughs at his weapon (an underpowered .22), and confidently challenges him to a shootout over the money (his being high on cocaine probably affected his confidence). There's a really tense buildup, then Jesse casually guns him down with a second pistol he'd hidden in his jacket pocket.

** The biggest CMOA in this regard is what [[https://www.gamesradar.com/el-camino-walter-white-cameo-bryan-cranston/ Aaron Paul claims]] Netflix did to secure Creator/BryanCranston's cameo: at the time of production, Cranston was performing in Broadway, so Netflix ''bought every seat in the theater for a day'' so they could fly him to New Mexico and film his part.

** And Skinny's plan works like ''gangbusters''. The only times the cops even come close to Jesse throughout the movie are when Ed calls 911 and when Jesse himself deliberately calls his parents]].

** And Skinny's plan [[spoiler: works like GANGBUSTERS. The only times the cops even come close to Jesse throughout the movie are when Ed calls 911 and when Jesse himself deliberately calls his parents]].

** The biggest CMOA in this regard is what [[https://www.gamesradar.com/el-camino-walter-white-cameo-bryan-cranston/ Aaron Paul claims]] Netflix did to secure [[spoiler:Creator/BryanCranston's cameo]]: at the time of production, [[spoiler:Cranston]] was performing in Broadway, so Netflix ''bought every seat in the theater for a day'' so they could fly to New Mexico and film their part.

* After sneaking into the Aryan Brotherhood's lair, Jesse casually walks into a room with the remaining 5 members inside. After explaining why he's there, he is ridiculed for his choice of weapon (a .22 pistol his grandfather owned) and challenged to a duel. Neil failed to realize Jesse also had a fully-loaded revolver in his pocket. Needless to say, Jesse walks away from that fight.
** Earlier in the film, Jesse had an emotional breakdown when he thought he was going to have to kill cops and gave up. Here, when he knows that those 'cops' are part of the group who imprisoned him? He walks right into their lair, cool as a cucumber, and wins a firefight against two guys.
** There's also an aspect of the duel with Jesse against Neil: Even though Jesse appears to be staring him down with an underpowered gun, Neil appears to be high on cocaine (which probably impacted his reasoning). Although Jesse wins against Neil, you have to take into account the situation: Jesse has to use his hidden pistol in his jacket pocket, and must aim with sheer intuition and skill... and manages to take Neil out with a ''single headshot''.

** There's also an aspect of the duel with Jesse against Neil: Even though Jesse appears to be staring him down with an underpowered gun, Neil appears to be high on cocaine (which probably impacted his reasoning). Although Jesse wins against Neil, you have to take into account the situation: Jesse has to use his hidden pistol in his jacket pocket, and must aim with sheer intuition and skill... and manages to take Neil out with a ''single headshot''. BadAss doesn't even ''begin'' to describe this moment.

** And Skinny's plan [[spoiler: works like GANGBUSTERS. The only time the cops even come close to Jesse throughout the movie is when Jesse himself deliberately calls his parents]].

** There's also an aspect of the duel with Jessie against Neil: Even though Jessie appears to be staring him down with an underpowered gun, Neil appears to be high on cocaine (which probably impacted Neil's reasoning). Although Jessie wins against Neil, you have to take into account the situation: Jessie has to use his hidden pistol in his jacket pocket, and must aim with sheer intuition and skill... and manages to take Neil out with a ''single headshot''. BadAss doesn't even ''begin'' to describe this moment.

* Creator/AaronPaul is a one man tour de force in this movie, which has him essentially playing three different characters in the three versions of Jesse Pinkman. There's the man who no longer fears death and fighting for his freedom, the prisoner who had been broken down and tortured, and the cocky young punk who didn't know what he was getting himself into.

* Skinny Pete's HeroicSacrifice -- once they realize the El Camino is tracked, he borrows Badger his car, gives Jesse Badger's car, and keeps the El Camino; as shown in the trailers, this gets him arrested, but Jesse gets his freedom.

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* After sneaking into the Aryan Brotherhood's lair, Jesse casually walks into a room with the remaining 5 members inside. After explaining why he's there, he is ridiculed for his choice of weapon (a .22 pistol his grandfather owned) and challenged to a duel. The man who challenged him failed to realize Jesse also had a fully-loaded revolver in his pocket. Needless to say, Jesse walks away from that fight.

* After sneaking into the Aryan Brotherhood's lair, Jesse casually walks into a room with the remaining 5 members inside. After explaining why he's there, he is ridiculed for his choice of weapon (a 22. pistol his grandfather owned) and challenged to a duel. The man who challenged him failed to realize Jesse also had a fully-loaded revolver in his pocket. Needless to say, Jesse walks away from that fight.

* The film was made in complete secrecy; the internet waited for news for months until Bob Odenkirk suddenly revealed it had already been filmed, and just a few days later the first trailer would reveal the film would be released just one-and-a-half months later. Somehow no-one leaked anything at any point.