El Camino is the tale of Jesse Pinkman after he is freed by his former partner in crime Walter White from a white supremacy gang, who had imprisoned him to cook White's signature crystal meth.
The film shows Pinkman dealing with the trauma that he went through as he is evading the law. Showing clear signs of PTSD and even Stockholm Syndrome without really addressing it directly.
Aaron Paul, the actor portraying Jesse, shows exactly how he is feeling through the intense acting; from his initial escape and the overwhelming joy he feels, to panic from his extreme flashbacks remembering his time with his captors, to the dark, brooding and controlled way he fights for to escape from the law, to finally coming to peace as he is finally free from his torment and the people that caused it.
Even down to the way he dresses, you can see that he has gone through an immense change in character; from when he was a young, naive and, in some ways, stupid drug dealer to a hardened, wisen and experienced individual shows through the colour and textures of the clothing he wears in the respective scenes.
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