Character Relationship Map: Breaking In

Characters

• Shaun Russell (played by Gabrielle Union) — protagonist

  The protagonist who returns to her childhood home to settle her murdered father's estate. After intruders take her children hostage, she uses the house's security system, her wits, and combat skills t...

• Eddie (played by Billy Burke) — protagonist

  The leader of the four burglars who breaks into the house. He is pragmatic, opposes Duncan's unnecessary violence, and focuses on locating a safe containing $4 million. He is eventually killed by Dunc...

• Duncan (played by Richard Cabral) — supporting

  The volatile and unstable member of the burglary crew. He escalates violence by killing the realtor and threatening the children. He survives a truck attack, kills Eddie, but is ultimately stabbed to...

• Sam (played by Levi Meaden) — supporting

  One of the four intruders. He opposes Duncan's suggestion to torture the children. He is later discovered on the roof by Shaun, who pushes him off to his death during a rescue attempt.

• Peter (played by Mark Furze) — supporting

  An intruder who pursues Shaun into the woods and is incapacitated by her. He is captured and brought back to the house, but is promptly shot dead by Eddie. His necklace contained a flash drive crucial...

• Isaac (played by Damien Leake) — supporting

  Shaun's deceased father. His murder sets the plot in motion. He had liquidated his assets to hide $4 million in a safe due to ongoing FBI and DA investigations, which attracts the burglars to the hous...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Eddie → Peter (Professional Leader And Crew Member) — Peter participates in Eddie's organized burglary but is expendable when captured.

  Peter is one of the four offenders already burglarizing the house under Eddie's operation.

• Eddie → Sam (Professional Leader And Crew Member) — Sam operates as a member of Eddie's burglary crew.

  Eddie leads the four offenders, and Sam works with him to search for the safe and control the situation.

• Eddie → Duncan (Power Crew Leader And Unstable Subordinate) — Eddie commands the burglary, but Duncan increasingly refuses to follow his pragmatic limits.

  Eddie is identified as the crime boss, while Duncan is described as the unstable member whose violent actions Eddie repeatedly objects to.

• Isaac → Shaun Russell (Family Father) — Isaac is Shaun's deceased father whose death initiates her return to the family home.

  Shaun returns to the house where she grew up after her father Isaac is murdered.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Isaac → Eddie (Narrative Target And Beneficiary) — Isaac's hidden assets make his estate the target of Eddie's crew.

  Eddie explains that Isaac liquidated his assets and concealed four million dollars in a safe, which draws the burglars to the house.

• Duncan → Sam (Conflict Ideological Opponents) — Their disagreement exposes the different levels of violence within the burglary crew.

  Duncan suggests torturing the children, while Sam objects to that proposal.

• Shaun Russell → Sam (Conflict Combatant) — Sam becomes a direct physical threat during the family's attempted escape.

  Sam discovers Shaun on the roof during a rescue attempt, and Shaun pushes him off the roof to save herself.

• Shaun Russell → Peter (Conflict Combatant) — Peter is one of Shaun's first physical opponents during her attempts to reach the house.

  Peter ambushes Shaun outside the house, chases her into the woods, and is knocked out and restrained by her.

• Shaun Russell → Duncan (Conflict Mortal Enemy) — Their conflict escalates from hostage threats to a direct final fight.

  Duncan threatens Shaun's children, pursues Shaun during the escape attempts, and is ultimately stabbed to death by her.

• Shaun Russell → Eddie (Conflict Arch Enemy) — Shaun and Eddie become the central opposing forces in the struggle for the house and the hostages.

  Eddie leads the burglary, holds Shaun's children hostage, and repeatedly confronts Shaun over the safe and the money.

Story Analysis

A mother uses a fortified childhood home and her own ingenuity to rescue her children from an increasingly violent burglary crew.

Plot Progression

1. Return To Danger — Shaun returns to her childhood home to settle Isaac's estate and sell the property. The family discovers that the security system is offline, then the hidden burglars reveal themselves and take the ch...
2. The Safe Deadline — Shaun escapes Peter's ambush and learns through the intercom that the burglars want four million dollars hidden in Isaac's safe. Their limited time increases pressure while Shaun searches for a way ba...
3. Violence At The Door — A realtor nearly exposes the burglary but is killed by Duncan. Shaun reenters the house's struggle by directing the family and using Peter as leverage, only to watch Eddie execute him.
4. Escape Through Fire — Eddie obtains the money and plans to burn the house with the children inside. Shaun creates distractions, reaches the roof, escapes with the children, and attempts to flee in Sam's truck.
5. The Wrong House — The truck escape fails, leaving Shaun and the children trapped with the money bag. Eddie and Duncan turn on one another, and Shaun kills Duncan before police approach and the family reunites.