The Breaks is a 1999 American comedy film written by and starring Mitch Mullany and directed by Eric Meza.

A Sunday in the life of Derrick King, an Irish kid raised in Compton, California by a black family.

It is a day of disasters: his mom kicks him out of the house, his uncle fires him, the woman he loves dismisses him as childish, the LAPD, wearing Confederate flag shoulder patches, impound his car and toss him in the drunk tank, a mean dude is after him for money, he is imprisoned in a store basement by gay sadists, and he is shot at.

Along the way, however, he shows kindness to a near-sighted kid, and those random acts may prove to be his salvation.

The movie features numerous parodies, including one of Pulp Fiction, as well as Good Will Hunting, and an appearance by George Clinton as himself.