American Heist
American Heist: The story will follow two brothers with a checkered past involved in a bank robbery by a gang of dangerous criminals manipulated. This robbery will challenge the strength of the bond of affection siblings as well as what they dare to sacrifice for the family.
13 July 1955, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
26 April 1980, Panama City, Panama
25 August 1981, Los Angeles, California, USA
July 23, 2015
Christensen makes a decent Everyman hero and even shows some warmth in his scenes with Jordana Brewster, but their subplot doesn't amount to anything at all. Neither does the movie.
July 17, 2015
American Heist is watchable enough if only for Adrien Brody's erratic, jive talking performance.
July 23, 2015
American Heist has straight-to-video written all over it. Once there, I recommend you skip directly to the last act if you decide to watch it at all.
June 18, 2015
Not even performances can wake this sleeping film, which is primarily interested in camera placement, not searing storytelling.
September 08, 2014
A run-of-the-mill crime drama that toes the risibility line on several occasions, even if it's better made than your typical straight-to-video movie.
July 24, 2015
Despite a few strong emotional beats, the crime drama "American Heist" proves as undistinguished as its generic title.
September 08, 2015
Hayden Christensen and Adrien Brody turn in solid performances, but this by-the-numbers exercise does little to distinguish itself from any number of better crime thrillers.
September 10, 2014
Slick but derivative and forgettable on all levels.
July 19, 2015
The film offers a veritable smorgasbord of dated, only-in-the-movies clichés about the debt-ridden working class.
July 24, 2015
American Heist, I want my 94 minutes back.
June 25, 2015
The heist itself is not very exciting, which is rather a let-down considering the grand-sounding title.
