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Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

bkoganbing Although American Heist was shot in Toronto it also is allegedly a remake of The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery one of Steve McQueen's worst films I didn't see that. If it is a remake it's not a great film, but for once it is an improvement of the former by far.Adrien Brody is released from prison taking a rap alone for a job he and his brother Hayden Christensen did together. That time away from prison allowed Christensen to get into a business and even think about marrying Jordana Brewster. But as soon as Brody is out of prison he sucks in Christensen into a convenience store robbery with a pair of his prison running buddies Akon and Tory Kittles. These two are a pair of stone cold killers with any kind of sense of morality gone from their psyches. They've got bigger plans for Brody and Christensen, a bank heist that could be worth millions.It's a decent enough caper film, bloody as all get out when the plan fails. That last half hour has enough violence in it to satisfy any junkie. But what really gives the film life are the scenes with Brody and Christensen, they really connect as brothers. This is one of Brody's best performances since his Oscar for The Pianist, wasted some might say in a routine action film. As for Hayden Christensen the former Annakin Skywalker gives one of his best screen performances.Action fans will like the action. Some of us who want more will appreciate what the two male leads contribute.

LeonLouisRicci You Might Know There's Going to be Trouble When the Director Speaks No English and Attempts a Movie Called "American" Heist. Plenty of Trouble Ahead. Adrien Brody Pulls Out the Acting Chops and Allows Every Mannerism, Tick, and Body Posture to Overwhelm the Melodramatic Dialog About His Family, His Past, and His Hard Time in The Big House.Hayden Christensen hasn't Given a Watchable Performance Since Shattered Glass (2003), where He was Excellent Playing the Real Life Defrocked Journalist Stephen Glass. This is Another in a String of Brooding, One Note Acts, with Little Facial Expression and Not Much Emoting Beyond "Hurting".The Heist Itself is Big on Bullets and Heat (1995) Like Weapons and Rapid Fires. Just Because it was in the Budget, there is an Inner City Helicopter Crash that is Pretty Generic as Far as Inner City Helicopter Crashes Go.The Love Interest and Only Female on Set is Jordana Brewster as a Former Flame Rekindled and She Goes Through the Motions with the Rest of the Non-Descript and Unnecessarily Nasty Black Gang Leaders. Not the Worst Movie Ever and Fans of Brody Might Want to Take a Look at the Oscar Winner Slumming and Unleashed in a B-Movie Mess. Christensen Lost What Fans He May Have Had When He Said Yes to Playing the Dark One. Action Fans are Given a Third Act Shoot 'em Up that is Standard Stuff and Nothing But Familiarly OK.

Claudio Carvalho After serving ten years in prison in New Orleans, the smalltime criminal Frankie Kelly (Adrien Brody) comes to the house of his younger brother, James Kelly (Hayden Christensen), who is a mechanic in a local workshop. James is dating the gorgeous Emily (Jordana Brewster), who works as operator in the NOLA Police Ddepartment, and lives a honest life. Frankie introduces James to his friends Sugar (Akon) and Ray (Tory Kittles) that helped him in the prison and soon James learns that they are planning a bank heist with the gangster Spoonie (Luis Da Silva Jr.). He tries to recuse to participate but Ray forces him threatening his older brother. What will James do? "American Heist" is a boring and melodramatic heist film. The relationship between Frankie and James is never dramatic but seems to be a soap opera. The awful end of the film without the conclusion of the story is not an intelligent open end, like in many European movies, but simply lack of ending. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): "O Último Golpe" ("The Last Coup")

jamesdarcycba Generic plot line and characters, it starts out fairly watchable but then just descends into an absolutely awful movie, not only is the script generic and badly written, but the movie glorifies violence as usual, and perpetuates the African-American stereotype on screen - in the final scene, all the cops and snipers are white and the two criminals are black (typical), the other two brothers played by Hayden Christensen and Adrian Brody are obviously portrayed as heroes. I'm really surprised any of the actors agreed to do this movie because they're all talented, as I'm sure the director is. Easy paycheck I guess. How do movies like this get made? Complete trash.