The movie suffers from underdeveloped characters, a lack of originality and an unnecessary social commentary. Half good, half bad.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 20, 2018

Just play Grand Theft Auto 5 instead.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 20, 2017

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 8, 2015

American Heist, I want my 94 minutes back.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 24, 2015

Despite a few strong emotional beats, the crime drama "American Heist" proves as undistinguished as its generic title.

Full Review | Jul 24, 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2015

Adrien Brody and Hayden Christensen work hard in crime drama American Heist but can't muscle beyond average material as yin-and-yang brothers coerced into one last bank job.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 23, 2015

The film offers a veritable smorgasbord of dated, only-in-the-movies clichs about the debt-ridden working class.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 19, 2015

American Heist is watchable enough if only for Adrien Brody's erratic, jive talking performance.

Full Review | Jul 17, 2015

The heist itself is not very exciting, which is rather a let-down considering the grand-sounding title.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 25, 2015

Not even performances can wake this sleeping film, which is primarily interested in camera placement, not searing storytelling.

Full Review | Original Score: D | Jun 18, 2015

An almost prototypical example of a straight-to-video actioner...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 30, 2014

Slick but derivative and forgettable on all levels.

Full Review | Sep 10, 2014

Despite the valiant efforts from the two leads, the only thing of value that gets robbed in "American Heist" is our time.

Full Review | Original Score: D+ | Sep 9, 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.

Full Review | Sep 8, 2014