Fresh
This British heist picture is familiar but energetic genre filmmaking, more interesting in its particulars than in its overall conception.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
The Rise
He gave a year of his life. Now he's stealing it back.
2012 · 1h 46m · N/A
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Rowan Athale
Overview
After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Harvey Miller has revenge on his mind. He recruits his three best friends to help him rob the local drug kingpin whose betrayal put him away in the first place.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A British heist movie that's well deserving of an American audience.
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Rotten
The shallow, derivative and contrived British heist thriller "Wasteland" lives down to its unfortunate name.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
To borrow from a term for the gritty, working-class British dramas that this film also nods to, it's a kitchen-sink caper.
Miriam Bale, New York Times
Rotten
It creates two admirably entertaining storytelling strands - one a friendship saga, the other a robbery caper - yet can't merge the two successfully.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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