The Last Heist (2016)

Just perfect...

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

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

Don't waste your time! 1.5 hours of total garbage. Is this a student Film or a waste of Time?

The mishmashing of genres has been done many times before in the motion picture world, but this particular mishmashing was the first of its kind that I'd seen. In "The Last Heist", the movie mixes a mad slasher movie with the "Die Hard" movie genre. While that is certainly original, I will admit that the movie doesn't take this premise to its full potential. For one thing, the mad slasher in the movie a couple of times is off-screen and forgotten about for a long time. Another problem is that the low budget of the entire enterprise is painfully evident at times. But you know what? Despite these and a few other problems, I didn't think this movie was all that bad. It moves along at a pretty brisk clip, at 84 minutes it doesn't overstay its welcome, it has some decent twists and turns, there is some satisfying (and bloody) violence and action, and most of all, it is never boring for a minute. I'm not saying the movie is an unsung masterpiece, nor am I saying it's for everybody. I will say that if you are into B movies as much as I am, and are prepared to look over a few shortcomings, the movie does manage to entertain for its 84 minutes. Maybe you might not remember it for a long time afterwards, but sometimes being entertained just for the present moment is enough. Consider watching it.

In the main, cardboard characters collide with wooden acting. That said, Henry Rollins demonstrates that he can overcome the obstacle of ropey material and still deliver a decent performance. What a shame he don't recognise ropey material in the first instance. Dressed like an undertaker, he does a capable job of playing the creepy, serial killer. Giving the best performance of all he elevates himself above cliché. The story doesn't really hold together. In places, purpose-wise some of the characters' actions don't make any sense. They place themselves in harm's way to achieve no, apparently, useful goal. Both the good guys and the bad guys seem to be trying to trip themselves up in places. A good heist, in the movies at least, should be tight and methodical, think Heat (1995). They get in, get rich and get away. Most robbbers don't want to run into the police and get caught. Presumably. These guys take all day. There is no sense of impending deadline, so there's no tension. Conflict be shouldn't delivered in a way that makes characters unsympathetic. The robbers swear and gesticulate at one other too often to seem mature enough to be professional. Acting like juvenile delinquents makes them even more unsympathetic. This carry-on produces a sense of conflict but an irksome one. I could go on but it's too depressing. Overall, this lacks sympathetic characters and, because you cannot care about any of the characters, any real tension. It's slow, clumsy and clichéd. Television does it better.

A for effort on the filmmakers part who make a interesting tangle web as, a group of bank robbers decide to take a safety deposit bank on the eve of it's closing, only to have their plans seriously compromised when a serial killer needs to take out his stuff from the bank before it closes as well.It has it's moments of suspense as you never fully know what's going to happen next as the bank robbers try to get what they came for and the Serial Killer called the window man only sees an all you can eat of mass murder.The Last Heist is OK made possibly better because of Henry Rollers as the Window Man. Rollins has the charisma that makes the Rock a star (I'm sure all other hardcore fans wo8uld agree). Definitely a great role for him and adds interest to the picture.A funny movie to catch on Netflix.http://cinemagardens.com