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In an act of masochistic boredom I actually watched the entire two and a half hours of this film so I am not being hyperbolic when I say that almost every single scene in this movie did not make any sense.

The premise is great. Execution, terrible. They take too long for a simple story line. Just replay Extraction again.

I think the plot or storyline is pretty decent. But the way it was executed was horrible. Changing of scenes felt abrupt with no flow ; found myself questioning who is who. A confusing, yet really slow movie that makes you question if you should continue watching.

Interesting idea behind the plot, but what a shame.

Usually I write positive reviews but for this movie I specifically wanted to add a review so none else lose their time the way i did watching this. First of all the runtime... why do you take 2,5 hours to develop and conclude this story without actually developing the story itself and its characters..?! Directing...Olivier Megaton is actually a good director, but here he didn't pay too much attention in the editing or directing. Scenes are scattered and disconnected, with random parallel stories which do not deliver anything extra to the film. They just tire the viewer. The violence... is only used to provide "action" to the slow-burn and dull storyline. The story itself... the idea is not bad, the delivery and the stretch of the idea to make it a 2,5 hour long movie; yes that's very bad. Acting...here it is actually 50/50. Some moments are rewarding but not enough to save this film. Overall, I m rather upset that someone spent all this money to create such a time-consuming, violent and pointless movie. 2/10 , don't waste your time.

Bad writing, bad filmmaking, bad acting, no chemistry. Boring, tiresome, slow.

Truly the worst of Netflix.

2.5 hours long! Oh my god.. I'm not sure if anyone will see the ending. I made it 58 mins in and had to shut it off, once I realized the action was as bad as every other part of the film.

How far will you make it!?

Watch paint dry, this could be the worse film on Netflix.

Netflix films had been getting better, not sure why they are buying awful films that would have been in the bargin bucket in blockbusters in the day.

The film will probably get a cult following from being so bad.

The name is appealing however at a point I felt like that this was another movie produced, written, directed by our very own Tommy Wiseau.

I do buy the concept of this story. Such an inspiring and original one. Yet the director should have elaborated it more. Now turned out it's not romantic, not heroic, not stunning and no twisted ending. Many plot holes and rough edges. Personally I would say it's not bad to kill your time on Saturday night with this movie. It's just.... I expected more of it.

Iconic concept can't really guarantee an iconic movie.

The worst movie i have ever seen. Shame on you Hollywood and Netflix. The title has been wasted on this movie

It tries to be a big heist thriller, but it is just too long and boring.

I did enjoy watching this film. Edgar Ramirez did a great job and so are most of the cast. Not the best film out there but it sure is entertaining for fans of action flicks and the like. Now for the bad reviews, I understand that a lot of young kids has got easy access to Netflix nowadays especially during this time of the pandemic where everyone is usually at home 24/7. This movie is not for Kids, hence they shouldn't be reviewing this film. I gave it 8 stars for the fact that the kids who put out their reviews have underrated this film. Watching a movie while on your mobile phone at the same time doing facebook is not gonna let you enjoy watching this film or any other film for that matter.

This film clocks in at around 2 and a half hours long and it simply can't keep the viewer invested that long, the characters are dull, the plot of the film doesn't Make much sense at all and the biggest name in the film is a minor character at best. If you like good action Heist films this will probably not satisfy you in anyway.

If you want a great heist movie with plenty of heart and decent acting go watch 'The Town' which is also on Netflix.

The movie suffers from horrible acting, long unreal action scenes, a plethora of plot holes and has NOTHING to do with the stopping of the american crime

I recommend not to watch with all my heart, those are 2 hours and a half you'll never get back!

Decent story if it had been done right. Some ok parts.

Overall, irritating acting. Boring characters. Tries to hard.

Netflix pushing quantity over quality. Again.

It sounds like an interesting concept but unfortunately it falls into the seen-it-all before category. Cliche scenes and nonsense dialogue. No likeable characters and the main one has a one expression face which I found irritating. It won't keep your attention and it's not worth the time.

Great?: No..

Dumb?: Pretty damn dumb

Unpredictable?: oh yes

In a good way?: not really

Plot holes?: craters more like it, you can't even imagine!

Confusing?: incredibly

Bad acting?: horrible

Except for Michael Pitt?: Except for Michael Pitt of course

Funny?: Michael Pitt is

Annoying?: Edgar Ramírez is..

How does he keep getting work by the way, I mean he's soooo bad?: he's kinda handsome, I guess?

He kinda looks like a bearded John Mayer doesn't he?: yeah maybe that's it.

Bad writing?: Well duh

Wait, Sharlto Copley is in it?: oh yeah, almost forgot, he doesn't get much to do

Is his character at least an important part of the story?: No that's just it, not at all, there is absolutely no reason at all for him to be there!

Overly long?: overly long!

Gratuitous sex scenes?: whadda you think?

Will I enjoy myself if I expect nothing and completely turn my brain of?: I did!

Is that a redeeming quality?: I guess not ..

Caused a permanent eye sore. Bad writing and stupid plots. Doesn't qualify to be produced.

I am not entirely sure why there is such extreme negative criticism of this film. It is a well made film based on a graphic novel that is in a style of classic American crime and action films with a dystopia police state future. It reminds me of films like Shoot 'Em Up, Crank, Death Race, and Children of Men. It is great to see studios putting effort and budget into adapting non family friendly graphic novels.

People really need to realize that giving such harsh reviews unnecessarily to films adapted from graphic novels will only discourage studios from adapting more comic books/graphic novels into film.

Aside from a few slow moments in the film it is actually a decent crime action film that's well shot, well acted, and you can tell they took it seriously. Also Michael Pitt was great in this film and feel he was the stand out actor in his role.

I've read a lot of negative reviews based on police brutality and riots being in the film which is the dumbest excuse to give a film negative reviews. So you're telling me that the people who started making this film years ago were trying to make a film that was what, mocking our current state of the country?! Good movie, don't over think things and just enjoy a cheasy action movie.

Who cares what happens to anybody in this film? No story, just a bunch of scenes where the stars say random lines to try and sound profound. How did anyone in good faith ever hand real money(not monopoly) to someone for making this utter drivel.

I liked it, good, but it doesn't have to be that long, a good script, plot and performances, action, ingenious, nothing sublime, but entertaining, good...

All is in the title. This is a typical american action movie, not the best out there but nothing justifies that people are rating it 1 or 2... It's an average 6-7 according to me. There is a lot of action and the story is quite good, plus that fear of some kind of "big brother" government is still an actual thing. There is no reason not to listen to that one if you're just based on bad reviews.

Netflix has blessed (or "blessed") us with yet another crime blockbuster, this time one directed by Olivier Megaton ("Transporter 3", "Taken 2", "Colombiana"), who's no stranger to action movies. The critical acclaim has never been real high for him, and, sadly, "The Last Days of American Crime" is within the same ballpark as all his movies before. Personally, this is my least favorite chapter in his filmography.

In a not-too-distant future, as they put it, U.S. government is a week away from activating a signal that will make it impossible for people to go against the law, any and all law. It will do so via brain rape, just try lifting a gun or shoplifting a snickers and you'll freeze and shake uncontrollably. You probably can hear the sarcasm and irony already, so yes, I did not enjoy this movie a lot. Besides that particular interesting and far-fetched idea, it's a highly conventional and thoroughly mildly frustrating crime flick romp, featuring plot and characters based off ancient blueprints. Some characters are no more than a mere sketch, like the one given to the guy I was excited to see the most, Sharlto Copley. His storyline went down the mill and down the hill. First half an hour is mostly pure and simple exposition, and the action doesn't even change gears until 70 minutes into already. There's all the usual romance and subplots, all of which end up just about where You expect them. The melodrama at play here really ticks all the most typical and overused boxes. Movie's real enemy, though, is its runtime. It is way too long for its own good, way too long and featuring way too little, clocking in at 2 hours and 20 minutes & that's not counting titles. A story of this depth and this quality usually deserves maybe a 100 minutes, maybe, and even then it still is what it is. At the very least, I was expecting a good heist factor. Everything leads up to it, only for me to understand that it's the wackiest, most unexciting heist movie ever. Frankly, the heist plot and even the crime-stopping-signal plot matter very little in the big picture of "The Last Days of American Crime". They say the graphic novel this movie's based on, is great and all. I don't know about that, but the adaptation certainly isn't great.

The Positives? Acting. No award material on the horizon, but decent portrayals of dry characters, with the highlight probably being Anna Brewster and Michael Pitt, though Pitt's character is not easy to like. Next positive would be big budget. Movie looks arguably good, though still, by all means, it's undoubtedly an uninspired blockbuster. Crisp, contrastive cinematography, sometimes overkilled in editing, we also got explosions, raging guns, crashes and whatnot. The typical drivel, it just happens to be well made here. And original score, soundtrack - also decent. For a big part, the movie is pretty macho, many male characters are like that, boys, and if there's one truth in this world, it's that boys will be boys. The original score, being rocky and bluesy, went hand in hand with that. As for the soundtrack, it reminded of "Sucide Squad", because it had good songs, but no good reason to use them whatsoever. "The Last Days of American Crime" ended with Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" - kind of a waste on a two-bit cliché ending like this one.

It's a movie of no originality, but it's not exactly bad at being a well made conventional crime thriller, I mean as conventional as it gets, despite its sci-fi-ish backdrop. It shoots itself in all the rest proverbial knees by making itself a 2 and a half hour experience, major mistake there. Regardless of the runtime, but even more because of it, I don't recommend watching this brick of a movie. My rating: 5/10.