American Heist Page #3

Synopsis: James (Hayden Christensen) owes his life to his older brother, Frankie (Adrien Brody) after taking the rap for a crime they committed together. While Frankie served time, James worked to turn his life around, got a steady job and began courting his former girlfriend Emily (Jordana Brewster). Now, Frankie is released and back on the streets with no money and no place to go. He turns to his underworld connections (Akon) and convinces James to join him in hopes that one last job will be the solution to change both their lives.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Sarik Andreasyan
Production: Lionsgate
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
23
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
R
Year:
2014
94 min
673 Views


generation needs a revolution, Jimmy.

The American Dream is just that...

just a f***ing dream.

Deep. Sh*t, that's deep.

Frankie, go start the car

and tum on the AC.

It's too hot in this city.

It's nice out, bro.

Jimmy, man. Come on.

I'll be in touch.

Get some sleep, Jimmy.

But no sleepwalking.

Any problems you cause

will he very had for your brother.

Aw, Frankie.

You f***ing motherf***er.

You f***er.

You motherf***er.

Jimmy. Ah, Jimmy.

Come on, you done calling dinosaurs?

That's disgusting, man.

- You all right?

- Yeah, I'm good.

Sug. What's up, Sug?

Oh, sh*t, look. They got all

this whip cream and sh*t.

Yo, House. Come here, man.

This is my brother, James.

He's driving and blowing sh*t up.

Don't f*** this up.

- You need to eat something, dude.

- What?

Nothing. Nothing.

That's like House's crew.

He's cool, he's cool.

I don't talk to them too much.

Yeah, they're cool.

- Fellas, what's up'!

- Oh, sh*t. You remember Spoonie?

- From back in the day.

- We used to play ball together, man.

- Yo, Spoonie, from the Bywater..

- Boys, gather 'round.

What's up, man'! What's up?

War is a continuation of politics,

only by other means.

Politics is a continuation

of economics by other means.

This is our hank.

This is our war.

And this is our plan of attack.

We need to create a staged distraction.

James will jack four cars

and blow 'em up all over

Central Business

District to draw out the cops.

As we enter,

Frankie will secure the guard

and disable the cameras.

Spoon will take out the hostages.

Sugar and I will grab the manager

and go for the vault.

Our window of opportunity is five minutes

after the vault unlocks automatically...

according to our source

back at the warehouse.

No risk he'll squeal.

Nevertheless, James will be

on police scanner in the van.

And, James, we'll need a

nondescript getaway van.

Weapons and ammo on you, House.

We all clear?

Yo, it's a good plan, man.

- It's a f***ing stupid plan.

- Jimmy, come on, man.

We each break out with like

half a mil, man, come on.

Jimmy, I need this. We both need this.

We get our life back on track.

Erase all those lost years.

I was on track, Frankie.

All right, now get lost.

Jimmy, come on, man.

Don't do this. Don't do this!

- Frankie, get the f*** out of my way.

- We need this, man. You can't walk.

- Get the f*** out of my way.

- Come on, man. Jimmy, please.

Look, you know what'!

If you're gonna rob a bank, Frankie...

you f***ing go in, you empty the tills,

then you run out, you f***ing drive like f***.

Nobody actually goes for the vault.

That's just in the f***ing movies, bro.

Yeah, but we got the codes, bro.

We got the schedule to the time release.

- That's f***ing huge.

- They f***ing killed a guy for it!

- What the f*** doesn't register with you'!

- I know that's bad, man. That's f***ing bad.

- It is f***ing bad!

- Yeah, but what can I do'!

What can I do about it now, man?

They'll f***ing kill you, bro.

They'll f***ing kill you.

They'll kill me, man.

They'll even kill Emily.

How the f*** do they

even know about Emily?

What'!

Yo, how the f*** do they

even know about Emily, huh'!

- I don't know.

- Do they even f***ing know about her'!

- I may have said something about you guys.

- What the f*** did you say'!

When I was in the joint,

I may have talked about you and Emily.

- Why the f*** are you talking about us'!

- I was so happy for you.

Man, there's no love in there.

I was happy for you guys. I'm sorry.

- F***!

- Look, man, there's no way out, man.

This guy, Ray, he's like f***ing--

he's like f***ing Manson.

Why the f*** do you buy into his sh*t, huh'!

You don't know what it's like

being in there with the lifers. I f***ing--

It's brutal, man.

These guys-he saved me. I owe him.

Yeah, you owe him'!

Yeah, so what?

You just gonna be his little b*tch now'!

- What did you say?

- You gonna be his f***ing little b*tch now'!

- Don't you f***ing talk--

- Just a f***ing little clown!

- Don't you f***ing say that to me!

- A little f***ing juggling clown.

You don't know what

I've making been through!

You don't know what I've been through!

You don't know! You don't f***ing know,

man. They f***ed me--

F***ing took my swagger, Jimmy!

They took my swagger!

F***ing robbed me from me, man.

They making broke me, bro.

You don't know sh*t.

You don't know what I've been through.

You don't know what

I've making lived through.

These motherfuckers...

What happened, bro?

Tell me what happened.

What the f*** happened to you?

I want my f***ing bro back, all right'!

They f***ed me, man.

They're f***ed, Jimmy.

You don't know sh*t, man.

You don't know f***ing sh*t, man!

They f***ed me in the ass

with toothpaste, man!

They f***ed me in the ass with toothpaste!

Bro, you don't know f***ing sh*t!

- All right? They f***ed me.

- They what'!

This guy f***ing saved me!

These guys f***ing saved me.

I'd making he done, bro.

I swear to God, man.

I swear to God, listen to me.

They know we're only in it for a one time deal.

They're cool with that. Okay'!

Tuesday night, we bounce. Okay'!

We good, man. I promise you, Jimmy.

I promise you.

We don't have to do anything like this again.

You won't have to do anything like this.

Man, we don't have we're gonna

We don't have to be like Mom!

We can have f***ing options.

We can have f***ing options!

I'm gonna get you your own shop!

You won't have to see me anymore.

You don't have to see me.

You just gotta trust me, Jimmy.

You gotta trust me, man.

It's not so easy, bro.

It's not so easy, Frankie.

Hey, I know it's stressful.

But what in life isn't'!

Thought you could use a cold drink.

Hey, thanks.

I think it's gonna rain all week.

Hey, would you mind?

There's a ratchet over there on the table.

- Could you pass it to me'!

- Ratchet?

Yeah, it might be in the toolbox, actually.

I don't know what a ratchet looks like.

You know what actually?

You wanna come over here

for a second and give me a hand?

- Yeah, what do you need?

- If you could hold that right there.

- Okay.

- And just keep that good and tight.

- Here?

- Yeah. You got it'!

Yeah, got it.

- Yeah, just like that.

- Okay.

Right in here.

I'm gonna tighten this up.

- And there she goes.

- Got it?

- I got it. All right, thanks.

- You're welcome.

Even the rain's hot tonight.

Heard some crazy stories about

you while you were away.

Oh, yeah? Like what'!

We went to school

with some bitter people.

You mean stories like

I went to prison after Iraq?

Yeah.

So...

Sq?

They said the same thing about Frankie.

Yeah, well, don't listen to 'em.

Who should I listen to'!

Look, Frankie and I went traveling.

He stayed on, I came home.

That's it, end of story.

Okay.

So, what happened to your car'!

I had to lend it to my brother.

Frankie's back in town.

Yeah. Yeah, he is.

Driving a car without a key.

You see, I went down to my work

this morning to grab a leaner and...

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