Besides the fact that they have a terrible pair of matching tattoos, there’s not much in common between the two brothers who drive the plot of American Heist, 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. Indeed, it’s hard to see this first English-language feature from Armenian-born producer-director Sarik Andreasyan finding much traction on the big screen, although stars Adrien Brody and Hayden Christensen could help push it into VOD/DVD markets looking for some easily sellable genre fare. Otherwise, this heist is pretty much a bust.
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