American Heist Page #2

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
583 Views


we don't make small business

loans anymore.

All right.

Well, what the hell do you guys do'!

You know what'! Never mind,

all right'! I'm sorry.

It's just your Johnny-on-the-spot

with those overdraft fees.

Yo!

I can't believe this place

is still in business, man. Come here.

Yo, let me get another Jamison's. Two.

Two, for me and my brother.

My brother, huh'!

How you been, Jimmy'!

It's James now, all right?

People don't call me Jimmy no more.

Okay, James.

You all grown up now'!

Look, I know you're upset.

You got a right to be.

It's just, I figured all this time, you know'!

Yeah? What did you figure, Frankie?

What did you figure, man?

You'd come back and what?

I went to jail, Frankie.

Bro, you got off easy with

16 months. I did 10 years.

Every day I was in there

every f***ing day, Jimmy,

I thought about you, man.

I'm sorry, man.

I want to make amends.

- It's not so easy, Frankie.

- I know, I know.

I know.

Jimmy, I'm so proud of you,

bro, really.

I'm proud of you.

You're a f***ing good-looking kid.

I mean, I don't know who Mom f***ed,

but you lucked out.

You know how much

I bragged about you, man'!

Every f***ing cat in D block knew about

you blowing up these al-Oaeda niggas, man.

Everybody, dude.

You know what kind of street cred I got...

for having a brother

who knows how to blow sh*t up? Come on.

- The world forgets fast, Frankie.

- So we'll make 'em remember.

I got a solution.

You got a solution.

Frankie, I've changed, all right'!

- Jimmy, I've changed.

- Yeah, you've changed.

Yeah, I've done a lot of soul searching.

Really, I'm like--

I'm like" I'm like Buddha and sh*t.

Believe me,

I've had time to think. Okay'!

A lot of suckers in there, man.

That ain't us.

Okay? I'm gonna make things right.

We just got a bad hand.

Yeah, you think so?

Jimmy...

I know two guys, right'!

They're good guys.

They looked out for me in the joint.

They really did.

Yeah, what about 'em?

We all want the same things.

To overcome the obstacles.

Frankie, I'm not doing nothing shady.

You call real estate shady?

- Real estate?

- Yeah.

What, you get yourself a f***ing real

estate license when you werein the pen'!

I ain't trying to be a f***ing agent, bro.

I ain't a f***ing agent. I'm a boss,

you know what I'm saying?

A boss. Legit. Calling the shots,

cashing the checks.

- What, hollering, what'!

- In that cheap suit?

F*** you, bro. F*** you, man.

Yeah, well, f*** you, bro.

Come on, man. I want to look out for you.

Like the old days.

Me and you against the world,

remember?

Let's go ip some houses, bro.

I got the hook-up, man.

They're giving'em away.

- We fix and ip, fix and ip. It's easy.

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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