Platinum Pictures presents The Last Heist available on streaming platforms from 14th November 2022.
Synopsis
Six months after a bank job gone sideways, four criminals reunite to split the proceeds of the heist. Before they all go their separate ways, the crew need to make sense of the mess and figure out what went wrong. When the stakes are this high is there really honour amongst thieves, and how far will this four go to protect each other, especially if the main threat seems to come from within the group?
The Last Heist is inspired by true stories, real events and real people (with the names changed to protect the not-so-innocent). The Last Heist is a witty, gritty, thrilling insight into the real south London criminal underworld – a look at real villains’ psyche and ongoing volatile relationships.
The Last Heist is directed by Coz Greenop and stars Terry Stone, Michael Head, Rachel Warren, Emily Wyatt, Ricky London, Sam Gittins, & Perry Benson.
Review
I’m a big fan of gritty British gangster films, for example the Rise of The Footsoldier films are up in my top favourite films, so when a new title pop ups it always peaks my interest but you do seem to fall into the trap of a basic copy and paste in terms of storyline or in some cases the lack of.
The Last Heist starts off pretty much like any other British heist film with the planning of one final hurrah before they seperate the money and all go their separate ways, a relatively easy plan to gt the safety deposit box that belonged to Slips’ father Mick (Perry Benson) with him leaving instructions where to find this box and it’s contents before he past. The story of the film all centres around a mixed group of career criminals meeting up in their regular drinking hole. In a bit of a different take on the traditional gangster flick we see the highlights of the bungled heist in the form of flashbacks as the gang disect the plan and how it all “went west”. The gang, fronted up by Waldorf (Terry Stone) and Slips (Michael Head) bring the gang to task as the fingers begin to point around the table as the blame shifts from one to another. The film isn’t all grit a there are plenty of comedic moments with The Fisherman (Daniel O’Reilly aka Dapper Laughs) adding the comedy to the tense meeting in slick fashion.
The film shows a different side of gang life as rather than showing the usual glamorous living and gun weilding warfare, The Last Heist an almost shows more of a behind the scenes view as you get to see what goes on when the guns stop shooting and the lights go down.
Coz Greenop expertly directs a different style of storytelling from the much covered London underworld, I enjoyed the different pace with how the film flowed I normally love the big car chases and brash swagger that comes with most British gang films, The Last Heist has taken that concept and injected and different twist in a very clever way. Stand out performances from Terry Stone and Daniel O’Reilly really make the film an enjoyable watch.
Verdict
I was pleasantly surprised with The Last Heist, I was expecting the usually gritty British gangster flick (which I would’ve been happy with) but instead I got a film that was gritty but laced with raw passion and emotion with a huge twist at the end that completely changed the concept of the film, a definite recommendation from me.
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