Review of The Last Days of American Crime

By Dave B.

​Following terrorist attacks and rampant crime, the United States government unveils a new technology that incapacitates anyone who knowingly commits a crime. As the implementation of the technology draws near, a group of criminals plan a massive heist.

I’m not going to waste a lot of words on The Last Days of American Crime. It’s bad. It’s horrible. Outside of “Bokeh” it may be the worst movie that I’ve ever sat all of the way through. The sole thing that this movie has going for it is a mildly interesting premise. But I assure you, that premise is a trap to lure unwary viewers into over two hours of mind-numbing drudgery. 

​The plot is absurd. Even worse, it’s boring. Nothing that happens in the movie elicits even the slightest bit of emotional resonance. Random things happen. Random characters briefly get outsized roles without being introduced and then they are unceremoniously removed from the film. The dialogue is terrible. As in, you’ll spend the movie wishing everyone on screen would just shut the hell up. The performances are ridiculously bad, but there is no way that they could have been better considering the utterly inane script that the cast had to work with. Most annoyingly of all, the action scenes in the movie are uninteresting and unengaging. If you’re going to make a shoot-em-up heist movie, a bit of excitement would probably a good thing to have. Clearly, the makers of this film disagree.

In short, The Last Days of American Crime is a complete disaster in every way, with absolutely no redeeming qualities. I can’t believe that Netflix actually paid money for a movie that is lacking in every possible way. They owe the world an apology for letting this movie see the light of day. Don’t spend one iota of your time watching this travesty. 

Service: Netflix
Runtime: 189 Minutes
Rating: 1.5/10