Synopsis
A young man recently released from prison recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who is responsible for his incarceration.
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Cast
- Luke TreadawayHarvey
- Timothy SpallD I West
- Matthew LewisDodd
- Iwan RheonDempsey
- Neil MaskellSteven Roper
- Vanessa KirbyNicola
- Gerard KearnsCharlie
- Lewis RainerPC Nixon
- Brad MooreSgt Kendon
- Gary CargillScouse
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Wasteland is a deconstructed heist film that eschews the genre’s usual quick cutting and gritty visuals in favor of a quieter, more intimate approach. While it doesn’t exactly reinvent the wheel, it does offer a distinct way of watching it spin, with a young, fresh-faced cast to help bring it to life. - 70
Village Voice
Athale has a flair for guy-pal banter; here, the talk is funny and profane, silly and profound, often in the same breath. - 70
The New York Times
To borrow from a term for the gritty, working-class British dramas that this film also nods to, it’s a kitchen-sink caper. - 50
Variety
It’s an overlong Northern British heist caper with a wildly uneven tone and a needlessly scrambled narrative, but it suggests a higher intelligence beneath, waiting to flower down the road. - 50
Slant Magazine
At heart a heist movie, snappy and dry in its humor, clever in its elaborate robbery scheme, and somewhat bloated and unspooled in its storytelling. - 50
The Dissolve
Wasteland reveals itself as little more than a bloodless plot engine, but it purrs and hums under the ultra-slick chassis. - 50
Los Angeles Times
The frustrating thing about the British heist flick Wasteland is how it creates two admirably entertaining storytelling strands — one a friendship saga, the other a robbery caper — yet can't merge the two successfully. - 50
The Playlist
Lethargic and not particularly invigorating or fresh, you can skip Wasteland and wait for the next Brit crime flick that will be following before long.