The Rise

    The Rise
    2012

    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

    Recommendations

    • 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.