
Battered, bruised and under arrest, Harvey Miller (Luke Treadaway) sits in a police interview room facing interrogation. Clutching a stack of eyewitness statements, Detective Inspector West (Timothy Spall) has no doubt in Harvey's part in a foiled robbery, and his subsequent attempted murder of local businessman Steven Roper. Denying everything, Harvey agrees to tell his version of events in full. We take in his release from prison a month earlier, and the malevolent, unjust ... (Full plot summary below)
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Battered, bruised and under arrest, Harvey Miller (Luke Treadaway) sits in a police interview room facing interrogation. Clutching a stack of eyewitness statements, Detective Inspector West (Timothy Spall) has no doubt in Harvey's part in a foiled robbery, and his subsequent attempted murder of local businessman Steven Roper. Denying everything, Harvey agrees to tell his version of events in full. We take in his release from prison a month earlier, and the malevolent, unjust act that put him in there. We see his emotional reunion with his sibling-like best friends, and the immovable loyalty they have for one another. We see the rekindling of a lost love, a second chance for two people meant for each other. We see the ingenious planning of the ill-fated robbery, the amazing twist, the shocking outcome and the real driving force behind it - retribution. What unfolds is an exhilarating, moving and hilarious story of loyalty, jealousy, friendship, revenge and the pursuit of happiness.
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| Film.comLaremy LegelA British heist movie that's well deserving of an American audience. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterThe sarcastic banter and male chemistry between Treadaway, an outstanding Iwan Rheon, Gerard Kearns and Matthew Lewis provide as much pleasure as the mechanics of the twisted revenge plot. |
| The PlaylistKevin JagernauthLethargic and not particularly invigorating or fresh, you can skip Wasteland and wait for the next Brit crime flick that will be following before long. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonSmooth, accomplished British crime indie tweaks clichés of the genre in a marvelously satisfying way. |
| Total FilmMatt GlasbyThe final act's too cocky by half, but otherwise this is canny, characterful stuff. |
| Empire MagazineSimon CrookIt may not be immune to the odd Brit thriller cliché, but this is an assured, stylish heist thriller from the debut filmmaker. |
| NewcityRay PrideWe're decades past the Kitchen Sink school, this kitchen's sunk. |
| New York TimesMiriam BaleTo borrow from a term for the gritty, working-class British dramas that this film also nods to, it's a kitchen-sink caper. |
| Village VoiceChuck WilsonAthale has a flair for guy-pal banter; here, the talk is funny and profane, silly and profound, often in the same breath. |
| VarietyAndrew BarkerAn 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. |