I've been using the term "underrated" in a lot of my reviews. Of course this is a subjective term. I think The Last Heist is an underrated bank robbery movie. Others clearly disagree if you search out the rating on most any movie site.

In order to help people know if they would like this movie, it's a low budget project with moments of sub par acting, but an amazing performance by Henry Rollin and some really great action shots and tense moments. If you love low budget action movies, look no further. I enjoy the gritty feel of this movie. Not every scene is a perfect shot with perfect dialog that they did 20 takes. This movie has a real "we are over budget so 1/2 takes per scene and no potty breaks" feeling. Some of the writing is a bit iffy too with how the police handle the bank robbery and the gunplay in general. There's a few wtf moments. I don't usually get scared by movie characters, but Henry Rollin's character is fucking frightening. The way he talks to people, the muscles in his face, his angry and contemptuous looks. You get the feeling from this character that it takes all his concentration and sheer force of will not to kill everyone that he bumps into. You can almost hear the wacky thoughts inside the serial killers head just from his physical performance. If you are a sucker for realism in movie writing, reading this review alone will probably make you enraged. A good example is the bank robber putting his mask on after he gets out of the van. It makes you wonder who is at fault, the director, the writers or both. Maybe the budget is to blame, although there are some really common sense stuff they should have done differently. Or maybe ... are the robbers SUPPOSED to be stupid? It's a bit confusing. Other times they act professional. To me, the main focus of this movie is the cinematography. The color is balanced well, the shots are professional, the scenes move quickly ... it's borderline artistic. It's easy to get lost in each shot and sort of forgive the shotty writing and acting. Above is an example of the HORRIBLE writing in this movie. I think the writers were going for dry humor? They failed. Also some of the actors and actresses in this movie are ... bad. They just aren't pronouncing their lines correctly. They could have have a bit more direction from the director maybe. Any time there is lots of dialog in this movie it is amateur hour. It's either over or under acted. The eyeball reveal in this movie is great. Henry Rollin's character [Bernard] is at the safety deposit box with the guard. He asks for privacy and the guard says he has to wait with him. Bernard hesitates for a second and you think he is going to slip something into his pocket or something. Then a gunshot goes off. When the guard runs out Bernard opens the safe and there are a ton of jars with human eyeballs. It's a great fake out and plot twist.

Coincidences in movies trigger me. #triggered.

The worst scene in this movie is when one of the robbers unmasks because he recognizes his brother. There are so many things wrong with this scene:

Why would he unmask in front of multiple civilian witnesses.
He said "you weren't supposed to be here today." Why would he not tell people his brother worked there.
Why would protocol even change because his brother was there, especially if no one knew.

This scene is a real lame attempt at a moment of drama. It reminds me of a scene from Spiderman but REALLY bad and also oddly off script for this movie. I half expected this robber to actually start crying. Very off putting. Very bad acting. The robbers brother is a bad actor with a capital B. Amateur porn level acting. After he says "whoa whoa whoa ... are you looking for me?" I expect him to pull off his pants and start wacking off. The line delivery is literally that bad. The only lines this guy should be saying is "Welcome to Starbucks how may I help you?" The fight scenes and gore are actually pretty realistic in this movie. You really feel like Bernard is killing people. When he slashes someones leg, it really looks like a bunch of blood is pouring out. They also did a good job filming the combat. The camera angles are professional and these scenes seem realistic, not forced. There is one major shootout in the movie and its horrible. Starwars level shootout where the characters never get shot. The Cgi is horrible and they are just standing in one spot shooting at each other. It reminds me of a scene from a spoof movie. **The makeup is excellent on this Grandma death scene.**It really looks like she is missing her eyes. Gnarley. Finally some realisticacting. She doesn't move or breathe. It's a pretty freaky scene because she really looks dead. John J York does a great job playing the Dod agent who is really working for the cartel. Playing a good guy gone evil isn't easy, but John j York pulls it off. The character is a good addition to the third act. John J York is an underrated actor. Bernard gives a great speech at the end of the movie about how god told him how the eye is the window to the soul and he needs to harvest souls. It's the typical babble of a serial killer psycho, but it's delivered like Bernard actually believes himself and it's very creepy. Great horror movie type dialog.