Plastic (2014) - Rotten Tomatoes

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Far-fetched, frantically overstuffed, and unfunny, Plastic seems to use its title as a goal as much as a description. Read critic reviews

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Sebastian de Souza as Rafa and Will Poulter as Fordy in "Plastic."

Will Poulter as Fordy and Ed Speleers as Sam in "Plastic."

(L-R) Alfie Allen as Yatesey, Will Poulter as Fordy and Sebastian De Souza as Rafa in "Plastic."

Emma Rigby as Frankie and Ed Speleers as Sam in "Plastic."

Emma Rigby as Frankie and Ed Speleers as Sam in "Plastic."

Alfie Allen as Yatesey in "Plastic."

A scene from "Plastic."

Thomas Kretschmann as Marcel in "Plastic."

Ed Speleers as Sam in "Plastic."

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Ed Speleers as Sam in "Plastic."

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Will Poulter as Fordy in "Plastic."

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Movie Info

A credit-card thief (Ed Speleers) and his gang inadvertently steal from a sadistic gangster and must find a way to repay 10 times the stolen amount.

Rating:

R (Some Drug Use|Sexuality/Nudity|Language Throughout|Strong Violence)
Genre:

comedy, drama, adventure, action
Original Language:

English
Director:

Julian Gilbey
Producer:

Chris Howard, Frank Mannion
Writer:

Julian Gilbey, Will Gilbey, Chris Howard
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 26, 2014 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 26, 2014
Runtime:

1h 42m
Production Co:

Gateway Films

Cast & Crew

Ed Speleers
Sam

Will Poulter
Fordy

Alfie Allen
Yatesey

Sebastian de Souza
Rafa

Emma Rigby
Frankie

Thomas Kretschmann
Marcel

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Critic Reviews for Plastic

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (25)

The title says it all in this cheap, laborious junior heist thriller from British B-movie journeyman Julian Gilbey.

September 28, 2014 | Full Review…

Guy Lodge
Variety
As mindless entertainment goes, it's a pretty watchable time-passer.

September 26, 2014 | Full Review…

Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
A frothy little heist movie from Britain that starts off with great promise, only to devolve midway into an empty derivative shell of a film.

September 26, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Tirdad Derakhshani
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's hard to escape the sense that "Plastic" is itself a cheap knockoff, but the point is not to look too closely.

September 25, 2014 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
For a film with shootouts, heists, and high-speed chases, Julian Gilbey's Plastic is a strangely lifeless affair.

September 23, 2014 | Full Review…

Zachary Wigon
Village Voice
All champagne and strippers, conspicuous consumption and witless machismo, Plastic is a contemporary British heist movie that already feels dated, as if it were made before the bubble burst on Guy Ritchie's comic book gangster voyeurism.

September 22, 2014 | Full Review…

Stephen Dalton
Hollywood Reporter
The core foursome are also grossly underwritten and any injection of energy isn't sustained for long enough to raise the pulse.

March 21, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Amon Warmann
CineVue
Plastic isn't an instant classic mainly because of its visual style, sometimes more in touch with an electronic music video than a film. [Full review in Spanish]

January 29, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Alberto Acuña
Cinema Movil
A good dose of suspense and action that shows us a different side of the british mafia. [Full review in Spanish]

January 28, 2016 | Full Review…

Juan Hernández
Cine 140
Not just a boring film, but also one that objectifies all its female cast with unnecessary nudity. [Full review in Spanish]

January 21, 2016 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…

Sofía Ochoa Rodríguez
En Filme
The teen version of Ocean's Eleven if you turn your brain off. [Full review in Spanish]

January 21, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Mabel Salinas
Cine Premiere
A wholly derivative, uninspired heist caper that isn't worth your investment.

October 1, 2014 | Rating: 1/10 | Full Review…

Jeffrey Lyles
Lyles' Movie Files

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