'The Last Days of American Crime': Release date, plot, cast, trailer and all you need to know about the Édgar Ramírez Netflix film

Directed by Oliver Megaton, the film is set in the future where there are plans to broadcast a signal that makes it virtually impossible for people to knowingly commit any form of crime
(Netflix)
(Netflix)

After 'Extraction' comes another crime thriller that's based on a graphic novel, 'The Last Days of American Crime.' Directed by Oliver Megaton, the film is set in the future and features plans to broadcast a signal that makes it virtually impossible for people to knowingly commit any form of crime. Here's what we know about the film so far. 

Release date

'The Last Days of American Crime' releases on June 5 on Netflix.

Plot

The official synopsis reads: "As a final response to terrorism and crime, the US government plans to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts. Graham Bricke (Édgar Ramírez), a career criminal who was never able to hit the big score, teams up with famous gangster progeny Kevin Cash (Michael Pitt) and black-market hacker Shelby Dupree (Anna Brewster) to commit the heist of the century and the last crime in American history before the signal goes off."

Cast

Édgar Ramírez as Graham Bricke

Édgar Ramírez (Getty Images)

Ramirez is best known for playing Carlos the Jackal in the French-German biopic series 'Carlos', a role that saw him win the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the César Awards 2011.  Ramirez has also starred in high-octane action flicks such as 'Bourne Ultimatum' and 'Zero Dark Thirty.'

Michael Pitt as Kevin Cash

Michael Pitt (Getty Images)

Pitt is known for 'Murder by Numbers' (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's 'The Dreamers' (2003). His other notable works include,  'Seven Psychopaths' (2012) and 'Ghost in the Shell' (2017).

Anna Brewster as Shelby Dupree

Anna Brewster (Getty Images)

Brewster is known for her role as Bazine Netal, a First Order spy in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.'

Director/Writer

Oliver Megaton helms 'The Last Days of American Crime'. Jesse Berger, Jason Michael Berman and Barry Levine serve as producers. The thriller is based on 'The Last Days of American Crime', a graphic novel by Rick Remender.

Trailer



 

The two-minute trailer features enough action and violence. It opens with a monologue that states, "The World is in Chaos." Crime and unlawful acts rule the streets and a signal that jams people from committing crimes. The rest of the clip sees the trio of Bricke, Cash and Dupree commit one heck of a heist. The question is will they?

News 

The film is produced by Radical Studios along with Mandalay Pictures. According to Collider, Radical previously produced the 2013 Tom Cruise movie 'Oblivion', as well as the 2014 movie 'Hercules' starring Dwayne Johnson

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