Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- frantic
- witty
- glossy
- action movie night
- heist movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film overstuffed, implausible, unfunny, and derivative despite its occasional value as undemanding entertainment.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The friends infiltrate a major credit card company as the operational basis for their criminal enterprise.
Sam, Fordy, Yatesey, and Rafa operate as a gang of friends attempting an audacious diamond heist.
The film foregrounds diamonds, champagne, spending, and criminal aspiration as markers of its heist lifestyle.
Critics specifically identify its contemporary British heist style as indebted to comic-book gangster cinema.
Films like Plastic, and why
Layer Cake
British crime caper with flashy criminal schemes, comic bravado, and Guy Ritchie-inspired machismo
RocknRolla
Fast-paced ensemble heist storytelling blending crime, comedy, swagger, and conspicuous criminal lifestyles
The Sweeney
True-crime-inflected British heist comedy centered on amateur criminals and escalating risk
Movie Details
- Director
- Julian Gilbey
- Release Date
- 2014-04-30
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (209)
Cast
- Ed Speleers
- Will Poulter
- Alfie Allen
- Sebastian de Souza
- Emma Rigby
- Thomas Kretschmann
- Graham McTavish
- Melise
- Mem Ferda
- Michael Bisping
Common questions
- What is Plastic about?
- A reckless group of friends turns credit-card fraud into an audacious diamond-heist scheme, with comic bravado and escalating criminal danger.
- What is Plastic like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Plastic as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Plastic violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Plastic as moderate.
- What did critics think of Plastic?
- Critics broadly found the film overstuffed, implausible, unfunny, and derivative despite its occasional value as undemanding entertainment.
- Which films are like Plastic?
- Films with a similar feel include Layer Cake, RocknRolla, and The Sweeney.
- How long is Plastic?
- Plastic runs 102 minutes.
