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American Wasterland is a 2013 American sports drama film directed and co-written by Michael Oblowitz, produced by Nick Cassavetes and co-written by Caroline Riley. It stars Channing Tatum, Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Donowho, Taylor Cole, Ben Foster, Angie Stevenson, Toby Hemingway, Rumer Willis, Pete L. J. Dickson, Angela Sarafyan, and Danielle Alonso. The film was released in the United States on July 19, 2013.

Plot

In May 2000, seven friends; Tobias Winford (Channing Tatum), Jake Nicholas (Shia LaBeouf) Eliot Manson (Ryan Donowho), Beckett Jen (Taylor Cole), Jack Benson (Ben Foster), Stacy Janise (Angela Sarafyan), and Lisa "Lucky" Grilled (Rumer Willis), have finished University in Colorado. They make a promise to stay friends forever.

In January 2001, The six move to New York City, but are no longer friends: Tobias is now a professonal stake boarder; Jack is a motocross racer; Beckett is a staker as well, but Lucky works at a strip club; and Eliot works at NYPD. One day, Eliot makes a bust at Lucky's job and they end up in a fallout. Max is grounded by his dad Henry (David Thornton) for getting into a fight at school, although he sneaks out, and gets into trouble at a biker's club and Jack has to get him out. One biker, Angela Ltinsky (Angie Stevenson) takes a strong liking to Jack and invites him out for dinner while another Paige Malone (Danielle Nicole) befriends Max. To add adrenline to the six old friends, Max and Paige signs them up for the upcoming Sports event called "American Wasteland". Meanwhile, Beckett bumps into Tobias, but they make good terms, congratulating each other.

After dinner together, Jack and Angela soak in the hot tub together naked and end up having sex. The next day, Jack learns about Max and Paige signing up the six old friends in the American Wasteland tournament. The six end up in a fight. Max acquires the help of Chris "Graves" Timber (Toby Hemingway), a group therapist. Graves helps the five old friends reunite and make peace with each other.

In July, the six old friends compete in the first round of American Wasteland. At the celebration party, Max goes skinny-dipping with Paige and her friend Sally (Charity Shea) which leads to a three some. The six share their good lucks to each other. At the games, the six compete against each other, and Jake wins the tournament. In September, the events of 9/11 erupt and it is learned that Max and Graves were killed in the plane attack on the two towers.

In the post-credits, Jack and Angela are married and have a son named Maxwell Christopher Benson, named after Max and Graves.

Cast

  • Channing Tatum as Tobias Winford
  • Shia LaBeouf as Jake Nicholas
  • Ryan Donowho as Eliot Mansion
  • Taylor Cole as Beckett Jen
  • Ben Foster as Jack Benson
  • Angie Stevenson as Angela Ltinsky
  • Toby Hemingway as Chris "Graves" Timber
  • Rumer Willis as Lisa "Lucky" Grilled
  • Pete L. J. Dickson as Max Benson
  • Angela Sarafyan as Stacy Janise
  • Danielle Alonso (credit as Danielle Nicole) as Paige Malone
  • Dianna Camacho as Beckett's mother
  • Theodore E. Gildred III as Detective Marcus
  • Charity Shea as Sally Campbell
  • David Thornton as Henry Benson, Jack and Max's father

Reception

Box office

American Wasteland earned $10 million on it's opening week, finishing at #5 at the US box office. In it's second weekend, the film topped #1 earning $46 million. The film ended it's run with $105 million domestically.

Critical response

Rotten Tomatoes reported the film has a 55% based on 51 reviews. Metacritic reported a score of 48 out of 100.

Awards and nominations

American Wasteland was nominated at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Ben Foster and Angie Stevenson won the award categories for Best Buttock - Male & Female. Dickson, Nicole, and Shea were also nominated for the category. Taylor Cole and Shia LaBeouf were nominated for Best Kiss.

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 11, 2013. An extended "Unrated" cut was released on June 28. The Unrated cut features more nudity, and an extension of the hot tub scene between Jack and Angela.

Video game

A video game based on the film was released on February 12, 2013 on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game was developed by Envo Planet and published by Bethesda Softworks.

Soundtrack

American Wasteland
Various Artists
Released February 12, 2018
Recorded 2017

A soundtrack was released on February 12, 2013.

  1. "Over the Rainbow" - Eva Cassidy
  2. "" - Jennifer Lopez
  3. "" -

Quotes

Trivia

  • Film debut former pornstar Lela Star (Danielle Nicole Alonso).
  • Ben Foster and Angie Stevenson, who portray Jack Benson and Angela Ltinsky in the film, would later work together again on the CBS crime drama ATF: Montreal.
  • Despite his dislike of pornstars, Dickson was able to work well with Danielle Alonso.
  • The scene where Max sneaks out of his room, it has posters of Justin Timberlake and Beyonce. Ironically, Max's actor, Pete L. J. Dickson, is a fan of Timberlake and Beyonce as he has four of Timberlake's albums and two of Beyonce's albums.
  • Rated R for strong language, crude humor, sexual content, and nudity.
  • There is a reference to the 2006 crime drama Alpha Dog (another R-rated film starring Ben Foster): The threesome in the pool between Dickson, Sarafyan, and Shea's characters is a reference to the threesome pool scene between Anton Yelchin, Amanda Seyfried, and Amber Heard's characters Zack Mazursky, Julie Beckley, and Alma.

References

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