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The Last Days of American Crime

by Rick Remender
Greg Tocchini & Alex Maleev (illus.). Image. Sept. 2017. 184p. ISBN 9781534304376. pap. $17.99; ebk. ISBN 9781632155849. CRIME FICTION
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In the not-too-distant future, the U.S. government has responded to a rise in crime and terrorist activity by creating an exclusively digital currency and broadcasting a signal that will totally eradicate willfully illegal activity. Graham Brick is a career criminal determined to make one big life-changing score before it's too late. When the team of thieves he assembles to assist in what may well be the last heist in history betray him, things get messy, and most of that chaos consists of blood and chunks of brain. Author Remender (Tokyo Ghost) is the reigning king of edgy, high-concept sf, and this gritty crime thriller is the leanest and most brutal vision he's unleashed yet. A somewhat dim color palette sometimes muddies Tocchini's (Uncanny X-Force) stylish, sensual illustration, but his storytelling is second to none.
VERDICT While slightly less fully realized than Remender and Tocchini's earlier collaboration, Low, this vicious dystopian noir puts a fascinating spin on the done-to-death crime caper genre.
Reviewed by Tom Batten , Dec 01, 2017
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