Not good genes? Sydney Sweeney's Western flick, Americana, took a hit a the box office with poor ticket sales after her controversial American Eagle campaign.

"Americana," co-starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sydney Sweeney and Halsey, opens in theaters Friday, Aug. 15. INDIANAPOLIS — A modern-day noir Western unfolds in writer/director Tony Tost's feature film debut called "Americana."

There are plenty of opportunities for Americana to fall into crime-movie cutesiness, but its cast and Western bona fides keep it fun.