Crime Spree (2003)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Brad Mirman

Writer (WGA):

Brad Mirman (written by)

Release Date:

16 April 2003 (France)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

A side-splitting action comedy with a dream cast!

Plot:

A French gang of thieves flies over to Chicago for a one time job. However things seem to get out of hand soon.

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | French | Street Gang | FBI | Chicago T Shirt

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Daniel Foray
Harvey Keitel	...	Frankie Zammeti
Johnny Hallyday	...	Marcel Burot
Renaud	...	Zero
Saïd Taghmaoui	...	Sami
Stéphane Freiss	...	Julien Labesse
Shawn Lawrence	...	Agent Pogue
Albert Dray	...	Raymond Gayet
Joanne Kelly	...	Sophie Nicols
Richard Bohringer	...	Bastaldi
Abe Vigoda	...	Angelo Giancarlo
Gino Marrocco	...	Joey Two Tons
Sal Figliomeni	...	Nicky The Rake
Diego Chambers	...	Raphael
Carlos Diaz	...	Hector

Also Known As:

Wanted (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

Germany:98 min | Argentina:98 min | Spain:95 min (DVD edition)

Country:

France | USA | Canada | UK

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:12 | UK:15 (DVD) | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Spain:13 | Germany:16 | USA:R | Canada:14A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

GFT Entertainment

Trivia:

Marcel and Zero are respectively played by Johnny Hallyday and Renaud, two of the most famous French rock singers. In the scene where the two are fighting to decide which radio station they'll listen to, they each want to listen to their own song - Marcel wants to listen to some Johnny Hallyday, and Zero wants to listen to some Renaud.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Frankie Zammeti throws the spaghetti, the remaining spaghetti on the plate changes between shots.

Quotes:

Zero: Zero does not care about your life story.

Movie Connections:

Features "Judge Judy" (1996)

Soundtrack:

From My Heart

A slickly made and entertaining film

There had not been so much hype in France about this movie (which was surprising considering the people involved), so I walked into the theater with some sort of apprehension. Well, it was surprisingly good! Of course, not a masterpiece. The very realistic location and the black humor make you think immediately of Q. Tarantino's movies, so you could say that it's been done before, but if you take it for what it is (a copy), it's made with craft, not pretentious, not dumb, has a solid script and is extremely well played (hats off to Renaud and to Harvey Keitel, who's never been so hilarious). It mixes with ability the French and the American conceptions of entertainment, and it also includes a few memorable scenes - in fact, it contains all the ingredients of a potential cult movie. There are very worse ways to spend 2 hours.