Crime Spree Movie Review 2003

After bungling a Paris heist, Daniel (Depardieu), Julien (Freiss), and Raymond (Dray) are sent by their boss, Laurent (Bohringer), to Chicago for a diamond heist. Joined by Marcel (Hallyday), Zero (Renaud), and Sami (Taghmaoui), the group manages to rob the wrong house--that of Chicago hood Frankie Zammeti (Keitel). Frankie has been staked out by the FBI, who want an audio cassette the French hoods have also taken, which incriminates his boss Giancarlo (Vigoda). Equal opportunity stereotypes abound with the bad guys--French, Italian, Latino, and blacks--but this aging buddy cast is so self-confident that they can carry this caper a long way. English and some French with subtitles.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.
Originally from Canadian, British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Disorganized Crime, Chicago, Buddies, Heists, Paris, Organized Crime, FBI

Screenplay

Brad Mirman

Cast

Gerard Depardieu, Johnny Hallyday, Renaud, Harvey Keitel, Richard Bohringer, Said Taghmaoui, Stephane Freiss, Albert Dray, Abe Vigoda

Cinematography

Derek Rogers

Director

Brad Mirman

Music

Rupert Gregson-Williams