The most striking thing one might note about Crime Spree is just how it manages to make so much look bad while adding up to so little.
Crime Spree
It was supposed to be an easy job.
2003 · 1h 38m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Brad Mirman
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Crime Spree
Overview
An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.
Director and cast
- Brad Mirman Director
- Gérard Depardieu as Daniel Foray
- Harvey Keitel as Frankie Zammeti
- Johnny Hallyday as Marcel Burot
- Renaud as Zéro
- Saïd Taghmaoui as Sami
- Stéphane Freiss as Julien Labesse
- Shawn Lawrence as Agent Pogue
- Albert Dray as Raymond Gayet
- Joanne Kelly as Sophie Nicols
- Richard Bohringer as Bastaldi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Funny? Not quite. Thrilling. Not really. So what's the point?
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