Crossover (2006)

User Rating:

1.7/10   

Director:

Preston A. Whitmore II

Writer (WGA):

Preston A. Whitmore II (written by)

Release Date:

1 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sport

Tagline:

Play by your own rules.

Plot:

A naturally talented basketball player, Noah Cruise is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to UCLA pre-med...

Plot Keywords:

Basketball | Critically Bashed | African American | TV Commercial | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Anthony Mackie	...	Tech
Wesley Jonathan	...	Noah Cruise
Eva Pigford	...	Vanessa
Wayne Brady	...	Vaughn
Little JJ	...	Up
Philip Champion	...	Jewelz
Alecia Jai Fears	...	Eboni (as Alecia Fears)
Kristen Wilson	...	Nikki
William L. Johnson	...	Aub (as William Johnson)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ele Bardha	...	Uniformed Officer
Gavin J. Behrman	...	Director (as Gavin Behrman)
Shelli Boone	...	Shelli
Linda Boston	...	Shirley
Marvin Collins	...	Stretch
James Cowans	...	Referee
Allan Cunningham	...	Carl
Dave Daniels	...	Basketball Fan
Rian English	...	Girl
Tondy Gallant	...	Makeup Artist
Dana Gamarra	...	Security Officer
Nicholas Harvell	...	2nd Assistant Director
Loretta Higgins	...	Professor
Julia Ho	...	Waitress
Michael Kimbrew	...	Look
Michael Lamone Bivins	...	Heart Attack (as Michael Bivens)
Kristine Mansour	...	Clerk
Jason Martin	...	Double A
Allen Payne	...	Kemp
Margaret Scott	...	Ma'Dere
Marcello Thedford	...	Big Man
Tamer Werfali	...	Angelo (as Tamer Alwer Falli)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and some language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #42132)

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Company:

360 Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When Vaughn and his girlfriend were talking at his club, plates are on the table. When they got up from the table, the plates are gone.

Quotes:

Tech: 100 singles looks like a lot more than it is

Movie Connections:

References King's Ransom (2005)

Soundtrack:

All of Me

Holy crap, I can't believe this movie even made it to theaters!

This movie was easily the absolute worst movie I have seen in a long, long time. Wayne Brady, what are you doing? You are funny! I saw you on "Who's Line"! Why are you in this piece of crap movie? Seriously, I'm going to be objective here. The directing was cheesy and predictable, with stupid-looking segways of quickly blurring images of cheaply decorated sets. The production budget on this one was desperately trying to look much more expensive, which it failed at miserably. The lighting, make-up, and costumes all look as if I could have funded them myself. The overall look and quality of the film resembled that of a mid-80's Egyptian soap opera dubbed into French. (Either that or the Golden Girls.) Granted, the moves displayed by these self-proclaimed "street ballers" were quite impressive, but it comes of as an insult to the audience. It's as if the people who approved and funded the making of this movie said to themselves, "All we have to do is put a few shots of street balling and it doesn't matter how cheap we make the rest of the movie because it has a built in audience." Heres some advice, invest in a good writer, better casting, better directing, and production and maybe you'll begin to have a movie that borders on "not-awful." I couldn't stop laughing at how bad this movie was. I'm ashamed to have spent my hard earned $8.25 on this sad excuse for a major motion picture.