Crime Spree (2003)

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

Director:

Brad Mirman

Writer:

Brad Mirman

Stars:

Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Hallyday

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

men's room | french | mafia | street gang | fbi | 

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Taglines:

It was supposed to be an easy job.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Hannibal Pictures Official site

Country:

UK Canada

Language:

English French

Release Date:

16 April 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

Wanted

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

GFT Entertainment,Studio Eight Productions,Vision View Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Another in-joke: When the thieves want to take aliases to protect their identities, Marcel insists on being called "Elvis". That's because Johnny Hallyday, who plays Marcel, is known as the "Elvis of France".

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Goofs

In the first restaurant scene in Chicago, a Canada Post truck can clearly be seen through the window.

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Quotes

Zammeti: They were all French guys.
Joey: French Guys? You mean like French from France?
Zammeti: Yeah, French guys from France!

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Crazy Credits

Outtakes run during the end credits.

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Connections

References The Godfather (1972)

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Soundtracks

Alone
Written by Steele Crosswhite & Andy York
Performed by Silvercrush
Courtesy of Redline Entertainment Inc.
By Arrangement with Position Soundtrack Services

User Reviews

Hilarious-- but also quite dark

All they needed was Jean Reno. Depardieu, Hallyday, Renaud, Taghmaoui and the lesser known, Freiss and Dray make up a gang of complete screw-ups who are set up to take a fall and wind up robbing Keitel, always great as a mafioso, and get involved in every kind of mess-up imaginable. The ending is charming and remindful of the ending in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Although the film is quite violent, and liberally sparkled with gallows humor, it comes off incredibly well as a dark comedy. Depardieu does well with comedy and his chemistry with the rest of the bunch is superb in all their antics.

If you haven't seen it, do. If you have, rent it again. I had to, in order to pick up on some of the laughs I missed while guffawing the first time around. Even if you don't speak French, the subtitles are cleverly apt and capture most of the witty dialogue among these veteran French actors.