DVD Movie Rating for: The Crew

3 out of 5 stars

Movie Plot of: The Crew

Four former made men (Reynolds, Cassell, Dreyfuss, and Hedaya), struggling to get by in a rundown Miami hotel, come up with a plot to drive out all of the young tenants that are slowly taking over the beach-front hotel and driving up their rent. Taking a man that was found dead on the beach, they arrange what appears to a mob hit and provide a note that says more killings are to occur. Unfortunately the old man they use turns out to be the senile father of a druglord. The druglord declares war on the killers of his father, thinking it was an action of his enemies. A stripper (Jennifer Tilly) learns of the old men's involvement and threatens to squeal on them unless they kill her step-mother (Lanie Kazan). Meanwhile, the one man (Dreyfuss) searches for his long lost daughter, who to no one's surprise, turns out to to be the investigating police officer (Carrie Anne Moss). And she is trying to divest herself from her crumb fellow officer & former boyfriend (Jeremy Piven). If you think that all of this is a bit much for a short movie, you certainly are right. Contains profanity, urination, violence, and other gross out humor. It should also be noted that the only way the group arrives at any ideas is when Reynold's character is hit in the head on repeated occasions and nearly dies...

DVD Production Details of: The Crew

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds

Director: Michael Dinner

Format: Color, Closed-captioned

Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment

DVD Release Date: July 1, 2003

DVD Easter Eggs

None

Cast of the movie: The Crew

• Richard Dreyfuss .... Bobby Bartellemeo/Narrator
• Burt Reynolds.... Joey 'Bats' Pistella
• Dan Hedaya .... Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli
• Seymour Cassel .... Tony 'Mouth' Donato
• Carrie-Anne Moss .... Detective Olivia Neal
• Jennifer Tilly .... Ferris 'aka Maureen' Lowenstein
• Lainie Kazan .... Pepper Lowenstein
• Miguel Sandoval .... Raul Ventana, Drug Lord
• Jeremy Piven .... Det. Steve Menteer
• Casey Siemaszko .... Young Bobby Bartellemeo
• Matt Borlenghi .... Young Joey 'Bats' Pistella
• Billy Jayne .... Young Tony 'Mouth' Donato
• Jeremy Ratchford .... Young Mike 'The Brick' Donatelli
• Mike Moroff .... Jorge
• José Zúñiga .... Escobar

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Reviews of the movie: The Crew

Call them "Grumpy Old Goodfellas," old mobsters who trade in their rods for a retirement home. Fast-talking Richard Dreyfuss is the nominal leader of the quartet of retired Jersey wiseguys, and thick-headed softy Dan Hedaya, silver-haired lady's man Seymour Cassel, and Burt Reynolds, an enforcer with a pacemaker, round out the group. When their Florida apartment house threatens to go condo with young, upscale tenants, they flex their creaky muscles and scare off investors with a devious bit of mob theatrics. Their success spirals out of control, and soon they're up to their toupees in blackmail, murder for hire, a homicide investigation by a cop who just may be Dreyfuss's character's long-lost daughter (Carrie-Anne Moss), and a mob war with a Hispanic drug lord. Jennifer Tilly costars as a scheming stripper, and Lainie Kazan is terrific as a brassy widow.

The script, by Kingpin cowriter Barry Fanaro, flirts with leering sexual humor and outrageous gags while turning unrepentant killers into a cute and cuddly bunch of snappy-dressing codgers. Leave it to director Michael Dinner to transform that into a warm, sweet, good-natured film that explores the way the aged lose dignity in their later years and celebrates the strength of four guys who draw on their skills, their courage, and their spirit to take their dignity back

This film could be a tv movie,its budget, script, and acting; I've seen better made for tv movies then this one. It not bad, but I would rent it, there is a few laughs. I was happy I went on cheap night, this movie is not worth $8.50 times 2 when I head out. In defence this movie is not bad either, the movies story did not make me drift off and the cast played a very entertaining role, and I even laughed a couple of times.