The Crew Review by B Movie Ben (2.5 Stars)

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Steal of the Day

National Lampoon's Vacation:20th Ann Ed./National Lampoon's European Vac DV
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Directed By
Michael Dinner

Written By:
Barry Fanaro

Cast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, Seymour Cassel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jennifer Tilly, Lainie Kazan, Miguel Sandoval, Jeremy Piven, Casey Siemaszko, Jeremy Ratchford, Mike Moroff, Jose Zuniga, Louis Lombardi, Matt Borlenghi, Billy Jayne Young

The Crew (2001)

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Movie Review by B Movie Ben

August 9th, 2007

I just wanted to see Christa Campbell

Pepper Lowenstein (Lainie Kazan): You torched my house?
Mike "The Brick" Donatelli (Dan Hedaya): We had to make it look like an accident.
Pepper Lowenstein: Oh my God! That house was going to be featured in Better Home & Gardens.
Bobby Bartellemeo (Richard Dreyfuss): Well, you can still be in Gardens.

Sometimes we watch movies for the strangest reasons; at least I do. I tuned into this movie about a bunch of aging mobsters for one reason - and it wasn't to see Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya, or Seymour Cassel, who played some aging mobsters trying to stop the development of their South Beach hotel.

I do have to say that the mob needs a retirement plan, as it is pitiful seeing old wise guys flipping burgers or dancing with old widows for $3.50 an hour.

The mobsters came up against the Columbian mob led by Miguel Sandoval when they accidentally whacked his father. They didn't really, but that part of the humor in this film.

It was nice to see Jennifer Tilly and Carrie Ann Moss, and Jeremy Piven as a sleazy mob-connected detective that was always trying to hit on Moss, but they are not the reason I tuned in either.

This story has been done before in different ways with different characters. There was nothing especially funny about this version or the actors involved.

So, why did I watch it? I wanted to see Christa Campbell (The Wicker Man, Lonely Hearts, Mosart and the Whale), who was on the screen for maybe five seconds. I could have waited for next month's Playboy, or October's Scars, or the release of Death by Engagement, but I just couldn't wait. It wasn't worth the five seconds.

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