The Wrecking Crew
The Wrecking Crew
R | 21 March 2000 (USA)
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A high-level government hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.

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Chris Haskell

Just wanted to point that out. Albert Pyun is no Orson Welles, but by the time he made 'The Wrecking Crew' he had already made 28 full length films. 28 ... this was not the work of a High School student who had some friends that got together and made a movie about some crazy stuff about guns and drugs and hip-hop. This would be impressive actually if it had been made by a High School student, both in the fact that Ice-T and Snoop Dogg were available and that a 16 year old was able to get the budget together to finish the project.Albert Pyun was 47 when this came out, however, and had been working in Hollywood for 28 years. This is inexcusable.Why is it bad? Art is subjective, right? One person's trash is another's treasure, right? I completely agree with that sentiment, but I don't know my belief in art has ever been stretched to this point.Rating: 2/40

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masselass

I really don't know what to say. I can start with telling you that I have seen it 3 times... that is actually 4 times to many.. but it gets better every time.The thought that gets me through the film is that: "He was serious when he made it". If I hadn't known that I would'a compared it to snakes on a plane. Not good, but they didn't try that hard. But, sadly thats not the deal here. This is crap from A to Z.. and I love it!In the background you can hear Ice-T. I'll bet you they have just put his record on replay and let it spin until the end of the movie.. NO cutting what so ever.But still, a film you SHOULD see.. I ordered it from the US to Norway because it was so poorly made the I first saw it... And I had to check if it was true.. it was.Horrible filming, writing, music, acting, cutting, editing and everything. But still.. I'll give it a 8!

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rylojr1977

(PS - this an IRONIC review)I found this in the bargain bucket of a Liverpool city centre store, and couldn't resist spending a measly quid on it.There is no discernible plot to it, The "acting" is laughable and the relentlessly epileptic editing style is straight out of an 80's "Yo MTV Raps" programme.Yet.......Watch it with a group of "inebriated" friends and you will be blown away......The monologues are way better than anything Tarantino has penned (check the QUOTES section) and the level of awfulness on display is awesome!!!It's the kind of film that most people will use as a place-mat on their coffee table, which the director and cast would probably take as a compliment!!As unintentional comedies go, this takes some topping........It'll be interesting many years from now to see whether Snoop & Ice-T leave this one one their respective film CV's...........

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peroyvindjohnsen

Considering the fact that the DVD only cost me around 2dollars I didn't exactly have my hopes up for something extraordinary. But, I decided to hope for the best: maybe it wasn't that bad a movie despite it's ridiculous price. Hell – Snoop Dogg is in the main role – at least it looks like that since he is so very much present on the cover. How wrong I was. They should have paid me for watching this crap.First of all, this is not per definition a film: It's shot on video, not film. The first impression you get is that this is something shot on a really crappy camera, probably bought second hand on Ebay. Locations? The nearest factory around the block.Secondly, Snoop Dogg doesn't have a role in the movie at all. You see him for like 30 seconds in the beginning. He is sitting still facing the camera and saying some stuff that has nothing to do with the rest of the plot – if there is any. It seems like they have used stock footage of some interview of him talking about his music and then pretended like it was actually made specifically for this movie. What a ripoff! How about the rest of the actors? Well, Ice Cube makes a lousy performance with monotone gangster dialog the whole movie trough. This is also the case with the rest of the crew. One of the themes in the movie is dope, and in one scene one of them tastes the stuff to see if it is any good. It is, and I truly believe it's real. How else can you explain the exceptionally lousy performances? This also explains the low-budget-feel you get from watching the movie: They spent the whole budget on drugs. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.If you are gonna pick just one word to explain the whole movie it has to be "random". Everything about it is: The lighting changes disturbingly each time they change angles. The soundtrack doesn't follow the pictures either, it's just boring rap playing in the background all the time. And so it goes.I see a lot of movies, and I've seen many bad ones. I've even seen the one that is officially the worst one of them all, "Plan 9 From Outer Space". Whoever makes these lists have some updating to do. This is unquestionably and without doubt the worst movie EVER. Ed Wood is Spielberg compared to Albert Pyun.Heed my warning: do not watch this movie. If you do (god help you) you gotta have a VCR with a good fast-forward function. This makes the movie a little more bearable. But just a little.I do wish I could write more about this movie, but considering my mental health I do not dare to. I can feel my brain rotting just thinking about the movie. However: every movie deserves a catchphrase. Thinking about one my brain wanders to "Apocalypse Now" and Kurtz lying in his deathbed saying "The Horror…!!! The Horror…!!!"

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