On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the 2005 drama Shadows in the Sun, starring Harvey Keitel and Joshua Jackson. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Written and directed by Brad Mirman, Shadows in the Sun has the following synopsis: Jeremy is a book editor in a London publishing company and is sent on a pointless mission, in Jeremy’s opinion, to a small town in Tuscany, Italy, to sign up Weldon, who hasn’t written anything in 20 years. He eventually finds him and gives him his pitch – getting nowhere. But at least he gets to meet his cute,...
Written and directed by Brad Mirman, Shadows in the Sun has the following synopsis: Jeremy is a book editor in a London publishing company and is sent on a pointless mission, in Jeremy’s opinion, to a small town in Tuscany, Italy, to sign up Weldon, who hasn’t written anything in 20 years. He eventually finds him and gives him his pitch – getting nowhere. But at least he gets to meet his cute,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Crime Spree
Studio Eight, GFT Entertainment
PARIS -- For his first time out as director, Brad Mirman has brought together an eclectic mix of actors, including two aging French rock stars, for an entertaining heist movie that keeps audiences guessing until the end. Daniel Foray (Gerard Depardieu) is a bungling thief who is sent with his accomplices (Johnny Hallyday, Renaud, Said Taghmaoui and Albert Dray) to Chicago to pull off a jewelry theft. The robbery goes wrong, and the five find themselves at the mercy of Mafia boss Frankie Zammeti (Harvey Keitel), the FBI and a Latino street gang.
Such a stellar cast demands a script to match. For the most part, Mirman succeeds. The characters are well-drawn, if somewhat cliched, and action scenes have a built-in momentum. Comparisons to Quentin Tarantino leap to mind, especially with Keitel in the role of mob thug. There also is Tarantino's use of popular music to accompany scenes of violence. But "Crime Spree" lacks the underlying menace of "Reservoir Dogs" or "Pulp Fiction". Also, Mirman prefers to turn the camera away when the coup de grace is delivered.
"Crime Spree" has its lighter moments based on the interplay between the main characters. To his credit, Mirman only slips into cultural stereotype once -- a scene where one of the French accomplices tries in vain to order wine in a diner while Depardieu, Hallyday and the rest mug away endlessly to camera.
In familiar territory, Keitel excels as Frankie. Of the five main French actors, Taghmaoui stands out in the role of Sami. He manages to be funny, sharp and endearing. But all these actors would fare better if they were not forced by a clumsy plot device to speak to each other in English. Depardieu and his gang struggling to keep up with the fast dialogue the plot demands is not a memorable sight.
PARIS -- For his first time out as director, Brad Mirman has brought together an eclectic mix of actors, including two aging French rock stars, for an entertaining heist movie that keeps audiences guessing until the end. Daniel Foray (Gerard Depardieu) is a bungling thief who is sent with his accomplices (Johnny Hallyday, Renaud, Said Taghmaoui and Albert Dray) to Chicago to pull off a jewelry theft. The robbery goes wrong, and the five find themselves at the mercy of Mafia boss Frankie Zammeti (Harvey Keitel), the FBI and a Latino street gang.
Such a stellar cast demands a script to match. For the most part, Mirman succeeds. The characters are well-drawn, if somewhat cliched, and action scenes have a built-in momentum. Comparisons to Quentin Tarantino leap to mind, especially with Keitel in the role of mob thug. There also is Tarantino's use of popular music to accompany scenes of violence. But "Crime Spree" lacks the underlying menace of "Reservoir Dogs" or "Pulp Fiction". Also, Mirman prefers to turn the camera away when the coup de grace is delivered.
"Crime Spree" has its lighter moments based on the interplay between the main characters. To his credit, Mirman only slips into cultural stereotype once -- a scene where one of the French accomplices tries in vain to order wine in a diner while Depardieu, Hallyday and the rest mug away endlessly to camera.
In familiar territory, Keitel excels as Frankie. Of the five main French actors, Taghmaoui stands out in the role of Sami. He manages to be funny, sharp and endearing. But all these actors would fare better if they were not forced by a clumsy plot device to speak to each other in English. Depardieu and his gang struggling to keep up with the fast dialogue the plot demands is not a memorable sight.
- 5/9/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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