Angry white commodities traders cross paths with ghetto gangsters in the culture clash drama Krews. It’s a decent concept but the result is a stage-bound, un-involving film lacking drama, suspense, or interest. Told through the eyes of hi-tech con artist Henry (Geraghty) who, as the film opens, lands in Los Angeles from Krakow and meets up with his hot-head British trading partner Peter (Jonathan Cake) who loses his cool when he learns of Henry’s inept rubles trading (!). This plot is quickly abandoned when a botched car-jacking, followed by a shoot-out with the police, forces these two white-collar criminals to take refuge in the home of the two black drug-dealing thugs that accosted them. Over the course of one evening, their very different worlds collide and not all will survive.
Thanks to a well-staged opening action sequence, Krews briefly feels like it’s going to a winner, but Joshua Leibner...
Thanks to a well-staged opening action sequence, Krews briefly feels like it’s going to a winner, but Joshua Leibner...
- 11/12/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The film is called Krews, written and directed by Hilbert Hakim, and stars Brian Geraghty, Jonathan Cake, Faune Chambers, Sam Jones III, and Charles Malik Whitfield.
Synopsis reads: A botched car-jacking forces two white-collar criminals to take refuge in the home of the thugs that accosted them. Over the course of one explosive, unpredictable night, worlds collide, fortunes shift, lives are cast aside and the most unsuspecting of heroes walks away with a multimillion dollar score.
It’s played a handful of film festivals, including Urban World, and will be available on Netflix on November 1, via Artisan Entertainment.
Watch its trailer below:...
Synopsis reads: A botched car-jacking forces two white-collar criminals to take refuge in the home of the thugs that accosted them. Over the course of one explosive, unpredictable night, worlds collide, fortunes shift, lives are cast aside and the most unsuspecting of heroes walks away with a multimillion dollar score.
It’s played a handful of film festivals, including Urban World, and will be available on Netflix on November 1, via Artisan Entertainment.
Watch its trailer below:...
- 10/22/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
I’m a little tied up at the moment, so I didn’t take the time to really dig through this list, and comment on each entry; though, regular readers of this blog should immediately recognize a number of the titles, as we’ve featured a few of them on Shadow And Act, whether individual profiles, or mentioned in previous film festival schedules, or both.
I’ll highlight any relevant titles that we haven’t already, in later posts. For now… See below for the Urbanworld Film Festival 2010 feature film screening roster (Kerry Washington will be this year’s festival Ambassador by the way):
Opening Night Selection:
“Night Catches Us,” Tanya Hamilton
Closing Night Selection:
“I Will Follow,” Ava DuVernay
Narrative Feature Competition:
“Bilal’s Stand,” Sultan Sharrief
“Callback,” Kartik Singh
“Everyday Black Man,” Carmen Madden
“Go For It!,” Carmen Marron
“Krews,” Hilbert Hakim
“Money Matters,” Ryan Richmond
“Mooz-Lum,...
I’ll highlight any relevant titles that we haven’t already, in later posts. For now… See below for the Urbanworld Film Festival 2010 feature film screening roster (Kerry Washington will be this year’s festival Ambassador by the way):
Opening Night Selection:
“Night Catches Us,” Tanya Hamilton
Closing Night Selection:
“I Will Follow,” Ava DuVernay
Narrative Feature Competition:
“Bilal’s Stand,” Sultan Sharrief
“Callback,” Kartik Singh
“Everyday Black Man,” Carmen Madden
“Go For It!,” Carmen Marron
“Krews,” Hilbert Hakim
“Money Matters,” Ryan Richmond
“Mooz-Lum,...
- 8/25/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Trevor Morris, the composer of the scores for The Hills Have Eyes II and the upcoming Krews, has been hired to score The Boy in the Box, an independent feature directed by Anders Anderson. The story is about a detective who works on a case where the remains of a young boy are found in a box buried for fifty years. Josh Lucas, Jon Hamm, Jimmy Bennet and Rhona Mitra star in the film, which is Anderson's feature film helming debut.
- 12/16/2008
- by noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
- MovieScore Magazine
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