Starring: Reed Birney, Sheree J. Wilson, Brion James, Paul J. Smith, Louise Lasser, Bruce Campbell, Edward R. Pressman
Certificate: PG
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Awards: None
Crimewave is Sam Raimi's whacky comedy made between Evil Dead and its sequel. Its story consists of a nerdy security guard (Birney) trying to get the girl of his dreams (Wilson). However, due to an assassination plot, two murderous rodent exterminators get involved as things start to get silly.Raimi's effects have always been a bit weird. In the Evil Dead series and Darkman, they give the films a charm that makes you want to see more of the same style. Crimewave, on the other hand, is a mess. It seems that it is supposed to be a mess, but that doesn't make it any better. Cackling, cartoonish villains, boring love story and all but a few unfunny lines makes this a particularly bad film.
There are some good bits. Bruce Campbell makes a great little character, while the stylisation of film noir is done superbly.
It's surprising how the film turned out considering the talent behind the story. Raimi collaborated with the Coen brothers for the script and it's shocking how bad it is. This is by far the worst Raimi film I have seen so far. Very disappointing.
**Pretty Bad
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