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Crimewave [Blu-ray]

Louise Lasser (Actor), Paul L. Smith (Actor), Sam Raimi (Director) Rated:
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4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 272 ratings
IMDb5.6/10.0
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Genre Comedy, Action & Adventure
Format NTSC, Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Anamorphic, Widescreen
Contributor Sam Raimi, Louise Lasser, Paul L. Smith, Edward R. Pressman, Sheree J. Wilson, Brion James, Bruce Campbell See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 23 minutes
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For almost 20 years, Shout! Factory has redefined what it means to be an entertainment company for fans, by fans. Through its beginnings lovingly releasing and reviving beloved cult films and classic TV series, Shout! cultivated an uncanny ability to rediscover great content and applied these skills to producing and distributing fan-driven new releases that set the bar for independent entertainment. Shout! Factory's extensive experience in a diverse array of genres has led to the launch of several well-respected properties, including Shout! Studios, Scream Factory, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Shout Kids, Shout Select and the streaming service Shout! Factory TV. Capitalizing on both traditional and emerging digital platforms, Shout! Factory is a media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture.

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In a slapstick spoof of hit men and crime stories, the head of a security systems company is bumped off by two gonzo exterminators who have gone from stomping out pesky varmints to stomping out human targets. The exterminators go after the partner who hired them and his blatantly obnoxious wife (Louise Lasser) and, in the meantime, frame a poor security guard (Reed Birney) for the murder of the company boss.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 13988
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Sam Raimi
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Anamorphic, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 23 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 14, 2013
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Louise Lasser, Paul L. Smith, Brion James, Sheree J. Wilson, Edward R. Pressman
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Shout Factory
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BCMT1I2
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
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    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 272 ratings

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Action Jackson
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a "DIRECTOR'S CUT" of a classic.
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2013
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Here's something you should know about the new release of Sam Raimi's CRIMEWAVE, folks:

As Far as I know, and according to Bruce Campbell's commentary, this film was never actually (or at least widely) released in movie theaters. We all caught up with this on tape and on cable, back in the 1980s. I still have my VHS copy, which I've watched at least 20-30 times over the years, it being one of my very favorite Raimi Movies. I'm the guy who can literally quote chapter and verse from the dialogue. You need to now this about me, because today I ran the SHOUT! FACTORY Buy-ray edition for the first time (a thing of real beauty!), and it turns out this is sourced from a print that is actually more than SIX MINUTES longer than the version I've known and loved for so long. While not pointed out in the packaging, advertising, or even in Campbell's commentary, there are two scene extensions and one entire five minute sequence that were cut from the original release version, and appear here for the VERY FIRST TIME in darn-near 30 years. For die-hard fans, these scenes are as follows:

At 42:29, there is an additional bit of dialogue as Nancy complains about her bad night with Vic, just before she's hit with the mud.

At 51:51, there is an entire additional scene that last almost five minutes, depicting Vic returning to the apartment and being "rejected" by Nancy, who he can't really see, because she's behind a door, bound and gaged by Arthur Coddish. Vic then walks out of her apartment, glum and rejected. It's actually a crucial missing bit in the film, kind of the turning point, in which Vic thinks he's been spurned by the girl of his dreams, but of course it's one big "bedroom farce-style" misunderstanding. In the original release cut (and also in this version), the deleted scene is later referenced on the bridge, just after the film's climax, when Vic says "I went in your room and thought you didn't care about me." I always wondered what he was talking about back in the day, because that scene NEVER HAPPENED in the original release version.

And, finally, at 1:11.04 . . . there is a final scene extension, just before Arthur Coddish is killed, when Vic tries to trick him before the overpass hits. I won't spoil it, but it's a pretty lame joke.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Seller
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2023
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Michael R. Tuohey
5.0 out of 5 stars Filmed in Detroit!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2021
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OK, this is a terrible movie in nearly every respect. A massive egg laid by an all star group that usually got things right. Ethan and Joel Cohen wrote it and Sam Raimi directed this stinker. Why do I give it 5 stars? This bomb needed to be dropped to make room for all the great stuff to come from the people involved. ALSO it was filmed largely in the now torn down Tuller Hotel in Detroit's Grand Circus Park! Some wonderful scenes shot in the hotel's ballroom!!
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Dean L. Kaufman
4.0 out of 5 stars Joel & Ethan Coen & Sam Raimi Team Up For Whacked-Out Comedy Farce Crimewave
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2016
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The XYZ Murders (aka Crimewave) is not a movie most people think of. I saw the movie years ago on some movie channel and was struck by the high levels of physical comedy in the movie. I recorded it on VHS but that tape hasn't been seen in years. I had a recent conversation with somebody who like s the movies of Joel & Ethan Coen. I started thinking of Crimewave again and decided to get my own DVD copy of it. When the copy arrived, it had asian writing (either Japanese or Chinese) on the cover. I thought I somehow got a copy of the movie from another country but the movie was intact in English. This movie was written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen & Sam Raimi, who directed it. The Coens went on to make Blood Simple and many more movies, usually with some reference to the name Hudsucker. Raimi, who could have just been known as horror film director for his Evil Dead movies, went on to do the Spiderman movies with Tobey McGuire. The plot of the movie is simplistic. Odengard and Trend run a security camera business. Odengard is selling his partner out to turn their business into a strip joint with a jerk & heel named Renaldo (Bruce Campbell). Trend accidentally finds out his partner's plans & hires an exterminating company run by two psychos to get revenge. Their only employee at their security company is Vic Ajax (Reed Birney), a nerd who will never get a girlfriend. Not only do these two whacky killers kill Odengard, but they accidentally kill Trend too. Trend's wife, Helene (Louise Lasser) witnesses all this from their apartment across the street. The killers have to silence her. Vic comes to the rescue of Renaldo's girlfriend played bySheree J. Wilson (Wlaker Texas Ranger). Before Vic knows it, he is rescuing a damsel in distress from two killers. The killers drive a van with a giant ugly rat on the top. Paul Smith (Popeye, Midnight Express) and Brion James play the killers. The acting in the movie at many times is way over the top. Actress Frances McDormand even has a cameo in the movie has a nun who has taken a vow of silence. The movie starts and ends at the Hudsucker State Penitentiary where Vic may soon be executed for all the deaths. The movie was released in 1985.
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Dr. Goon
5.0 out of 5 stars Long ago my childhood friend and I watched this as ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2017
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Long ago my childhood friend and I watched this as a VHS rental. I did not know who the Coen Brothers were. I did not know who Sam Raimi was. Years later I found a used VHS copy at a Blockbuster. I held on to it long after I no longer had a VHS player. While preparing for a recent move, I had to take a long look at my possessions. Why did I continue to hold on to this, as well as a few other VHS movies? Because I believed that they were not available on any other format. I was wrong. I had forgotten to look online!!
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Max Baire
5.0 out of 5 stars product was as advertised and a great restoration.
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2018
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Movie is so-so, product was as advertised and a great restoration.
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Alfonso López
3.0 out of 5 stars Ola de crímenes ola de risas
Reviewed in Spain on May 20, 2021
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Comedia rodada en los 80 por Sam Raimi.
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Sail Boat
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2014
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This movie was so goofy it left me in stiches.
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MR M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Lady, U ain't seen nothin......YET !!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2005
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I never tire of watching this brilliant comedy. It's about a businessman who hires a couple of rat exterminators to murder his business partner. This they pull off, but later they accidentally kill the man who hired them !! So they frame a hapless employee for the murder, played by Reed Birney.
It's totally over the top & wacky. And it's directed by Sam Raimi, who made the EVIL DEAD trilogy. Raimi's style of film making is bold & highly watchable. Just watch as Bruce Campbell blows a puff of cigarette smoke, & it turns into a curvy woman doing a dance !! This is laugh out loud stuff.
Feeling under the weather & fed up with the world ?? Then watch Crimewave. It's a great cure for depression !!!
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"charmedworld"
5.0 out of 5 stars geniales Frühwerk von Kult-Regisseur Raimy
Reviewed in Germany on November 18, 2002
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Sam Raimy, wer hat nich zumindest schon einmal von ihm gehört. Sein es die umstrittenenen TANZ DER TEUFEl Filme oder seine TV-Serien HERCULES / XENA oder sein jüngster Erfolg SPIDERMAN.
CRIME WAVE entstand in einer Zeit, in der er erste "Erfolge" mit Tanz der Teufel gesammelt hat. So fällt dann auch der Film aus. Rasante Schnitte, teilweise Cartonn-artige Figuren und eine so schwachsinnige Handlung, dass sie schon fast wieder genial ist. Natürlich darf in einem echten RAIMy auch sein Spezi BRUCE CAMPBELL nicht fehlen.
Sicher der Film ist kein Meilenstein der Filmgeschcihte, aber er sollte in keiner RAIMY Sammlung fehlen.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Silly, ambitious, imaginative but flawed movie.
Reviewed in Canada on June 3, 2013
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"Crimewave" is disowned by film director Sam Raimi (Evil Dead Trilogy, Spider Man Trilogy, A Simple Plan) due to cutting the movie way down, not having his original choice for film composer, Bruce Campbell not being the leading actor and not having his editor as well. "Crimewave" was a tough movie to shoot. Since it was his first Hollywood (Low Budget) Production. Still, "Crimewave" does have that independent feeling for most of the time. Written by the director and the Coen Brothers!

"Crimewave" has rather incoherent story that has flashes of dark comedy, style and romance. It is a tribute to 1940's film noir, although the story is set in 1983! The cast is good, Campbell is a hoot in his supporting role as a cheap womanizer. Since this movie was hard to find for years. In the last ten years or so... "Crimewave" has become an cult classic of sorts. It is still far from a perfect movie but it has plenty of Raimi's touches.

Blu-ray has an pretty good 1080P anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) transfer and an decent DTS 2.0 HD Mono Sound. Blu-ray includes commentary track by Bruce Campbell and moderated by Michael Felsher, three featurettes:interviews with the two cast members and Producer of the movie, photo gallery and the original theatrical trailer. DVD is included as well, but the sound on the DVD is Stereo! comparing to the Blu-ray!!!

"Crinewave" is pretty good movie, it has a lot of style, some heart but not much of a premise. It is a exercise in style. Grade:B+.
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