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Crash And Brun (2008) DVD Review
Crash And Brun (2008) DVD Credits:
Crash And Brun (2008) Directed by:
Russell Mulcahy
Crash And Brun (2008) Written by:
Frank Hannah, Jack Logiudice
Crash And Brun (2008) Cast:
Kevin Palladino, Michael Madsen
Crash And Brun (2008) Released by:
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Crash And Brun (2008) DVD Release Date:
12th May 2008
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Crash And Brun (2008) Synopsis:

Kevin returns home and must begin stealing cars in an effort to infiltrate a ruthless gang-leader.

Crash And Brun (2008) DVD Review:

Crash and Burn (listed as Crash ‘N Burn on www.imdb.com) is a story of gangsters, car theft and betrayal. Kevin (Erik Palladino, U571, Can’t Hardly Wait) has just returned to the Los Angeles area and is ready to get back into his old lifestyle of fast cars and adrenaline pumping situations. Kevin quickly gets back into the life when he reunites with boyhood friend and chop shop operator, Tommy.

In an effort to earn the respect and get into the good graces of Los Angeles’ most prolific stolen car mover, Vincent (Michael Madsen, Reservoir Dogs, Black Hawk Down), Kevin steals a cherry red Bentley, which he hands over, no strings attached. This gesture pleases Vincent, who immediately hires Kevin and Tommy to steal a laundry list of exotic cars by a deadline, but if they make it, they stand to make a great deal of money.

Kevin and Tommy begin to work on the list of cars with little trouble or repercussions through the aid of Kevin’s remarkably high tech gadgetry, including an iPod looking device that can unlock car door and disable alarms, and a magic ray gun that, when fired can fry any sort of electronic chip, including stopping a police car. As the duo make their way down the list, a rival gang begins to harass them for encroaching on their turf.

Soon, it is revealed that Kevin is actually an undercover agent for the FBI, recruited after he was arrested for car theft. He has been assigned to infiltrate Vincent’s organization the only way he knows how.

Crash and Burn comes across like a low budget knock off of Gone in 60 Seconds and any of a long list of undercover detective films. The plot is predictable and unimaginative. Kevin even has his version of Eleanor (the 1968 Mustang Shelby in Gone in 60 Seconds) in an elusive Cadillac Escalade. The prodigal hero returns after a few years to pick up the pieces of the lives of those he left behind. In order to achieve his objective the hero has to immerse himself in the life he had left. Crash and Burn culminates into the requisite shoot out scene like the show down at the OK Corral, where almost everyone walking on the wrong side of the law ends up killed. It is followed then by the “everyone learned their lesson” and can all have a big laugh.

Crash and Burn lacks originality on a technical level as well. The editing is cheesy, employing bad 70s split frame a la a grind house picture. Several of the scenes are blatant rip offs of other car related films as well, including the parking garage drift scene from Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and several from Redline and Driven. The only thing that the film actually has going for it, is a really nice collection of beautiful cars.

Crash and Burn is presented in widescreen and features a 5.1 stereo surround soundtrack.

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Crash And Brun (2008) DVD review written by: Andrew Mattson

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