''The Wrecking Crew'' is a 2000 American
crime drama film directed by
Albert Pyun
Albert Pyun (May 19, 1953 – November 26, 2022) was an American film director who made low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films.
The Independent Film Channel said that Pyun "has carved out a unique niche as a director of low-budge ...
and starring
Snoop Dogg
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,
Ice-T, and
Ernie Hudson Jr.
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Premise
A high-level government
hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.
Cast
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Ice-T as "Menace"
*
Ernie Hudson Jr.
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as Hakiem
*
T. J. Storm
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as Josef
* David Askew as "Sly"
* Tarsha Nicole Jones as News Reporter (Miss Jones)
*
Vincent Klyn as Juda
*
Romany Malco as "Chewy"
* Rob Ladesich as Captain
*
Snoop Dogg
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as "Dra-Man"
* Jahi J.J. Zuri as "Ceebo"
Production
The director,
Albert Pyun
Albert Pyun (May 19, 1953 – November 26, 2022) was an American film director who made low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films.
The Independent Film Channel said that Pyun "has carved out a unique niche as a director of low-budge ...
shot the film simultaneously with two other "urban" features, ''
Urban Menace
''Urban Menace'' is a 1999 American horror film directed by Albert Pyun and starring Snoop Dogg, Big Pun, Ice-T and Fat Joe.
Premise
After a Church (building), church burning in which a preacher and his family are killed, the preacher's insane g ...
'' and ''
Corrupt'', making sure his producers got the most out of their money as it was filmed in Eastern Europe on a
shoestring
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budget
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.
See also
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List of hood films
References
External links
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''The Wrecking Crew''at the Disobiki.
2000 films
Hood films
Films directed by Albert Pyun
2000 crime drama films
American crime drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
English-language crime drama films
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