Crossover Movie
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Play by your own rules.
A naturally talented basketball player, Noah Cruise is determined to become a doctor using his basketball scholarship to UCLA pre-med, rather than succumb to the lure of former sports agent Vaughn and go for the NBA. His best friend, the buddy that took the fall for him and did the time for an assault charge, Tech, also an outstanding basketball player, has less lofty ambitions: he wants to get his GED and win an underground street ball game against his arrogant rival, Jewelz. Their lives change drastically when they both fall in love with two local girls, Vanessa Lilly and Eboni Jackson, and take fateful trip out to L.A. together.
| Anthony Mackie | Tech |
| Wesley Jonathan | Noah Cruise |
| Eva Pigford | Vanessa |
| Wayne Brady | Vaughn |
| Little JJ | Up |
| Philip Champion | Jewelz |
| Alecia Jai Fears | Eboni |
| Kristen Wilson | Nikki |
| William L. Johnson | Aub |
| Ele Bardha | Uniformed Officer |
| Gavin J. Behrman | Director |
| Matthew Cieslinski | Medical Student |
| Marvin Collins | Stretch |
| James Cowans | Referee |
| Allan Cunningham | Carl |
| Preston A. Whitmore II |
1.70 out of 10 (6483 votes)
Visitor Reviews
FANTASTIC MOVIE with average acting
posted on 09 Jun 2009I just saw this movie with my 13 year old son and he said he loved it. I echo his sentiments. I came in thinking something totally different and came away wanting to go see again and I will. Every African American boy and especially their parents needs to see this movie. It is a great movie for the entire movie and definitely one you want in your DVD collection. It brings out every emotion in you. The two main male actors are great. They are seasoned actors but the two female actresses are good considering this is their first acting role. I thought they did it well but it isn't a Halle Berry performance.Great movie and so appropriate in this day and time. GO SEE IT TODAY!!
Way worse that all of these movies listed, by Miles
posted on 27 Feb 2009Bottoms Up Araf Going Overboard From Justin to Kelly Santa with Muscles Marci X Shanghai Surprise Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 I Accuse My Parents Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Track of the Moon Beast Laserblast The Incredible Melting Man Hobgoblins Thomas and the Magic Railroad Quest of the Delta Knights Primeval Hercules in New York American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt Daniel - Der Zauberer Ghoulies II The Horror of Party Beach The Hellcats Can't Stop the Music Thunderpants The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre The NeverEnding Story III Jaws: The Revenge Chopper Chicks in Zombietown BloodRayne Teen Wolf Too Orgy of the Dead Yusei oji Captain America The Foreigner Santa Claus Conquers the Martians Demon Island The Beast of Yucca Flats The Touch of Satan Rhinestone The Creeping Terror Uomo puma, L' Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Eegah The King and I Underclassman Ator l'invincibile 2 Werewolf Beginning of the End Kickboxer 2: The Road Back Little Man Rarely have Iseen a movie this bad. It is worse than worse; it is more torture thatn from Justin to Kelly. There is just something that makes it so bad. DO NOT GO SEE THIS FILM: IT SUCKS. Period. I would rather recommend these listed films that this film, it's is that bad, and these listedfilms I absolutely thought was abhorrent, so I really hope that I am getting through to you.0/10 no in fact, this film doesn't even deserve a zero -10/10
Hollywood's Just Trying To Keep Us Down........
posted on 21 Feb 2009You know, everybody claimed to hate this movie. Hey, Rotten Tomatoes even gave this film a 0%. But do not let these critics fool you. This movie has more than just streetball and Noah trying to get to medical school. The actors were great and the storyline has a positive overtone to it. The thing about Hollywood and its critics it seems, is that they never seem to want the world to support African-Americans or any other minority in the positive light. They always think that us staying in the hood shooting each other up and such is a "real" movie for us. If there's a minority-based movie out there that doesn't involve negativity like violence and such, they are going to criticize it and try to make it look wack so that people don't support films like this. It's messed up because I saw this movie today and I was literally the only one in the theater watching it.I'm sorry to bring up race, but that is what it seems like in this world nowadays. Don't listen to the critics. You can if you want, but see for yourself before you judge it.
is this a movie?
posted on 19 Feb 2009I don't know. I would not qualify it as one. Honestly, I am embarrassed to have seen this movie. It was not my choice, There was no legitimate plot line throughout the movie, except for the fact that there was some "underground" basketball league or something.Wayne Brady is way better than this, and the fact that he was in it was probably the only reason to not leave within the first 5 minutes.I think a better description of this would be garbage on film and not a movie. If you by some reason in hell had to see this movie, I suggest getting drunk or high, thats the only way you will make it through this crap.
Basketball is fun!!!!!
posted on 16 Jan 2009I love to watch basketball on television, and so I got more excited that there was a basketball movie like this!!!!! It's called "Crossover," and guess who is in that movie????? Why, Wayne Brady, of course!!!!! I remember him doing all of those "Greatest Hits" and the "Evening News Sports" dealies from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"!!!!! And now, he keeps his cool even further with this movie!!!!!Everything about this movie is awesome - the imagery, the storyline, the cool basketball moves, and, of course, the hip-hop rappin' soundtrack!!!!! This is such an excellent film!!!!! If I were you, I would totally give this, "Kazaam," and "You Got Served" a ten!!!!! THAT is how much I loved this film.10/10!!!!!
Cross Over should be CROSSED OUT
posted on 15 Dec 2008OK.. first of all Wayne Brady should be shot for doing so terrible! Johnathan Wesley should have had enough experience to do better than he did! I mean after all he did play "Sweetness" in Roll Bounce which was only a tad bit better! Eva The Winner from America's Next Top Model should definitely stick to modeling! Her acting was so bad, that it seems like she was joking! I guess winning an award for acting is out of the question! At least it is, based on this movie! LOL. The rest of the cast, I had never seen and hopefully I won't ever see again! This movies was awful! THe plot was weak!They all need to take more acting classes IMMEDIATELY! I barely made it through the movie! This movie should have been called CrossOUT!!!!
Crossover is Crossover
posted on 13 Dec 2008Do you like crossovers? Then do I have the movie for you! It is called Crossover. When I heard they were going to make a movie called Crossover I started practicing my crossover like everyday. When the movie came out I brought my rock to the theater and crossed-over all these dudes in line, it was hilarious. Then I crossed-over the popcorn dude. I got the Producer's Pick, you know, a hot dog and a large soda, then I crossed-over that too. Then in the theater this guy started talking on his cell phone, you know what I did… Yup! Crossover!!! Shut him up real good. EDITOR'S NOTE: The basketball scenes in Teen Wolf are better than the basketball scenes in Crossover. Crossover.
Far from the worst movie ever - FAR
posted on 09 Nov 2008Noah is a student trying to get into medical school on a basketball scholarship. However, neighborhood rivalry makes things more difficult than he originally thought and a somewhat shady sports agent taunts him with dreams of big money.For the record, I watched this movie because it is number 1 on the IMDb Bottom 100 list. This film seems to take more flak than anything Uwe Boll has done - his movies, also bashed, are higher rated but still in the Bottom 100 on IMDb. However, I tried to watch as if I had no knowledge of what others thought it just to form my own opinion free from intervention.The conclusion of my little experiment is the film is really not that bad. Is it stellar? No. But worst movie ever. No. Obviously Preston A. Whitmore II isn't Spike Lee or Scorsese and the film seems over edited, especially in the beginning with constant whooshes and sped up pans. Yes the script isn't a drama masterwork - it includes a pointless 'where are they now' narration/titles at the end, but that is probably more indicative of the film's budget rather than creative choice. Then the actors aren't world class, but who really cares? The story is consistent, remarkably free of profanity or other exploitation and stereotypical portrayal of inner-city life. It has, as another user wrote, "a positive overtone" while staying well clear of being preachy.As far as being worse than Uwe Boll is another thing. Boll makes mediocre made movies with no plot. This film is better than mediocre and has a decent well-intentioned plot to it, which essentially should lift it above anything like 'House of the Dead' or 'Alone in the Dark.' But maybe people are so hungry for sensation these days that they like awful sensation over decent, if not stellar, drama. If that sounds like a drug addiction to you, well you're right, because it is. --- 6/10Rated PG-13: minimal profanity and some sexual content
Streetball, Underground Money, Dreams, and Resolutions
posted on 05 Nov 2008CROSSOVER has style. Writer/director Preston A. Whitmore II makes up in visual technique and pacing what he lacks in a somewhat tired script, and simply sitting back and watching the movement for this viewer makes the movie worthwhile.The story details the mechanisms of the underground betting on streetball in Detroit - basketball teams that that serve as betting pawns for promoters. Caught up in the flashy court skills are two close friends - Tech (Anthony Mackie), who has a crime record and dreams of plying pro-ball for the NBA, and Noah Cruise (the very fine and hunky Wesley Jonathan) whose goal is to use his streetball earnings to enter college and medical school. The friends' big rival team is headed by Jewelz (actual ball player Phillip "Hot Sauce" Champion) and the betting setups between these two rival teams strikes the flame for the action that follows. Of course there is the requisite romantic interest (both for good and bad) brought to play by fine actors Alecia Jai Fears, Shelli Boone and Eva Pigford and in the end the story is more about friendship and trust and commitment than it is about winning.Whitmore elects to cut and splice his shots of the games like a DJ on a record spin and that aspect of the film is fascinating and creative. He also capitalizes on a fine chemistry that Anthony Mackie and Wesley Johnson generate. The plot is predictable and the story has been done before, but in the end the film satisfies because of the way it plays - and because of the choreography on the court! Grady Harp
Holy crap, I can't believe this movie even made it to theaters!
posted on 18 Oct 2008This movie was easily the absolute worst movie I have seen in a long, long time. Wayne Brady, what are you doing? You are funny! I saw you on "Who's Line"! Why are you in this piece of crap movie? Seriously, I'm going to be objective here. The directing was cheesy and predictable, with stupid-looking segways of quickly blurring images of cheaply decorated sets. The production budget on this one was desperately trying to look much more expensive, which it failed at miserably. The lighting, make-up, and costumes all look as if I could have funded them myself. The overall look and quality of the film resembled that of a mid-80's Egyptian soap opera dubbed into French. (Either that or the Golden Girls.) Granted, the moves displayed by these self-proclaimed "street ballers" were quite impressive, but it comes of as an insult to the audience. It's as if the people who approved and funded the making of this movie said to themselves, "All we have to do is put a few shots of street balling and it doesn't matter how cheap we make the rest of the movie because it has a built in audience." Heres some advice, invest in a good writer, better casting, better directing, and production and maybe you'll begin to have a movie that borders on "not-awful." I couldn't stop laughing at how bad this movie was. I'm ashamed to have spent my hard earned $8.25 on this sad excuse for a major motion picture.
You need to see this movie! Trust me.
posted on 12 Sep 2008Why? Because everybody in the entire world would be able to create a better movie than this. I saw this movie because comments on this site. I didn't believe my own eyes! A drunk monkey would surely have done a better job than the writers & actors in this movie.WATCH this movie and be AMAZED... Please do, i beg you! Actually i DARE you! Then you can say to yourself, "Hey, at least i will never watch anything this terrible again" And people... Try to avoid hitting yourself in the head, while watching it. I had a hard time doing that.
Don't believe review hype...
posted on 19 Aug 2008the dudes chattin crap, this is one of the most refreshing films I've seen lately. For once , why don't you look at the way the films been shot instead of all the build up behind it, or what you might see behind it , i mean, did you notice the slight hints of soft melody jazz in the scenes with less light, or where, he's talking to his mum bout food, how the music follows his words. Or How bout the way the light hits against the graffiti train, lettin you feel where you are, yet not close enough to actually get it, low budget, some of the best films are low budget man, unless you talking bout crappy thrills. This film was decent.Or how much the characters suited the parts, i guess it all bout how u see it right? makes u wanna play peace.
SO BAD IT'S GOOD!
posted on 01 Jul 2008My kidz and I enjoyed this dreadful exercise in predictability and bad acting for all the wrong reasons: We playfully wagered on what actors would say next (and I use that word "actors" very loosely). It's full of cliches of all kinds. We would rewind and laugh at the scenes containing Eva Pigford's unbelievably horrid acting (please, for God's sake, stick to simply being a model!). We'd pretend to be menaced and afraid by appearances of that definitive "hood" slickster, aka Wayne Brady ("New Jack City's" Nino Brown has got nothing on him!!!). And we were amused at how surprisingly weak the basketball scenes were. The on-the-court scenes contained lots of edits and cut-aways that marked staged shots. And for a movie about b'ball, the court scenes were extremely minimal and unexciting. On a serious note, please observe this theory of mine if you rent this film (for God's sake don't buy it): Sometimes, being surrounded by bad actors and faced with a bad script can even make a good actor bad. Case in point, Anthony Mackie. He's clearly got skills, but he had no business being in this foul of a film! This movie surely falls under the "So bad it's good" banner. If you rent it expecting anything else, you will surely be disappointed.
Good Clean Movie
posted on 29 May 2008This was a good movie because it had a positive message. The actors spoke proper English and the characters were portrayed in a positive way. It wasn't one of the "shoot em up" movies where there is a lot of negativity. You know the ones with a lot of cursing, drug use, violence and sexual content. Crossover was everything but that, that is why I enjoyed the movie so much. We need more movies like this for our young people today. This movie was about being loyal to your friends, love, greed and not being afraid to have dreams. For the people who think this wasn't a good movie, I think they were disappointed that it wasn't the "stereotypical" basketball movie. I would go to see this movie again.
Crapola (his is a spoiler people)
posted on 29 Feb 2008This movie was the worst movie I have ever seen. First off every single character is the most shallow, worst drawn out character I have ever seen. I've seen better acting in porno's!! The movie is BARELY about basketball. Instead there are 3 times in the movie where you actually see a freaking basketball! The rest of the movie is set at the mall. The two guys, Tech and Cruise are so stereotypical it was hard to believe that was actually written and partially directed by a black man. The story line is so bad it hurts. Cruise (who you never see in school or even reading) got some scholarship to "Cal U" and its dangerous for him to play street ball (Ooooo lets all get scared). What the hell.The worst part are the women. They have the worst one liners. "Is that true" "Its so big" "are you kidding" "is that for real . Yeah if you're going to put hood rats in your movie please don't let they say anything. The 'love story'is so unbelievable. Cruise and the better looking hood rat magically fall in love after he revels he wants to go to California and become a doctor. Less than 3 minutes later in the movie. (I think 3 days went by on screen) She's pregnant with his baby. He wants to marry her. HAHAHAHAHA. People in the movie started throwing things! (Come on now mister producer I did the math. It takes 2 weeks after sex for a women to have a baby. They were together around 3 days.)As for The ugly hood rat, she and Tech they get into an argument after tech realizes that he is a body double in a commercial and not the main man. (oh and his rival is the main man) Whatever. Then we find out that mister Dummy Tech that was the one that wanted to go to college. (WTF this dude couldn't add 125 plus 35 they're round numbers!) The plot thickens, Mister "thug" tech took a felony for Cruise, and that's the reason why Tech is so stupid and had to get his GED. (yeah so now apparently you get felony's for hitting white people and when you skip your senior year you can't add either).Eva reveals that she is a gold digger to Cruise and only wanted him because he was going to California. (who didn't see this coming) Cruise falls off his bike (the stunt work was horrible) and punctures a lung. (he didn't even hit the ground that hard) What the hell why does that even matter. NONE OF THIS CRAP DOES. Play some basketball why don't you and don't montage it.So in the end. Everyone breaks up. Eva (the pretty hood rat) is a ho who had a baby by the whole freaking block. And the two guys to to community college. WOW. Crapola.The acting is bad, the script is bad, there isn't much basketball, the film is low budget. Don't see it or if you want to see some crap at least sneak into the theater through the back door.
"Why this film is one of the worst movies ever?"
posted on 15 Jun 2009someone asked? Hmm... Where should I start? Well, let's start with the blueprint: screenplay.The dialogue was on-the-nose, predictable babbling about nothing. The jokes were even worse. The characters were less than one dimensional while accomplishing all sorts of inconsistencies, which attributed to outrageous behavior. I mean, at one point, the main character was just having a nervous breakdown for absolutely nothing, for the sake of drama. The plot was as believable as Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer. And even with the absurd plot, the writing failed to be original at all levels. I mean, we saw the same subplots done before in way more superior films like "White Men Can't Jump".The directing was Amateur night at the Apollo. He did nothing with the camera or the blocking of the actors to make me believe he has an ounce of talent in his body. And the shots were so flat and uninteresting. I hope they shot the movie on HD. I'd hate to think one can make film stock look so bad.The acting was the worst. Inappropriate and unjustified outbursts of anger, straight line readings off the page and so much wooden actions/reactions that it started to look like a smörgåsbord for termites.And the basketball playing was terrible, even from the actors who are known for basketball, like Hot Sauce. They made a big mistake trying to pass off Anthony Mackie as some ballplayer. He looked uncomfortable with the basketball every time he touched it. I had a hard time watching him.Uneventful montages. Glossy cinematography looking like someone's home VHS camera. Lame jokes. Inept editing.You know when you have watched a bad film? When you're a passionate cinephile and after watching the film, it was so bad, you're left with a temporary bad taste in your mouth for movie making since the beginning of time. This film is that bad.