Why Shooting ‘Crime 101’ Was a ‘Love Letter to Los Angeles,’ From an Echo Park Mural to the Sixth Street Bridge

Why Shooting ‘Crime 101’ Was a ‘Love Letter to Los Angeles,’ From an Echo Park Mural to the Sixth Street Bridge

Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is much more than your average heist thriller. Chris Hemsworth plays Davis, a jewel thief who specializes in meticulously targeted robberies. He commits those heists along the 101 freeway in Los Angeles and doesn’t harm anyone. Mark Ruffalo plays the smart LAPD detective Lou Lubesnick, who is onto this pattern. And Halle Berry plays Sharon, an insurance broker who still aspires to be a partner, but it’s an old boys cl…

‘Crime 101’ Review: A Fun But Flawed Throwback

Bart Layton’s third feature, Crime 101, is a wonderfully entertaining throwback to the crime dramas that once filled multiplexes decades ago. The post ‘Crime 101’ Review: A Fun But Flawed Throwback appeared first on Feature First.

Crime 101 Is About 30 Minutes Too Long, And There Was Such A Simple Way To Shorten It

Not every movie needs a love story, and this is a perfect example of one that totally pulls viewers out of the movie.

‘Crime 101’ resembles ‘Heat’

MARK RUFFALO and Chris Hemsworth in “Crime 101” (Amazon Ruffalo). By Jake Coyle AP Film Writer Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is a “Heat” pastiche that, even if it falls well shy of its Michael Mann blueprint, has some basic appeal going for it. Los Angeles crime movies are fun. Chris Hemsworth looks good in a suit. And we’re all suckers for savvy criminals with good escape routes. Just as Robert De Niro’s Neil McCauley strategized along L.A.’s aspha…