A situational cross between Hitchcock's LIFEBOAT and Polanski's KNIFE IN THE WATER, THE CREW is an ineffective and pointless exercise in tedium.
Writer Bill (Donal Logue) and wife Jennifer (Pam Gidley), join her brother Phillip (Viggo Mortensen), a lawyer, on his yacht for a day trip in the Caribbean. Also aboard are rock-musician Alex (John Philbin) and medical-student Catherine (Sam Jenkins). On the open sea, they rescue two people from
a burning boat--transsexual Timothy (Jeremy Sisto) and the woman he is smuggling into the country, Camilla (Laura del Sol). Timothy quickly commandeers the vessel, and deposits his hostages on an island beach while he waits for...
Released:
1994
Rated:
R
Length:
100 mins