Bill, an ex-boxer, is a failure in life but has no idea what to do about it -- until he meets local dodgy businessman Hamid 'Anything-U-Need' Choudhury. Hamid convinces Bill that there is serious money to be made in man vs animal boxing bouts. Bill cashes in his life savings to buy two meters of living, breathing, armor-plated giant mutant mantis shrimp with a smashing right hook, and sets off for London to fulfill his dreams. Along for the ride are his best friend Steve, ex-condom-factory employee and amateur boxer, Steve's highly-strung girlfriend Shaz, and a misunderstood, club-clawed crustacean who is not as stupid as it seems...
Practical Effects
The mantis shrimp puppet is gloriously unconvincing and utterly committed.
Acting
Kevin McNally plays delusional desperation with surprising pathos.
Writing
Dialogue so aggressively regional it feels like a threat.
Director
Mark Locke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The mantis shrimp was allegedly built in someone's garage over three weekends. It shows, beautifully.
Released during the height of British 'lad culture' cinema, Crust somehow bombed while surviving as a VHS-era legend.
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