The Crusades

The Crusades is a 2023 American comedy drama film written by Jack Hussar, Shaun Early and Leo Milano, directed by Milano and starring Rudy Pankow. Plot Leo, Sean and Jack are three best friends who attend an all-boys Catholic school called Our Lady of the Crusades. The film begins with the boys training Jack for a fight with a deaf student at a rival school, St. Matthews. The fight takes place at a baseball diamond and Jack gets beaten up badly. Before the fight can end, the police show up and the boys, as well as dozens of onlookers scatter. Leo hops on a bike with Sean riding on the back. As they are racing away from the scene of the crime, they run over the leg of Ryan, a girl from their sister school. The next school day, Jack is called into the dean’s office to discuss what took place. He denies everything, and Dean Whitman has more important things to attend to. The dean announces to the school that there are discussions taking place about a possible merger with St. Matthews. Vince, Ryan’s boyfriend, is a student at St. Matthews and knows Leo and Sean broke Ryan’s leg fleeing from the fight. The boys try to figure out how they can navigate this possible merger and not get killed by Vince. Leo has to navigate a high school crush for his Italian teacher, Ms. Kerpial, while ignoring advances from Ryan, who doesn’t know he broke her leg. Sean must balance his time with his girlfriend Jess while making sure his friends don’t get killed by Vince. Jack is seeking the attention of any girl who will take him seriously.