Crank

8/31/20061h 28m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ There are a thousand ways to raise your adrenaline. Today, Chev Chelios will need every single one. ~

Overview:

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

Director:

Brian Taylor

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$12,000,000.00

Revenue:

$42,900,000.00

Key words:

assassin
helicopter
hitman
poison
adrenaline
fistfight
swimming pool
revenge
shootout
motorcycle
drugs
cell phone
pharmacy
defibrillation
hospital gown
emergency room
aftercreditsstinger
sweatshop
epinephrine
desperate
forceful

Cast

Jason Statham

~ as ~

Chev Chelios

Amy Smart

~ as ~

Eve

Jose Pablo Cantillo

~ as ~

Ricky Verona

Efren Ramirez

~ as ~

Kaylo

Dwight Yoakam

~ as ~

Doc Miles

Carlos Sanz

~ as ~

Carlito

Reno Wilson

~ as ~

Orlando

Edi Gathegi

~ as ~

Haitian Cabbie

Glenn Howerton

~ as ~

Doctor

Jay Xcala

~ as ~

Alex

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 11 year(s) ago
8
A violent and vulgar distraction.

Indeed, British magazine Radio Times reviewed Crank and called it a violent and vulgar distraction, maybe so if you be a little prudish and timid of stomach for high octane thrills. Crank is utterly bonkers fun, and it knows it, star Jason Statham knows it, directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor know it, and quite frankly any action movie junkie fan knows it.

The tongue is planted so firmly into cheek it is in danger of breaking skin, it's a film that lives to take you on a most improbable thrill ride and succeeds admirably in doing so. Plot is kind of incidental, but Statham has been injected with a Chinese drug that will kill him if his adrenalin levels drop. So off he goes in search of vengeance and maybe an antidote? He runs, he jumps, he snorts drugs, has sex with Amy Smart in public, rides a motorbike like Evel Knievel, flashes his arse a lot and gets a major league erection.

He, much like the film, never pauses for breath, it's all very breakneck and kinetic. The makers are guilty of acting like kids locked in a sweet shop, with all the flashy tricks of the action movie trade used wherever possible, but so what? Sit back with a good drink and some movie snacks and enjoy one of the best action movie rides of 2006. 8/10