Starring:Jason Statham, Amy Smart, José Pablo Cantillo, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Carlos Sanz, Reno Wilson
Director:
Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor
MPAA Rating:
R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality, nudity and drug use.
Release Date:
September 2006
Synopsis:
Hit man Chev Chelios tears through the streets of Los Angeles in a race to save his own life and his girlfriend Eve in this ticking time bomb of a thriller. The freelance killer is poisoned when a mob job goes wrong, and the clock starts ticking when Chelios learns he can elude death if he keeps his adrenaline pumping. With no time to waste, Chelios rampages through the city hoping to save Eve and find an antidote.
My Two Cents:
Playing out more as a dark comedy than a thriller, Crank delivers all that the trailer promised; intense nonstop action. It’s great that the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously because, like both Transporter movies, it’s filled with unrealistic stuns and impossible situations. But unlike The Transporter, I didn’t mind and even wanted more crazy stuff.
When Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) wakes up feeling like shit after being injected with a poison called the Beijing Cocktail that will kill him in about an hour, he slowly realizes the only way to delay the Grim Reaper's visit is to pump his adrenaline level through the roof, keeping his heart beating as fast as he can. Being a hit man he won’t just try to find an a cure for his condition, he also wants revenge on the assholes who did this to him.
Jason Statham (War, The Italian Job) is the perfect actor for this role because he only needs to kick ass and look cool while doing it, and that’s pretty much what he does in all his movies. Amy Smart (Road Trip) plays Eve, his girlfriend, and country music singer Dwight Yoakam (Panic Room) plays Miles, his doctor. The bad guys are played by unknowns, but they do their job well enough not to suck or overact.
The movie is over in less than 90 minutes and the action is fast and furious from start to finish thanks to some nifty editing and a nice pacing. There are video game references, plenty of naked chicks, a high body count, a sex scene in public, and an interesting “what the fuck?” ending. Oh right, there are also a few shots of Statham’s bare ass for the ladies. If adrenaline-pumping action with little plot is what you crave, Crank is what you should watch.
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2 Comments:
I just wanna say thank you for this review. i had purchased this movie almost 2 months ago, i think, but decided to watch it last night cuz i read this review.
Glad I could help, but I gotta know why you had it for 2 months and didn't watch it. I did something similar with Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, but it was more like a year, and I sold it without watching it. Now that's messed up.
So, did you like it?
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