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Crank (2006)

August. 31,2006
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6.9
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R
| Action Thriller Crime

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.

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Console
2006/08/31

best movie i've ever seen.

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Megamind
2006/09/01

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

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Bob
2006/09/02

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Dana
2006/09/03

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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tomhart_53
2006/09/04

Crank is a very rare breed of film that takes the conventions of a traditional movie and throws them out of a moving car. It's story is basic and to the point, but my belief is that heavily action oriented films should allow their watchers to switch off their brains and just glide through every awesome detail of it. The cinematography in Crank is excellent, from camera angles that I've found potentially too gimmicky for other films, they are used to precision here. The film delights in fast cutting, hard hitting stunts and scenes that are very anti establishment. Crank gets you geared up with a thumping soundtrack and scenes of wincing brutality, the likes of which I have rarely seen on screen. Time should also be taken to review Jason Statham's performance in the film. You feel like you are really getting inside the mindset of a vengeful, unhinged, hard-man/maniac and I personally love every second of it. There are also some great comedy moments, especially featuring Amy Smart's character trying to bring things back down to earth, often with unusual consequences.You shouldn't think about any of the small print while watching the film. If you're questioning the realism or fundamentals of Crank at any time, without letting them wash over you with a smirk, you are not the target demographic. Switch off that brain and let this unique, high octane, barnstormer of a film, roll with the awesome punches it so clearly wants to throw at you.

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patomartinezfgo
2006/09/05

"Crank" stars Jason Statham as a hit-man who gets poisoned with a liquid that will kill you if you don't have a high adrenaline level. Which means that he must do all kinds of crazy sh*t to be able to keep it high. As you can see this is the PERFECT setup for a fun action movie. You have the excuse to do whatever you want because it is to keep his adrenaline level high.Let me start with the direction and cinematography. The movie is shot in a so over- the-top way that it makes you feel like the character. Super close-ups and weird color grading selections. Everything makes you feel like if you are having an adrenaline rush which is exactly the point.The music also sets up the tone very quickly with high intensity rock and some old tunes from the 80's.There is some humour in the film, which I was not expecting. But it was a pleasant surprise since it was actually funny.Jason Statham gives a good performance as you might expect. He really is the only one who could pull off this character in the correct way.The production value of this movie is laughable. There are some things that look so fake that you have to laugh. Specially one in which he is falling. There are also some shots taken straight from google earth and they even leave the watermark on, its hilarious.Of course the script and character depth are sh*t but I was expecting that. I was just looking for a fun action movie with some guns and adrenaline inducing scenes and I got just that.

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Davis P
2006/09/06

Crank is nothing but a big excuse to pump a bunch of stupid testosterone pumping scenes together. This movie is the stereotypical man's dream, graphic nonstop action and violence, nude women, and the ogling of females private parts 24/7. I will say that I think Jason Statham is a pretty good actor, which is why I have no idea why he would choose to star in such a stupid movie! Seriously the plot to this movie is just testosterone, that's all that is. I mean scene after scene after scene shows Jason Statham either killing people or screwing his girlfriend in public why bystanders cheer on. I really hated this movie because there was nothing that convinced me to keep watching, there was nothing interesting AT ALL. First of all, I'm not a prude OK, I can take a lot and I'm pretty liberal about what I watch, but the violence and sex in this movie is just degrading and exploitative. I was seriously just sitting there watching this crap unfold asking myself what the heck am I watching. And to all the men out there who like this movie: why is this such a typical "guy movie"?? I mean what is so appealing? Is it the constant ANTI-GAY sentiment (uses of f****t). Is it seeing women have no purpose but something to screw when you need adrenaline?? Or seeing a guy's hand get sliced off?? This movie is so low its sad. I'm so disappointed that Amy smart did this movie, she plays such an idiot and there's no purpose to her role other than something to have sex with. The plot is sooo stupid, it's just an excuse for a bunch of crazy insane events to happen. Crank is a piece of GARBADGE! For people who say this is a great movie for men, that's sad, and it makes me ashamed to be a male. This is not a "guy" movie, it's a BAD movie. 1/10. Is zero an option??

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Dan Franzen (dfranzen70)
2006/09/07

Crank is a riotous piece of work. It's devilish in its simplicity and delivers pretty much exactly what its title and premise promise - a high-octane bundle of testosterone, adrenaline, and nerves that dominate what should have been a wholly unmemorable action movie.Face it, if this had come out in the 1980s, it'd have starred Steven Seagal and an army of indistinguishable villains and damsels. Instead it came out this century, and although Jason Statham is no Mel Gibson, he's also no Steven Seagal. Here, he's notorious hit man Chev Chelios, who's just been poisoned by a rival baddie with a designer drug that will kill him in about an hour - or less, if his heart rate slows down too much. So it's kind of like Speed, only with a heart instead of a bus. Kind of.Chelios is targeted by a guy named Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo), who's taking revenge for Chelios's killing of a local mob chief. While Chelios is sleeping, Verona manages to sneak in and inject our hero with a Chinese synthetic. He then helpfully leaves a DVD that informs Chelios of his plight.At the advice of his doctor (Dwight Yoakam), who's out of town, Chelios strives to keep his heart rate elevated. He takes cops on a chase through a mall, just like in The Blues Brothers! He parkours! He runs through a hospital! He steals a cop's motorcycle! He has public sex! He's insane! Amy Smart plays his girlfriend, Eve. Eve isn't terribly bright (she has no idea Chev is a hit man) and probably is afflicted by ADD, but she's nice and can be a little dangerous, too. Smart was a, uh, good choice to play the role. Thank goodness Tara Reid didn't get involved here.The pace is frantic, with a lot of racing about on foot and in vehicles. There are slow-mo shots, rapid-fire shots, close-ups of ultra-violence and copious blood. Heck, compared with all of that, the sex scene in Chinatown is rather tame. And Chelios, with poison coursing through his veins, is in vehicular accidents and fistfights galore but keeps on ticking. Why? Because he's Chev Chelios, that's why.Crank is a super-stylish homage to those 1980s action movies, and the stern acting by Statham - wisely letting the comic moments occur around him, rather than trying to actually instigate them - pushes this one over the top. In a good way. Awesome movie for the real action junkies among us.

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