Crank
Action anti-hero Jason Statham is competing with himself to make the most relentless, non-stop action flick imaginable. In
i Crank
i0 , Statham stars as a hit man named Chev Chelios who's been poisoned by some Chinese toxin; the only way to stave it off is to keep his adrenalin flowing, which requires him to drive at top speeds through crowded traffic, start fights in bars, and run pell-mell down hospital corridors while wearing one of those humiliating smocks that tie in the back. In other words,
i Crank
i0 is high-end pop-trash, filled with many preposterous/ingenious stunts and over-the-top performances (Dwight Yoakam,
i Sling Blade
i0 , is downright droll as a doctor offering Chev assistance), marred by an unpleasant attitude towards women (Amy Smart,
i Outside Providence
i0 , will not look back on this as one of her signature roles). This is a movie for the audience who enjoyed
i Transporter
i0 and
i Transporter 2
i0 but wanted Statham's perpetual scowl to become a kind of theatrical mask, a perpetual signifier of intensity that begs--nay, demands--that everything around it rise to a mutual level of absurdity. Fans of Luc Besson (
i Leon/The Professional
i0 ,
i District 13
i0 ) will find
i Crank
i0 to be simpatico.
i --Bret Fetzer
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| upc: |
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| title: |
Crank |
| theatricalDate: |
01-09-2006 |
| stars: |
Jason Statham
Amy Smart
Efren Ramirez
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Dwight Yoakam
Carlos Sanz (II)
Reno Wilson
Edi Gathegi
Glenn Howerton
Keone Young
Valarie Rae Miller
Laurent Schwaar
David Brown (XXX)
Dorian Kingi
Daniel Stevens (II)
Wally Lozano
David T. Green
Allen Bloomfield
Stephanie Mace
Chester Bennington |
| purchase date: |
25-01-2007 |
| publisher: |
Lions Gate |
| published: |
09-01-2007 |
| price: |
$28.98 |
| net Rating: |
3.5 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
87 |
| last lookup time: |
191476880 |
| fullTitle: |
Crank (Full Screen Edition) |
| features: |
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Full Screen
Subtitled
NTSC |
| director: |
Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor |
| currentValue: |
$10.85 |
| created: |
191476864 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B000K7UBU2
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