Crank (Widescreen Edition)
by Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
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Actor: Amy Smart, Carlos Sanz, Efren Ramirez, Jason Statham, Jose Pablo CantilloDirector: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
Cinematographer: Adam Biddle
Editor: Brian Berdan
Producer: Peter Block
Producer: Michael Paseornek
Producer: Eric Reid
Producer: David Rubin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Korean (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-09
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Movie Reviews of Crank (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: One Of The Best Action Films
Summary: 4 Stars
Crank
This film dared to answer the question of whether or not an action film would work if it only had action. This movie doesn't have much dialogue and a very simplistic story. Instead it focuses on delivering literally non-stop action through the entire movie with almost no stopping.
The movie starts with Chev Chelios, your main character, watching a videotape revealing that he has been with injected with something and is going to die. In a fit of rage he begins his reign of terror. From that point on he begins his search for the men who poisoned him with what would become know through the movie as the Chinese ****. After a call to his doctor, Chev learns that the only way to slow his death is to keep his adrenaline flowing. If he slows down for anything he will begin to get dizzy and his vision will become distorted.
The movie is amazing to watch. There are tons of gunfights, fighting, and car chases in this movie. When I say it's non-stop action, it really is. The movie stays different enough to keep it entertaining. You won't be watching fight scene after fight scene. Maybe you'll see him snort drugs off of the floor or have sex with his girlfriend on the side of the street. Anything he can do to keep his adrenaline up will work for him.
The movie has a pretty simple story. There aren't many twists and turns. The way the story is done is well done with the combination of action and the fact that Chev is crazy and it is very humorous. I loved the way the ending was done.
The extras are done in a very interesting way. It's called Cranked Out mode. You play through the movie with commentary and the movie will stop to show extras. This is a cool idea and keeps up the fast-paced idea of the movie.
If you are a fan of action films then you have to pick this one up. Even if you aren't a fan of these films, you need to pick this one up. I can't give it five stars for being a bit too simplistic, but this is the closest to five stars as you can get.
Summary of Crank (Widescreen Edition)
Action anti-hero Jason Statham is competing with himself to make the most relentless, non-stop action flick imaginable. In Crank, 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, Crank is high-end pop-trash, filled with many preposterous/ingenious stunts and over-the-top performances (Dwight Yoakam, Sling Blade, is downright droll as a doctor offering Chev assistance), marred by an unpleasant attitude towards women (Amy Smart, Outside Providence, will not look back on this as one of her signature roles). This is a movie for the audience who enjoyed Transporter and Transporter 2 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 (Leon/The Professional, District 13) will find Crank to be simpatico. --Bret FetzerA professional hit man (Jason Statham) is poisoned and has only hours to live. He has some big tasks to accomplish before the grim reaper arrives.
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