Crank

Crank

Man, this movie is violent. Crank is about a former hitman getting pumped full of poison by his former employers. He discovers that he has to keep moving in order to stay alive, or his heart will stop. Given that he only has a day to live, he decides to get back at all the people that were responsible for his condition. What we get is a bloody movie fast-paced film that sometimes is little too quick for its own good. Putting fast edits over style, the movie is sometimes a little unforgiving to the non-video gaming crowd, and this might be to its advantage. Perhaps, people over 35 will turn the movie off within the first 10 minutes.

There are things to like about the movie, such as its liberal display of nudity for the sake of being an R-rated film, and the countless scenes of people getting shot and arms being cut off for good measure. It doesn’t shy away from being a violent film in an almost comical way. And, perhaps this is where I truly enjoyed most of the movie, because it never takes itself seriously. (Watch the scene where the main character does something with his girlfriend in the middle of Chinatown, because I’ll never forget it).

Jason Statham handles the role fairly well. He reminds me of a mean bulldog on the loose. He is able to play the comedy with a straight face, while kicking a lot of butt in the process. One of the biggest problems I have with Crank is the appalling score. Hell, I would have settled for a recycled James Horner score than to listen to that horrible hardcore rock/techno mess again. Yes, the movie is fast, but you don’t have kill us with your Rock Mix tape. Because the movie is so strange and frantic, it is sometimes hard to keep up with the movie, and we lose sight of the central plot. Yet, this isn’t a movie for plot, but to display neat camera tricks and high speed chases.

In the end, Crank is fun, yet not too compelling. Not a bad flick…

Grade CJason Statham: “For the last time, I’m not going to take the Transporter Italian Job!”

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Yes, this is Pedro Sanchez from Napoleon Dynamite, gosh!

I'm for real...
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Jason Statham realizing he stepped into the Hip-Hop Music Awards Show.

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I got nothing; I just find this picture funny as hell…