Switch CategoriesSwitchPlanetSwitchbuc CalculatorFAQsCurrently not available
September 1, 2006
September 1, 2006
Lions Gate
R (Restricted)
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
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
"this movie kept my attention from start to finish and wanted more when it was over"
- dvdtrdraz, gave it a 5/5
"As much as I like this actor and I loved "The Transporter", I did not care for this movie at all. "
- AvidReader, gave it a 2/5
"The actor was good, but the movie was pointless. Watch Lucky # Slevin instead."
- projecthurley, gave it a 3/5
"pretty good, but Amy Smart doesn't belong in this movie."
- spooon, gave it a 4/5
"kind of a spin on the transporter 2 but the suspense in this movie never stops "
- moviemaniac126, gave it a 4/5
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 Fetzer - Amazon.com
A 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. - Description
