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Crank
Lions Gate Films


6.8

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MPAA RATING: R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality, nudity and drug use

Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Carlos Sanz, Reno Wilson, and Edi Gathegi

Chev Chelios (Statham) is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and only has an hour to live. As it turns out, Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast syndicate. A run of the mill job the night before instead went awry: he let his target slip away in an effort to quit professional killing and start a new life with his girlfriend Eve. Now, Chev must keep moving to stay alive: the only way to prolong the poison from stopping his heart is to keep his adrenaline flowing. As the clock ticks, Chelios cuts a swath through the streets of Los Angeles, wreaking havoc on those who dare stand in his way. He must rescue Eve from danger, stay two steps ahead of his nemeses and search for an antidote to save his own life. (Lionsgate)

GENRE(S):	Action \| Drama \| Suspense/Thriller
WRITTEN BY:	Mark Neveldine Brian Taylor
DIRECTED BY:	Mark Neveldine Brian Taylor
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: January 9, 2007 Theatrical: September 1, 2006
RUNNING TIME:	83 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Empire Nick De Semlyen

A Saw for the action crowd, this is an intense, stripped-down ride that goes places you’d never expect. Edgy and outrageous, it should get the fearless Statham some deserved attention.

LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson

First-time feature directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor play with speed and sound to effectively recreate the buzz of an over-caffeinated all-nighter, delivering one of the year’s best pure junk-food entertainments.

Boston Globe Ty Burr

Crank is an efficient, witty, junkyard dog of an action movie for its first hour. Unfortunately, the script runs out of gas before the hero does. While it's cooking, though, it's violently preposterous fun.

Philadelphia Inquirer David Hiltbrand

If you can stomach the hard-R rating, this is a smart, sexy and funny sprint.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

Crank" is "D.O.A" on methamphetamines.

Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona

Neveldine and Taylor empty their handbasket of cinematic tricks. They display visual wit, have fun with pop songs, and shoot much of the film in slightly choppy fast-motion ("under-cranked," get it?).

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

The 2006 summer movie season went out with a reasonable bang courtesy of Crank, a jacked-up, unapologetically mindless bit of ADD-prescribed escapism that more or less delivers on a nifty premise.

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

This is one of those movies whose empty-headed premise is so pure it's witty: with his insatiable need for excitement, the hero is a perfect stand-in for the fanboys in the audience.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

The movie is cranked up somewhere between stylish and proudly stupid, dusted with sunniness from Amy Smart (as Chev's sleepy girlfriend) -- and guaranteed to be out of your system by the time the lights come up.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

It's a sympathomimetic monoamine that stimulates the central nervous system! Hooray epinephrine! And that's all I'm going to say about Crank.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

One could argue that Crank works best as a comedy. It's occasionally funny, and some times VERY funny.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

So blatantly contrived it could be called The Fast and the Spurious, Crank has the small saving grace of being intentionally ridiculous. The action sequences are more notable for their outrageousness than their visceral power.

Variety Justin Chang

Videogamers who've been itching for "Grand Theft Auto: The Movie" can tide themselves over in the meantime with Crank, a down-and-dirty actioner that follows a rugged antihero trying to outrun death by keeping his adrenaline flowing.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Its a stupid thrill for a while, but the high wears off, and the anything-goes approach gets headache-inducing.

San Francisco Chronicle Neva Chonin

It's all about the dumb thrill, baby. Leave it alone, or leave your brain and pocket change at the gate, strap yourself in and just enjoy the ride.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Genially preposterous, with stunt players outnumbering actors by something like a 3-to-1 ratio, the action thriller Crank is surprisingly watchable.

TV Guide Ken Fox

The whole thing whizzes by in such a panicked rush that there's no time for anything so immaterial as character, but what little we do learn about Chev works against the film.

The New York Times Nathan Lee

For a movie premised on unrelenting action, Crank proves fatally turgid.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

Every movie's gotta have a gimmick, and Crank's is that it has an excellent shot at ending 2006 as the worst film of the year.

The average user rating for this movie is 6.8 (out of 10) based on 71 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Simon B gave it an8:
I was just searching for movies this morning and I figured: Hey, I liked Transporter, so why not get other movies of the charismatic Jason Statham? After Transporter 1 and 2 and Snatch, I moved on to Crank, which revealed to be purely an awesome movie. I think people out here want some kinda intellectual challenge in every movie they see. In my opinion, this is a movie that just cuts all the bullshit people are used to seeing. You don't see stuff like backgrounds because you just don't have time! There's no time to search for Jason's character's childhood or wondering why he makes fun of everyone as he does throughout the movie. He's about to die, he doesn't have time to reminisce about his past. It's goofy, but that's what the movie was all about, not taking anything seriously. People obviously took this too seriously and gave it bad reviews because they were expecting something like Snatch. Something utterly slow-paced or just paced, because really, you can spend THREE HOURS explaining how a guy died in one. That's interesting. In my opinion, it would have made it suck more than it did (for those who say it sucks). You know you're cool when you do a car chase with thugs shooting at you and your hot blonde girlfriend giving you head in the meanwhile. Nevermind the public sex scene where he just makes her look like a total wh.re. It's a guy's movie. You need to have some appreciation for satire to like this movie even slightly.

Paul gave it a10:
I rented this expecting just another action film but this turned out to be awesome. Non stop action, fantastic humour.

[Anonymous] gave it a1:
This is all just too much of the same thing. This guy's repetitive search of an adrenaline rush translates into a downright snooze-fest.

Adam V gave it a10:
Action from start to finish, great film.

Erika gave it a1:
I usually stick movies out, but this one was just too bad. If you're a teen male or just like pure cheesy, then this is the movie for you. Otherwise, don't waste your time.

Shawn P. gave it a5:
Braindead male fantasy that steals freely from "Run Lola Run"-but never dull.

Wrecka gave it a1:
I can't believe that this movie actually got made. Sure the first drug-fuelled pitch to the producers would have been a fun night, but it must have gone quickly downhill from there. What is Jason Statham doing in this movie? How can he go from a character like Turkish in Snatch to ”acting” in this dribble? Obviously he cashed in. I hope the drugs still work when he looks back on this film in years to come.

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Crank
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