Crank High Voltage (2009)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:40
Rotten:24
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Crank: High Voltage delivers on its promises: a fast-paced, exciting thrill ride that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Nov 30, 1999 Wide
US Box Office: $13,630,226
Synopsis: In the 2006 action hit Crank, hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) spent twenty-four hours in over-drive: fighting, killing, and keeping his adrenaline flowing at full-force to combat a deadly... [More]
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins, Efren Ramirez
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Reviews for Crank High Voltage
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Copping to how unrealistic your movie is by excusing it (no, no, it's a video game!), rather than running with it, is a mistake that Taylor and Neveldine never recover from. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
...an agreeable companion piece to its admittedly superior predecessor. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Waking up in the aftermath of a meth-lab explosion might be less disorienting than watching this. And if you think there's no room for more, Neveldine/Taylor are probably a weekend and a bag of crack-filled Pixie Stix away from proving you wrong. Full Review |
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3/4 |
See this f%$&*ing movie, mate. Full Review |
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Basically the co-writers and co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor sneer at any kind of rules, decorum or morality. Anything goes, as long as it's within the realm of exploitation-level "B" moviemaking. Full Review |
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Yet another D.O.A. for the ADD era. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Both exhilarating and exhausting, it falls just short of a fever pitch. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Click for full review Full Review |
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1/5 |
...just as sloppily caffeinated as before, with an extra layer of scummy race jokes. Full Review |
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1/4 |
The only shocking thing about it is how dull and predictable the whole enterprise is. Full Review |
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3/10 |
Adrenaline-propelled and outrageously offensive, it's a cinematic video game that's neither coherent nor credible. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Grisly, gory, over-the-top action-parody isn't for kids. Full Review |
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4/5 |
What you really get here is the same movie all over again -- only more so. Full Review |
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0/5 |
Ron Jeremy, who makes a cameo appearance, is too good for this movie and he's done porn and "The Surreal Life." Full Review |
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7/10 |
The directing and writing team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have between them a boundless imagination, constantly topping one absurdly overstated moment with another, even more absurd. Full Review |
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Bigger, dumber and even sicker than the rotgut original... I had a blast, but don't say you weren't warned. Full Review |
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2/10 |
So gross, brutal and just plain bad that I may never want to see another Jason Statham movie. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Crank: High Voltage is a real celebration of the phrase "Why not?". It's big, loud and brainless - and it's all the more glorious for it. Full Review |
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The constant escalation to [the filmmakers'] inventive insanity is so breathtaking, it's like a slap in the face to the tired hacks who make the glossy hidebound junk that passes for an action movie these days. Full Review |
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A self-consciously crazy action romp which overdoses on cartoonish violence and non-PC comedy. Full Review |
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