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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 Rating: TBC

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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... 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 poison injected into his body. Now, in the high-octane sequel Crank High Voltage, Chev has managed to survive -- and is about to face a brand new day.

Picking up immediately where the first movie left off, Crank High Voltage finds Chev surviving the climactic plunge to his most certain death on the streets of Los Angeles, only to be kidnapped by a mysterious Chinese mobster. Three months later, Chev wakes up to discover his nearly indestructible heart has been surgically removed and replaced with a battery-operated ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity in order to work.

After a dangerous escape from his captors, Chev is on the run again, this time from the charismatic Mexican gang boss El Huron (Clifton Collins, Jr.), and the Chinese Triads, headed by the dangerous 100 year-old elder Poon Dong (David Carradine). Once again turning to Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam) for medical advice, receiving help from his friend Kaylo’s twin brother Venus (Efren Ramirez), and re-connecting with his girlfriend Eve (Amy Smart), who is no longer in the dark about what he does for a living, Chev is determined to get his real heart back and wreak vengeance on whoever stole it, embarking on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles where anything goes to stay alive.

Lakeshore Entertainment and Lionsgate present Crank High Voltage, a Lakeshore Entertainment / Lionsgate Production In Association with @radical.media; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Skip Williamson and Richard Wright. The film was written and directed by Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor, the duo behind the 2006 original.--© Lionsgate [More]

Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins, Efren Ramirez

Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins, Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling, David Carradine, Reno Wilson, Joseph Julian Soria, Dwight Yoakam, Corey Haim, Keone Young, Art Hsu

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Screenwriter: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Skip Williamson
Composer: Mike Patton
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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In Crank: High Voltage, Statham just looks miserable, as if appearing in this lousy picture just sucked all the heart right out of him.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment 2 Comments
04/20/09
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com

Crank: High Voltage, starring Jason Statham as a man with a machine instead of a heart, is boorish, bigoted and borderline pornographic.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 14 Comments
04/20/09
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Tasteless, trashy and totally over the top, Crank: High Voltage might also be one of the year's most inventive movies. Sometimes, nothing exceeds like excess.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
04/20/09
Jason Anderson
Jason Anderson
Toronto Star

The movie feels like a form of aversion therapy designed to take the fun out of dumb.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
04/20/09
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail

Better not operate any heavy machinery after an eyeful of Crank: High Voltage

Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | comment 2 Comments
04/19/09
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
What Would Toto Watch?

If someone was charged with creating a graphic, bizarre cartoon for adults, that someone might conceive of 'Crank 2: High Voltage,' one of the most insanely outrageous movies ever made.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
04/18/09
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

You're liable to watch the whole thing with an expression of bafflement on your face, surprised, delighted, and alarmed by what you're seeing.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
04/18/09
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

This Crank sequel fails to live up to the original in every way and that one didn't exactly set a high bar to begin with.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment 5 Comments
04/18/09
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Hollywood.com

Crank: High Voltage is the superior of the two films not because it knows it's a second helping of something that is all empty calories, but because it's simply more than the other one.

Full Review Source: Sci Fi Wire | comment 1 Comment
04/17/09
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
Sci Fi Wire

Like its predecessor, Crank: High Voltage is speedball cinema, a pure narcotized rush of blistering action, odious stereotypes, and shock-for-shock's-sake nastiness.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment 2 Comments
04/17/09
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

It's so amped up that High Voltage suffers its own energy shortage well before the finale. It's also every bit as stupid as it sounds.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment 3 Comments
04/17/09
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Not everyone has a taste for gun-wielding strippers and Godzilla parodies, but for those who do, Crank High Voltage is like a 1,000-volt shot to the heart.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment 1 Comment
04/17/09
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
Los Angeles Times
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Crank: High Voltage promises something outrageous and then over-delivers, permanently deflowering and deforming the mind of anyone lucky enough to be in the audience.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
04/17/09
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

There's not enough here for me to recommend it without reservations to anyone outside of that narrow target audience.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment 6 Comments
04/17/09
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

This movie is Tarantino on speed, and without focus and style. It is in-your-face and proud of it with no apologies.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
04/17/09
Rob Calvert
Rob Calvert
Premiere Magazine

Writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have written their own set of action-comedy challenges, and they slam-dunk pretty much every one.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
04/17/09
Josh Modell
Josh Modell
AV Club

As usual, Statham anchors the proceedings with his simmering charisma and impressive physicality.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment 1 Comment
04/17/09
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter

For all its ADD editing, it's a joyless slog.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
04/17/09
Frank Lovece
Frank Lovece
Newsday

The result, an eye-popping strobe of flesh and blood, is as visually stunning as it is absurdly offensive, sure to thrill some while leaving others in a state of outrage-induced catatonia.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
04/17/09
Adam Markovitz
Adam Markovitz
Entertainment Weekly

William Blake may have once stated "The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom" but I'm guessing that if he ever had the opportunity to see the "Crank" films, he might have had second thoughts about that.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment 2 Comments
04/17/09
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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