Crank: High Voltage

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Crank: High Voltage

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Released Apr 17, 2009

1h 37m

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Mystery & Thriller

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After surviving an incredible plunge to near-certain death, Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is abducted by Chinese mobsters. Waking up three months later, Chev finds that his nearly indestructible heart has been replaced with a battery-operated device that requires regular jolts of electricity or it will fail. Chev escapes from his captors, reunites with his lover, Eve (Amy Smart), and sets out on a frantic chase through Los Angeles to get his real heart back.

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Critics Consensus

Crank: High Voltage delivers on its promises: a fast-paced, exciting thrill ride that doesn't take itself too seriously.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

[T]he best use of REO Speedwagon since Smiley Face.

Rated: 3/6

Nov 17, 2011

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Rob Nelson

Variety

Yet another D.O.A. for the ADD era.

Sep 1, 2009

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

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

Apr 20, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The basic scenario has limitless potential, enough to where I can understand why someone might find it exciting in concept alone. But the filmmakers are too concerned with incorporating action and sleaze to bother themselves with telling a good story.

Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 1, 2023

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Neveldine/Taylor destroy cinema and manhandle it brutally into spastic life in two short strokes.

Rated: A

Sep 22, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Tops its predecessor in every method of excessive vulgarity.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 28, 2020

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David W

Phobe. When Statham looks into the camera and flicks off the viewers, I felt like he had been doing that the whole movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/10/24

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James W

Come on, you know what you're signing up for with crank. It's a popcorn movie in the purest sense. To put it bluntly, you're watching a Jason Bourne type who has to restart their heart with a car batter (or etc.) throughout the film. It's awesome. Don't go into it expecting rosebud/citizen Kane. You're here for action and humor.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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Sahooon C

I loved the first one and this is a slightly tamer? version of that film. It's still WILD but the cutting and action cut aways were reduced. It's a sequel that didn't need to exist but I'm glad it does!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/29/23

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Marc Z

This sequel to a very stupid yet lovable action film is also stupid, less original, but better. When a person clearly dies at the end of the movie it usually is the end of the character. Not in this case. The story starts with him dead and continues the same them through a different premise that plays out in a similar pattern to the first. While it is similar to the first film, the execution is better. IT is filmed better. The action and cinematography are better. The humor is elevated and it seems to understand how stupid it is. Dwight Yokam, like in the first, is very good. When I saw Ron Jeremy in this I realized that these films remind me of the style of the Toxic Avenger series-albeit better. I liked it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/17/23

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Ivan Z

Very entertaining, not a master piece, but highly recomend

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/23

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Joe R

One of the most insane, crazy, kinetic, movies I've ever seen in my life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/08/23

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Synopsis

After surviving an incredible plunge to near-certain death, Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is abducted by Chinese mobsters. Waking up three months later, Chev finds that his nearly indestructible heart has been replaced with a battery-operated device that requires regular jolts of electricity or it will fail. Chev escapes from his captors, reunites with his lover, Eve (Amy Smart), and sets out on a frantic chase through Los Angeles to get his real heart back.

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright, Skip Williamson
Screenwriter: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Lakeshore Entertainment, RadicalMedia, Lionsgate Films
Rating: R (Graphic Sexual Content|Crude Sexual Content|Nudity|Pervasive Language|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 17, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 26, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.6M
Runtime: 1h 37m

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