Vulgar, ridiculous, offensive and absolutely riveting.
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09/02/06
Crank (2006)
61 %
Reviews Counted: 85 Fresh: 52 Rotten:33 Average Rating: 6/10
Consensus:
It's a film about a guy injected with Speed... wait, there's no bus. It's a film about a guy who has to kick a bunch of squirmy butt to stay alive... wait, no snakes or planes here. But it is a film about doing lots of drugs and pulling lots of punches, and it entertains accordingly.
Rated: 18
Runtime: 87 mins
Theatrical Release: 01-09-2006
Synopsis: Screenwriters and directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor make their feature-film debut in this fast-paced action film. Freelance hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) wakes up with a big problem; a DVD left in his apartment by smalltime gangster Ricky Vanero (Jose Pablo Cantillo) tells... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Jason Statham, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Amy Smart
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Screenwriter: Brian Taylor
Producer: Michael Davis, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Richard Wright
Composer: Paul Haslinger
Screenwriter: Brian Taylor
Producer: Michael Davis, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Richard Wright
Composer: Paul Haslinger
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09/01/06
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.
09/01/06
Top Critic
The film is so jubilantly over the top and aware of its own failings, it’s hard not to laugh.
08/31/06
Top Critic
Enjoyably fast-paced, gloriously trashy thriller with some inventive directorial touches.
08/31/06
Ridiculously, incomprehensibly, undeniably cool, brilliantly, passionately and hysterically original; pure cinema heaven.
08/29/06
Statham brings his usual hardnut conviction to his ludicrously named protagonist, while the pic contains what is easily the best car chase through a shopping mall scene since The Blues Brothers.
08/29/06
Top Critic
It revels in its crazed B-movie vibe, and as a result we can't help but enjoy every ludicrous minute.
08/24/06
Sure, Crank is totally ridiculous, unbelievable, exhausting, and pretty much just plain stupid, but that's what makes it fun.
03/24/07
Ranks among the most mindless action films ever made, but scores as a helluva video game.
03/01/07
The super-concentrated silt at the bottom of a chemistry experiment that has no possible purpose to it but to deliver whatever limited jolt of which it's capable.
02/08/07
Its freneticism ... futilely tries to cover up the ludicrousness of every decision made by its dim characters.
01/24/07
In many ways, Crank serves as a frightening harbinger of things to come. As more and more members of the ADD generation step behind the camera, expect the movie's approach to be replicated. Until then, enjoy the novelty.
01/11/07
Assaults the senses tirelessly with wave after wave of momentum-building intensity, with Jason Statham enjoying his best role since The Transporter.
01/05/07
You might just want to catch a matinee or wait for the DVD. This is definitely not worth your 10 bucks.
12/30/06
Some of the directing touches are fun, but the Grand Theft Auto overdrive wears thin quick.
11/22/06
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