Crank: High Voltage
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Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
What critics thought
DivisiveA deeply divisive sequel that pushes the original's formula to its breaking point — critics who could stomach the escalation found a gleefully deranged action spectacle, while many others felt Neveldine and Taylor had replaced the first film's anarchic charm with something meaner and more hollow. The treatment of women and minorities drew particular fire, and even Jason Statham divided reviewers, some praising his commitment and others finding him visibly depleted.
“the sequel seems content to wallow in mean-spirited unpleasantness, apparently on the grounds that not enough films these days feature, say, graphic genital torture or a man slicing off his own nipples.”
Alexander Larman·The Guardian
“The first time around, Neveldine and Taylor treated the movie's cartoony violence as a sick joke; this time around, it's an applied science, and the strain of their efforts shows.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Salon
“Yet another D.O.A. for the ADD era, Crank: High Voltage rewards the sizable cult audience of 2006's Crank with more of the same, only stupider.”
Rob Nelson·Variety
“an eye-popping strobe of flesh and blood”
Adam Markovitz·Entertainment Weekly
“What makes [the film] all palatable is the comic lunacy injected into the proceedings, which often take on a decidedly surreal quality.”
Frank Scheck·The Hollywood Reporter
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
Mark NeveldineDirector
Brian TaylorDirector
Jason StathamChev Chelios
Amy SmartEve
Dwight YoakamDoc Miles
Efren RamirezVenus
Julanne Chidi HillDark Chocolate
Jose Pablo CantilloRicky Verona
Reno WilsonOrlando
Keone YoungDon Kim
Art HsuJohnny Vang
J. J. SoriaChico
Bai LingRia
Clifton Collins Jr.El Huron
Mike PattonComposer
Brandon TrostCinematographyCrank: High Voltage
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
What critics thought
DivisiveA deeply divisive sequel that pushes the original's formula to its breaking point — critics who could stomach the escalation found a gleefully deranged action spectacle, while many others felt Neveldine and Taylor had replaced the first film's anarchic charm with something meaner and more hollow. The treatment of women and minorities drew particular fire, and even Jason Statham divided reviewers, some praising his commitment and others finding him visibly depleted.
“the sequel seems content to wallow in mean-spirited unpleasantness, apparently on the grounds that not enough films these days feature, say, graphic genital torture or a man slicing off his own nipples.”
Alexander Larman·The Guardian
“The first time around, Neveldine and Taylor treated the movie's cartoony violence as a sick joke; this time around, it's an applied science, and the strain of their efforts shows.”
Stephanie Zacharek·Salon
“Yet another D.O.A. for the ADD era, Crank: High Voltage rewards the sizable cult audience of 2006's Crank with more of the same, only stupider.”
Rob Nelson·Variety
“an eye-popping strobe of flesh and blood”
Adam Markovitz·Entertainment Weekly
“What makes [the film] all palatable is the comic lunacy injected into the proceedings, which often take on a decidedly surreal quality.”
Frank Scheck·The Hollywood Reporter
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Cast & Crew
Mark NeveldineDirectorBrian TaylorDirectorJason StathamChev CheliosAmy SmartEveDwight YoakamDoc MilesEfren RamirezVenusJulanne Chidi HillDark ChocolateJose Pablo CantilloRicky VeronaReno WilsonOrlandoKeone YoungDon KimArt HsuJohnny VangJ. J. SoriaChicoBai LingRiaClifton Collins Jr.El HuronMike PattonComposerBrandon TrostCinematographyStream
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