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Crank: High Voltage

  • 20092009
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  • 1h 36m
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6.1/10
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Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
4,931
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  • Directors
    • Mark Neveldine
    • Brian Taylor
  • Writers
    • Mark Neveldine
    • Brian Taylor
  • Stars
    • Jason Statham
    • Amy Smart
    • Clifton Collins Jr.
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  • Directors
    • Mark Neveldine
    • Brian Taylor
  • Writers
    • Mark Neveldine
    • Brian Taylor
  • Stars
    • Jason Statham
    • Amy Smart
    • Clifton Collins Jr.
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    • 264User reviews
    • 157Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Jason Statham
    Jason Statham
    • Chev Cheliosas Chev Chelios
    Amy Smart
    Amy Smart
    • Eveas Eve
    Clifton Collins Jr.
    Clifton Collins Jr.
    • El Huronas El Huron
    Dwight Yoakam
    Dwight Yoakam
    • Doc Milesas Doc Miles
    Efren Ramirez
    Efren Ramirez
    • Venusas Venus
    Julanne Chidi Hill
    Julanne Chidi Hill
    • Dark Chocolateas Dark Chocolate
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    Jose Pablo Cantillo
    • Ricky Veronaas Ricky Verona
    Reno Wilson
    Reno Wilson
    • Orlandoas Orlando
    Keone Young
    Keone Young
    • Don Kimas Don Kim
    Art Hsu
    Art Hsu
    • Johnny Vangas Johnny Vang
    Joseph Julian Soria
    Joseph Julian Soria
    • Chicoas Chico
    Bai Ling
    Bai Ling
    • Riaas Ria
    David Carradine
    David Carradine
    • Poon Dongas Poon Dong
    Corey Haim
    Corey Haim
    • Randyas Randy
    Geri Horner
    Geri Horner
    • Karen Cheliosas Karen Chelios
    • (as Geri Halliwell)
    William Brent
    William Brent
    • Young Chevas Young Chev
    • (as Billy Unger)
    Jamie Harris
    Jamie Harris
    • Talk Show Hostas Talk Show Host
    John de Lancie
    John de Lancie
    • Fish Halmanas Fish Halman
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      • Brian Taylor
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      • Mark Neveldine
      • Brian Taylor
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Adult film star Ron Jeremy was not originally supposed to be in the porn actors strike in the film. He had assumed that the directors merely forgot to call him and showed up on set. As a result, all of his dialogue was improvised
    • Goofs
      When Chelios and Eve fall to the racetrack, they would have been right beside the bleachers. A shot a few seconds later shows them in the middle of the racetrack, 30 feet away.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Various: Fuck you Chelios!

    • Crazy credits
      Outakes are shown during the end credits.
    • Alternate versions
      German DVD release was cut by approx. 2,5 minutes to secure a "Not under 18" rating. For the "Not under 16" version more than eight minutes were removed.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Observe & Report/Gigantic/Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Kickin'
      Written and Performed by Mike Patton

      Courtesy of Ipecac Recordings

    User reviews264

    Review
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    6/10
    It's beyond exaggeration
    Crank: High Voltage is one of the most insane, hyper-active, over-the-top, frenetic and crazy motion pictures I have ever seen. It is a video game with flesh-and-blood actors, a cartoon come alive. It is so over-the-top in fact, even more so than its predecessor, that it threatens to abandon Earth and exist in a totally different plane. You either like it or don't like it - I can see a lot of people being offended by the film, and that's not only because of its violent nature. There is everything - violence, sex, nudity, gore, language, crazy dialogue... it is not a movie for everyone. Me? I guess I liked it, - not as much as the first installment, mind you - but I think it was sometimes was too much. A film this crazy can eventually tire the viewer - it's no wonder, therefore, that it's a mere 85 minutes long.

    Neveldine and Taylor's aim is simple enough: to make the movie as crazy and over-the-top as possible, inserting as many visual flourishes and unpredictable scenes as they can. Surprisingly enough, they succeed at this without making the movie too unbearable. Granted, the fact that all the action sequences are exaggeratedly hyper-kinetic and stylish means that they aren't particularly exciting, but at least they are amusing and outrageous, which means they entertaining in a totally different way from other action flicks. Most (if not all) of the film has been created in the cutting room floor, using quick cuts, shaky camera-work, subtitles, fantasy scenes featuring deformed, Godzilla-like versions of Chev and one of the bad guys, topless girls with guns, newscast segments, and more. It's all exaggerated and it doesn't make an ounce of sense, but it entertains in a very visceral and mindless way.

    As usual, Jason Statham plays the straight guy very well. Despite all the craziness and confusion, he never seems lost or out-of-place which, all things considered, is quite an accomplishment. Amy Smart is also back from the previous movie - this time she has become a stripper - and plays her gratuitous, thankless role with gusto. As in the first installment, Chev and Eve engage in a public sex scene - this time in a horserace track. The rest of the performers don't appear for more than a handful of scenes, the only real standout being Bai Ling, not because she's good, but because even in a movie this over-the-top, she manages to give an irritatingly crazy performance. (If what she does can be called a "performance".) Her character is bothersome, annoying, and has definitely been given too much screen time. If a Crank 3 is ever made, she shouldn't return.

    What else can be said about High Voltage? It's as cartoonish and unbelievable as these kinds of movies come, and I really can't see a way for Neveldine and Taylor to top themselves if a second sequel is ever made. Still, despite all its outrageousness, the film manages to entertain without feeling too vacuous although, admittedly, it is. It definitely is not high art, and the moment the end credits started to roll - after a very sudden and "wtf?" kind of ending - I felt somehow hollow, still trying to process what I had just seen. Was it a film, or a live-action video game? There is barely a plot, characters are ridiculously paper thin and secondary actors are either wasted - the late David Carradine - or used too much - Bai Ling. Crank 2 is by no means a good film in the traditional sense of the word, but since its relentlessness, humour and overall willingness to stretch the envelope as far as it can never bored me or offended me, then yes, I can recommend it. Not to everyone, mind you, but for those who think they can take this much insanity.
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    • Release date
      • April 17, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Crank 2: High Voltage
    • Filming locations
      • Wilmington, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lionsgate
      • Lakeshore Entertainment
      • RadicalMedia
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $13,684,249
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,963,565
      • Apr 19, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $34,572,541
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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