Crank

R18

2006

87 mins

Directed by Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
62%
71%
Action
Drama
Thriller

Chev Chelios (Statham) is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and... More

Chev Chelios (Statham) is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and only has an hour to live.

Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast syndicate. A run of the mill job the night before instead went awry: he let his target slip away in an effort to quit professional killing and start a new life with his girlfriend Eve. Now, Chev must keep moving to stay alive: the only way to prolong the poison from stopping his heart is to keep his adrenaline flowing. As the clock ticks, Chelios cuts a swath through the streets of Los Angeles, wreaking havoc on those who dare stand in his way. He must rescue Eve from danger, stay two steps ahead of his nemeses and search for an antidote to save his own life.

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Crank | Ratings & Reviews

62_%101 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
71_%443,159 reviews
Audience score rating

"Videogamers who've been itching for "Grand Theft Auto: The Movie" can tide themselves over in the meantime with Crank, a down-and-dirty actioner that follows a rugged antihero trying to outrun death by keeping his adrenaline flowing..."

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Variety

"For a movie premised on unrelenting action, Crank proves fatally turgid..."

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The New York Times

"The 2006 summer movie season went out with a reasonable bang courtesy of Crank, a jacked-up, unapologetically mindless bit of ADD-prescribed escapism that more or less delivers on a nifty premise..."

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Hollywood Reporter

"A Saw for the action crowd, 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..."

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Empire Magazine

"This is not, in short, a film for anybody who appreciates the simpler virtues of logic, characterisation and narrative credibility. That said, 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..."

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