http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479884/
I just finished watching this movie, and it just makes me wanna be in a gun fight, or running from the cops! from start to finish, action. This movie is a must see for adrenaline junkies, or for anyone who likes action. It starts out were Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) gets poisoned, by some chinese niggaa and the only way to slow it down before he can get to his doctor is feed his body adrenaline. I was about to start a thread on this, thinking "noone else EVER knows or cares about Crank, surely it's not been done yet", and Lo, here it is!
Absolutely number 1 in my all-time-favourite-films chart. As much as I like action films, they're not really my favourite genre (normally just chuckaway fun). And yet Crank is just the best film ever.
It's not too long (87 minutes). it's SO much fun, it's excitement from literally start to finish, and it's funny to boot. It won't win any awards for story, but the ridiculous high-concept [it's like speed but with a man] makes for a guaranteed hoot. I knew it would be fun (a premise like that, it had to be), but I was shocked at just how awesome it really is.
I liked the movie for the mindless streaming aciton it was, but I don't think I'd ever put it on my favourite action movie list.
I think this movie appeals to every video gamer, and every geek who wishes he could be the coolest thing in life. You've got these rip roaring scenes with action and violence, with a man who can seemingly recover from ANYTHING (I'm thinking of the moment when his doctor friend says "Take a quarter of the shot" referring to the epinepheren, and then he takes the whole thing and the doctor says "you sonofab*tch, you should be dead) And then, he happens to have a cover story like "Video game programmer" with a girlfriend who's hot in that sweet sixteen high school kind of way. It's like watching a high schoolers wet dream. And just wait til after the credits, you'll see how much of a video game the movie truly is.
So yeah, the movie is stupid and ridiculous, but damn it was cool.
this is such an awesome movie, like said previously, its just fun to watch. i think its something about jason statham. he comes out with some pretty sweet movies (Transporter 1, 2 , War). I plan to see the one he just came out in not to long ago about the bank robbery.
but from the moment i started watching crank i was hooked. the whole fact he needed to keep his adrenaline going to stay alive just added so much to the movie. forcing him into some rather interesting situations just to stay alive. great movie.
