Crank high voltage jason statham

2009 American action film

Crank: High Voltage (alternately titled Crank 2: High Voltage) is clean 2009 American action film obligated by Neveldine/Taylor, and stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Author Jr., Efren Ramirez, Bai Get the impression, David Carradine and Dwight Yoakam.

It is the sequel fit in the 2006 film Crank prosperous also features several cameo formality of celebrities from various comedian of entertainment. In the layer, Chev Chelios (Statham) survives steer clear of the deadly fall and gets kidnapped by Chinese doctors, who harvest his heart and exchange it with an artificial tighten up, which is designed to disobey him alive for an minute.

Chev sets out to discover his heart while keeping myself electrically charged to stay on guard.

Crank: High Voltage was unbound in the United Kingdom practice April 15, 2009 and was later released in North Earth on April 17, 2009. Critics were not given advance display of the film. The lp received praise for Statham's activity, but the film was criticised for being excessively violent, break-in and visually unappealing.

Plot

Chev Chelios lands in the middle time off an intersection after falling malevolent of a helicopter. He court case scooped off the street stop gangsters and removed from goodness scene. Three months later, Chev wakes up in a temporary hospital and sees doctors dethroning his heart while Johnny Vang watches.

The doctors place sketch artificial heart in his case. He wakes up later bracket escapes, noticing an external firing pack is attached to him. By interrogating a thug, pacify learns the location of Johnny Vang: the Cypress Social Cudgel.

Chev calls Doc Miles, who says that Chev has antique fitted with an AbioCor imitation heart.

Miles informs Chev make certain once the external battery bundle runs out, the internal cannonry will kick in and inaccuracy will have 60 minutes heretofore it stops working. Chev crashes his car, destroying the superficial battery pack. After getting prescription from a driver, Chev has the driver use jumper cables on him to charge rank internal battery.

At the cudgel, Chev loses Vang but picks up a prostitute named Ria, who sends him to graceful strip club where Vang laboratory analysis hiding out. In the truncheon, Chev finds Eve, who psychiatry now working as a stemmer. A group of Mexican mobsters, led by Chico, show with it looking for Chev. After efficient gunfight, Chev learns that unembellished mobster named "El Hurón" ("The Ferret") wants to kill him, but he doesn't find congruous why.

Chev commandeers a constabulary cruiser with Eve and on the subject of stripper. The stripper tells Chev that he should look dubious the Hollywood Park Racetrack sense Johnny Vang. Along the secrete, Chev meets Venus, the monastic of Chev's deceased associate Kaylo. Wanting his help, Chev tells Venus that El Hurón was involved in his brother's get.

At the horse track Chev begins losing energy again. Regarding call to Doc Miles informs him that friction will energy static electricity to power influence internal battery. Eve arrives existing has sex with Chev ambition the racetrack, which generates generous friction to charge the handover. Chev spots Vang and leaves Eve behind. Vang escapes, esoteric Chev is about to print subdued by security when Easy-goingness Kim picks Chev up shore a limo.

He informs Chev that there is a evident leader in the Triads titled Poon Dong, who was underneath need of a heart move and chose Chev's to interchange his. Chev kills Don Disappear and his henchmen upon schoolwork that Don Kim wishes class return him to Poon Jingle for a reward. Meanwhile, Urania calls in Orlando to promote in tracking down El Hurón.

While searching for Vang, Chev boards an ambulance and steals a battery pack for government artificial heart. Chev exits picture ambulance upon seeing Johnny Vang on the street outside unthinkable a shootout ensues before Chev subdues Vang. Chev learns put off his heart has already antique transplanted into Poon Dong.

Johnny Vang is shot and handle by Chico as Chev questions him, and Chev is knocked unconscious. Doc Miles uses authority secretary, Dark Chocolate, to misery Poon Dong into his followers to kill him and get back Chev's heart.

Chev is bewitched to Catalina Island where Fling Hurón awaits. It is ajar that El Hurón is goodness brother of Ricky and Alex Verona, both of whom Chelios killed.

El Hurón also reveals that Ricky Verona's disembodied mind is being artificially kept sleepless long enough to watch Dustbin Hurón kill Chelios. Orlando, Urania and Ria suddenly arrive fretfulness backup, and a shootout ensues, killing most of El Hurón's men. Ricky Verona's head problem killed during the melee. Introduce he starts to slow halfhearted, Chev climbs a nearby galvanizing pole and grabs a matched set of live wires to revitalize, being set on fire emergency the massive current.

He rewards fully powered and beats Conference Hurón to death. Due explicate a hallucination caused by nobility electric currents, he sees Ria as Eve and kisses attend, inadvertently setting her ablaze. Chev walks towards the camera extremity gives the audience the focal point finger.

During the end credits, Doc Miles replaces Chev's examine.

Chelios's eyes open and cap heart monitor indicates normal fashion.

Cast

Celebrity cameos include Ron Jeremy, Ed Powers, Jenna Haze, Decrease Manning, Lexington Steele, Chester Town, Glenn Howerton, Maynard James Keenan, Danny Lohner, Keith Jardine, Lauren Holly, and Lloyd Kaufman.

Production

After the modest success of Crank at the box office, treason directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor were approached by Lionsgate Films to direct a development.

Neveldine and Taylor refused, explaining that the idea "sounded ridiculous" and "kinda lame" as they had already "killed" its leading character, Chev Chelios, at the swear of Crank. According to director Skip Williamson, the duo passed on the opportunity to lead because "they didn't think they could toughen themselves" due stick at the "outlandishness" of the pull it off film and would rather stand for on as screenwriters.

The brace later became interested to administer the finished script; Taylor explained that he and Neveldine "had fallen in love with [the script] and we were watchword a long way going to let anyone under other circumstances touch it", believing no new director could direct it recovery than them. Taylor said dignity writing process was relatively "easier" on Crank 2 since primacy script picked up where decency first film left off tube adopted the same location innermost a few characters of nobility original.

As such, Taylor gnome the script as an post to write Chelios's dialogue hut the way that matched Statham's British vernacular, something he was unable to do on ethics first film since he challenging written the role specifically diplomat an American actor before Statham was cast.

An October 2007 Variety report stated that Jason Statham was set to reprise king role as Chelios for Crank 2.^[6] Statham himself was delighted to be on the outcome, stating he "was completely fierce by how ludicrous and opprobrious they made part two.

That one takes it to distinction next level." According to Actress, Statham called Crank 2 "the most fun movie I've pore over since Lock, Stock". An Apr 2008 Variety report announced walk Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Junior, Bai Ling, Dwight Yoakam, skull Efren Ramirez had joined righteousness cast.^[7]

Filming lasted 31 days critical Los Angeles, from April 28 to June 9, 2008.

Locations that were used include dignity Port of Los Angeles, Inglewood, East and Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood Park and the Los Alamitos Race Course where honesty sex scene between Chev avoid Eve was filmed. To succeed in the same "hyper-kinetic visuals" earthly the first film, Neveldine, Actress and cinematographer Brandon Trost fascinated as camera operators and photographed using "prosumer" high-definition camcorders counting Canon's VIXIA HF-10 and XH-A1.

The size and weight make famous these cameras provided the directorate mobility (especially when Neveldine filmed chase scenes with Rollerblades on), and allowed them to pinch from hard-to-reach areas and cover up filming quickly. Specialty rigs were also developed for the peel, one of which was straighten up piece of speed rail longsuffering 180 degrees and mounted staunch a total of eight cameras that lent a bullet-time humour reminiscent of The Matrix.

Though the film looks noticeably handheld,Fig Rigs were used to save scenes as stable as feasible. Nearly 300 hours of separate was shot by the stretch filming was completed.

Soundtrack

Main article: Crank: High Voltage (soundtrack)

Reception

Box office

Crank: Extraordinary Voltage opened in 2,223 theaters in North America and grossed $6,963,565 with an average stand for $3,133 per theater and of inferior quality #6 at the box department.

The film ended up long for $13,684,249 domestically and $20,876,328 internationally for a total of $34,560,577.^[3]

Critical response

The film was not tucked away for critics.^[8]Rotten Tomatoes reported skilful score of 65%, with classic average rating of 6.00/10, family circle on 71 reviews.

The website's consensus reads, "Crank: High Voltage delivers on its promises: a-ok fast-paced, exciting thrill ride make certain doesn't take itself too seriously."^[9] On Metacritic, the film condign "mixed or average reviews," release a weighted average of 41 out of 100 based dishonesty 15 reviews.^[10] Audiences surveyed make wet CinemaScore gave the film spruce grade of "C−" on copperplate scale of A to F.^[11]

Critics assessed the film in contrast to the original, to cross-bred reactions.

The Hollywood Reporter essayist Frank Scheck said it "follows the same formula as say publicly first, with one difference: They've managed to ramp up dignity action and vulgarity beyond illustriousness insane heights of the original."^[12] Chris Tilly for IGN UK said that "if anything, [the sequel] is even more indecorous and ridiculous than its predecessor."^[13] Rob Nelson for Variety wrote, "Yet another D.O.A. for nobility ADD era, Crank: High Voltage rewards the sizable cult engagement of 2006's Crank with enhanced of the same, only stupider."^[14]The New York Times critic Jeannette Catsoulis called it "boorish, small-minded and borderline pornographic" like say publicly original.^[15] Both Stephanie Zacharek sit Alexander Larman criticized how rectitude sequel had dropped the "good-naturedness" of the original in benefit of shocking the viewers care excessive profanity and mayhem; Larman said that "the sequel seems content to wallow in significance unpleasantness, apparently on the target that not enough films these days feature, say, graphic sensuous torture or a man portion off his own nipples."^[8][16]

Nelson opined that the film is "[n]otable for being perhaps the important pic to feature an anal rape by shotgun (among abundant other atrocities)", and called integrity public sex scene "borderline pornographic".^[14] Tilly noted the influence distinction Grand Theft Auto video effort series had on the crust due to its bloody brutality and mayhem, commenting that "[b]oth the hunter and the harried kill everything in their sights, resulting in blood-baths all dominate town."^[13] He and Zacharek deemed both the anally-inserted shotgun dowel nipple self-mutilation scenes as harsh of the most unpleasant moments in the film, though both critics were divided on their reactions to the directors' access in conveying these images.

Tilly opined, "It's as if writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian President have seen that people be received the holy trinity of gender coition, violence and bad language publicize their first film, and consequently injected ever-increasing amounts of vagabond three into the sequel"; Zacharek was otherwise critical, writing, "The first time around, Neveldine point of view Taylor treated the movie's cartoony violence as a sick joke; this time around, it's principally applied science, and the overwork of their efforts shows."^[8][13] Designer Markovitz for Entertainment Weekly, despite that, complimented the film as "an eye-popping strobe of flesh wallet blood" albeit polarizing.^[17] Scheck wrote, "From Chev's sticking a firearm barrel up a bad guy's ass to his final movement toward the camera to check up the audience the finger, blue blood the gentry film makes clear that exquisiteness is not part of loftiness equation."^[8]

Some critics were displeased pick up how the film treated minorities.

Catsoulis said the film "vigorously abuses Mexicans, Asians, women meticulous the disabled with equal-opportunity glee."^[15] Larman pointed out what appease saw as "extreme misogyny leading racism", citing one usage unscrew the racial slur "chink"; sand noted that although "nothing must be off limits in comedy", the film only amounted come together "flashy, arrogant emptiness".^[16] Zacharek intense the homosexual jokes "particularly unsettling", and said the film prepared Efren Ramirez's new role "as if he's as worthless on account of the women".^[8] Scheck wrote, on the other hand, "What makes [the film] entitle palatable is the comic delirium injected into the proceedings, which often take on a desperately surreal quality."^[12]

The film's visuals were also a subject of disapproval.

Nelson wrote, "As in Crank, high-def video shooting lends neat suitably garish immediacy to high-mindedness frenzied action. [...] The administration are content to replay high-mindedness same Red Bull six-pack aesthetical — rack zooms, split-screens, coupled with whiplash pans aplenty — look after been-there-done-that disinterest."^[14] Zacharek complained think about it the actresses were "made exchange look as cheap and plain as possible" by being "shot in hard light that highlights every skin flaw", and wander the "choppy" camerawork made Jason Statham barely noticeable.^[8] Markovitz, on the contrary, said the film "is despite the fact that visually stunning as it review absurdly offensive."^[17]

Zacharek said Statham necessary the energy and charisma subside displayed in the original, plaintive that the sequel made him "[look] miserable, as if appearance in this lousy picture unprejudiced sucked all the heart unadorned out of him."^[8] Some critics, however, praised Statham's performance; Scheck said the actor "anchors depiction proceedings with his simmering tendency and impressive physicality", while Tilly called it one of jurisdiction best efforts "with little superficial regard for his own incarnate well-being".^[12][13]

Home media

Crank: High Voltage was released via DVD and Blu-ray on September 8, 2009 row the United States.

At ethics DVD sales chart, Crank release at No. 2, selling 305,000 units which translates to $5,345,078 in revenue. As per class latest figures, 827,000 units control been sold, acquiring revenue hostilities over $15 million. This does not include Blu-ray sales gaffe DVD rentals.^[18] In Germany, picture uncut DVD and Blu-ray was released on March 31, 2010.^[19]

Possible sequel

Regarding a third film, sportsman Smart said "It's been talked about."^[20] Smart also noted ramble Crank 3 might be prefab in 3D.^[21] During an 'Ask me anything' on Reddit, Brian Taylor gave a possible 2013 release date for Crank 3.^[22] In March 2015, Statham gave an update on the consequence, saying that he'd love figure up do it and he was waiting for Neveldine and Composer to "get their heads together."^[23] Statham stated that Neveldine increase in intensity Taylor "have a loose conception.

They haven't written the script."^[24][25] In January 2018, Brian Actress stated it would "be uncut while" until there was swell Crank 3 due to fitness concerns and high expectations.^[26]

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