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Crank (2006)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 89
Fresh: 54 | Rotten: 35

It's a film about a guy injected with Speed... wait, there's no bus. It's a film about a guy who has to kick a bunch of squirmy butt to stay alive... wait, no snakes or planes here. But it is a film about doing lots of drugs and pulling lots of punches, and it entertains accordingly.

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 11

It's a film about a guy injected with Speed... wait, there's no bus. It's a film about a guy who has to kick a bunch of squirmy butt to stay alive... wait, no snakes or planes here. But it is a film about doing lots of drugs and pulling lots of punches, and it entertains accordingly.

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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Movie Info

A one-time freelance hitman who was just attempting to turn his life around is forced to keep his heart pumping when his vengeful former employers inject him with a lethal poison that will permanently stop his ticker if his pulse sinks beneath an active rate in a non-stop urban action extravaganza starring Jason Statham and Amy Smart. Chev Chelios (Statham) was one of the most skilled assassins in the West Coast crime syndicate. When he hung up his guns in the middle of a job to run off with his

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

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Brian Taylor

Jan 9, 2007

$27.8M

Lionsgate

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Critic Reviews for Crank

All Critics (93) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (59) | Rotten (36) | DVD (16)

It's a promising concept, but instead of expending effort on, say, a coherent script, the filmmakers lazily rely on cheap editing tricks and gleefully relentless sadism.

September 23, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment (1)
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Leave it alone, or leave your brain and pocket change at the gate, strap yourself in and just enjoy the ride.

September 23, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
Neva Chonin
San Francisco Chronicle
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For those who enjoy this brand of wholly mindless entertainment, Crank delivers.

September 7, 2006 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Jason Stratham rampages through Los Angeles in this retread of Speed, but for a movie premised on unrelenting action, Crank proves fatally turgid.

September 5, 2006 Comment
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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The movie is cranked up somewhere between stylish and proudly stupid.

September 2, 2006 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comment
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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While Crank has its moments, the line stringing them together isn't wound taut enough.

September 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Michael Ordoña
Los Angeles Times
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Gets by on a unique kind of absurd, deadpan humor in which the most implausible stuff cheerfully happens anyway.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Stylish, depraved, speedy action. Not for kids.

July 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Cynthia Fuchs
Common Sense Media

Sure, Crank is totally ridiculous, unbelievable, exhausting, and pretty much just plain stupid, but that's what makes it fun.

March 24, 2007 Full Review Source: UGO | Comment
Brian Tallerico
UGO

Ranks among the most mindless action films ever made, but scores as a helluva video game.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Bruce Feld
Film Journal International

The super-concentrated silt at the bottom of a chemistry experiment that has no possible purpose to it but to deliver whatever limited jolt of which it's capable.

February 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Its freneticism ... futilely tries to cover up the ludicrousness of every decision made by its dim characters.

January 24, 2007 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

Like D.O.A. as imagined by Guy Richie.

January 9, 2007 Comment
Staci Layne Wilson
Buzzine Magazine

Assaults the senses tirelessly with wave after wave of momentum-building intensity, with Jason Statham enjoying his best role since The Transporter.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: BlackFilm.com | Comment
Kam Williams
BlackFilm.com

A macabre, attention-deficit adventure designed with the Joystick Generation in mind. For better or worse, the cinematic equivalent of crack.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze

You might just want to catch a matinee or wait for the DVD. This is definitely not worth your 10 bucks.

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | Comment
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review
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Crank is a self adreneline rush. Jason Statham is a freaking badass in every movie he does, and this might be his best to date. You feel like there is a story in this movie somewhere, but truly I didn't care, its never boring and always stays cool. The action was well done and freaking cool, you gotta have respect

June 11, 2011
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Brad Wright

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A very enjoyable Jason Statham movie. As usual he's brilliant as the action man,fast past, wise cracking, sex driven man. Its funny, exciting and adrenelin pumping fun movie thats very enjoyable. However i would advise to only watch this one and not the second crank as it just gets rubbish and ruins the movie.

September 4, 2007
FiLmCrAzY
Film Crazy

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    1. Doc Miles: [to Chev] If you stop you die.
    2. Chev Chelios: [to store clerk] If you move you die.
    – Submitted by Alex S (9 months ago)

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