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Crank: High Voltage (2009)

Directed by Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine

Action | Comedy | Crime

Most recently watched by jenerator, themarc, seanCduregger

Overview

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

Rated R | Length 95 minutes

Actors

Jason Statham | Amy Smart | David Carradine | Dwight Yoakam | Bai Ling | Clifton Collins Jr. | Jose Pablo Cantillo | Efren Ramirez | Julanne Chidi Hill | Reno Wilson | Keone Young | Art Hsu | Joseph Julian Soria | Corey Haim | Geri Halliwell | Billy Unger | Jamie Harris | John de Lancie | Ho-Kwan Tse | Galen Yuen | Shu Lan Tuan | Anne Girard | Yeva-Genevieve Lavlinski | Reid Harper | David Rubin | Chester Bennington | Setu Taase | Eidan Hanzei | Najja Meeks | David Rolas | David Dooyun Kim | Portis Hershey | Atticus Todd | Peter Mark | Chad Damiani | Jai Stefan | Tom Roach | Maynard James Keenan | Danny Lohner | Danna Hansen | Keith Jardine | Cherinda Kincherlow | Billy Gillespie | Samuel Hubinette | Michael Weston | Dan Callahan | Lloyd Kaufman | Joseph D. Reitman | Lexington Steele | Monique Alexander | Jenna Haze | Kate Mulligan | Nick Manning | Ed Powers | Larry Eudene | Mandy Amano | Jay Xcala | Glenn Howerton | Sam Witwer | David Baptiste | Simone Bargetze | Patrick Bautista | Sorana Black | Darryl Chan | Alexandre Chen | Rossie Cottrell | Nick Dash | Marisa DeVonish | Sabrina Diaz | Tony Flores | Menina Fortunato | Toni Fox | Sharlene Grover | Jen Halperin | Lauren Holly | Leo Ibanez | Hannah Landberg | Josiah D. Lee | Rosa Lee | Raven Lexy | Erin Micklow | Alan Mueting | Bibiana Navas | Christine Q. Nguyen | Jimmy Ortega | Nicole Randall | C. Frederick Secrease | Teemaree | Kurly Tlapoyawa | Shirley To | Brandon Trost | Jason Trost | Tricia Trotter | Janna VanHeertum | Peter Mark Vasquez | Holly Weber | Ron Jeremy

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
07/25/2023TVBlu-rayOwned6 stars
04/19/2009Movie ScreenFilmTheater7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

The live action cartoon humor wears thin on this revisit, which I thought would be the case when I saw this in theater; would it hold up on subsequent viewings? Not really. Doesn’t help that I also recently rewatched the first movie and this is just more of the same so it loses its edge.

That said, this movie still has its moments and Statham is 100 percent on board w/being Chev Chelios. I like Bai Ling a lot in this despite portraying this kind of racial stereotype; she has the right energy to make it work. Kinda sad, however, that this was probably her last high profile film and this character didn’t help her, I’m sure. Could say the same for Clifton Collins Jr but he’s a better chameleon.

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