The Transporter established Jason Statham as a talent to watch. Crank confirmed it.
It starts with no set up; Chev Chelios has been poisened with some chinese cocktail of lethal drugs, and the only way he can keep himself alive is by stimulating the natural adrenaline in his body. Its an escapist movie (just as The Terminator or Rambo was); the audience would never do what Chev does so its cathartic to watch him do it for us.
This is the Evil Dead 2 of gangster movies; the usual plot of hitman wanting out...but mixed with a heady cocktail of ultra-violence and dark, comc strip humour.
The directors inventivness and bravery in trying new techniques is to be congratulated with the camera communicating not only how Chev feels but the urgency in which he carries out his quest for survival and revenge.
Humour and violence has rarely been this well combined.
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Crank is mint! Totally bonkers, inventive and hilarious. The sequel is even nuttier. Chev Chelios rules!
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