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Yank This Crank

Advantages: It's under 90-minutes
Disadvantages: Pooly Directed and Edited, Incredibly Dumb

Jason Statham seems to have developed a habit for making movies that should be direct to video yet the majority of them have received theatrical releases. Now I'm not averse to Mr Statham, after all he has roots in Norfolk and has done well for himself, not only that but he's managed to keep some cred while trying to sell kit kats. That aside I can safely say that Crank is absolutely terrible in every way and that's despite having a plot which on paper actually sounds pretty good. Statham plays the absurdly named Chev Chelios, an English professional hitman in LA. After giving some crime lord the nark, he finds himself knocked out and injected with a Chinese cocktail of drugs. With his heart close to giving up his beat, Chev must keep his adrenaline up to keep alive. What ensues is about an hour of crash bang wallop car chases ...

utero 04.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Crank (DVD)

Statham Cranks up the energy!

Advantages: Good action sequences, good special effects, Jason Statham is good
Disadvantages: A silly plot

I was at work at the library the other evening and fancied another film to watch, so had a little browse of the great selection available. I have managed to pick some truly awful films lately, so I was a bit unsure of what to go for but when I saw "Crank" on the shelf, I thought it sounded good, because I do like Jason Statham films! I showed it to my other half when I got home but he didn't want to watch it as he thought it might be a bit violent, so I sat down the other evening to watch it. Chev Chelios is a professional hitman and is about to wake up and find out he is rather a lot of trouble. Chev has been targeted by another assassin who has injected him with a Chinese poison intended to kill him within the hour. But Chev is determined not to let the poison kill him and realising adrenaline keeps the poison at bay, he sets off ...

mummy2harry 17.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Crank (DVD)

Crank: What would you do to stay alive?

Advantages: Some fantastic action scenes, very imaginative plot.
Disadvantages: Some of the dramatic scenes were more comedy than anything else.

My main reason for purchasing Crank was because Tom said he'd heard good reviews about it from friends and that Crank 2 was coming out in cinemas soon so we should buy it, watch it & then see the 2nd one in the cinema. I purchased our copy for £3.98 from Amazon.co.uk and it's been on offer at this price for several weeks now. Jason Statham stars as Chev Chelios who is a hit man and has made some enemies along the way who kidnap him, beat him half to death & then inject him with a Chinese toxin which requires him to keep his adrenaline levels extremely high to prevent his heart from stopping permanently. This sees him doing various things such as having sex in public, taking drugs, fighting with a group of men, driving at high speed etc. Some of the things that he does are just ridiculous and you wouldn't even think of some ...

katyeverett 23.11.2009 · Read full review
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