Crank
Published August 6, 2023
Film info
- Title Crank
- Directors Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
- Year 2006
- Run time 1hr 28m
- Genres Action, Thriller, Crime
- Tagline There are a thousand ways to raise your adrenaline. Today, Chev Chelios will need every single one.
Chev Chelios is a hit man who the night before has given up his trade in order to build a new life with his girlfriend. Only when he wakes up he discovers he has been poisoned in his sleep and has only an hour to live. In hot pursuit of the antidote, he discovers one important thing - adrenaline slows the poison! So now he can do only one thing to delay the inevitable - keep moving!
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 5:27 | The style of this is so like a music video. |
| 7:44 | “You plum.” Best name-calling ever. |
| 16:10 | I don’t think the escalator would lift the car, would it? |
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Thoughts
We’re sort of randomly working our way through Jason Statham’s back catalogue - mostly because you always know what you’re going to get. This one was a bit too far for me - it was like an energy drink advertising fever dream. Made me dizzy just to watch the twenty minutes that we did.
Rating: Unrated