Crank (2006)

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Director: Mark Neveldine Brian Taylor     Starring: Jason Statham
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Crank (2006)
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Product Summary

Format: DVD
Buy.com Sku: 203401342
UPC: 031398206927
UPC 14: 00031398206927
Category Keywords: Assassins  Drugs  Hit Men  Killer  Revenge  Sex  Theatrical Release
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There are a Thousand Ways to Raise Your Adrenaline. Today, Chev Chelios will Need Every Single One.
Professional assassin chev chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.

"...a smart, sexy and funny sprint.  David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
"A Saw for the action crowd, this is an intense, stripped-down ride that goes places you'd never expect.  Nick De Semlyen, Empire
"...an efficient, witty, junkyard dog of an action movie...  Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Editor's Note
Screenwriters and directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor make their feature-film debut in this fast-paced action film. Freelance hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) wakes up with a big problem; a DVD left in his apartment by smalltime gangster Ricky Vanero (Jose Pablo Cantillo) tells him that he has only one hour to live. While Chev was asleep, Vanero injected him with a deadly synthetic drug from China--known as the Beijing Cocktail--as payback for Chev's last hit. Now, Chev's only hope to stay alive is to keep his adrenalin pumping. Dead set on revenge against Vanero, Chev also has to keep his girlfriend, Eve (Amy Smart), out of the mob's hands. To complicate matters, naïve, sweet Eve has no idea that her charming British boyfriend is a hitman. Even worse, Chev's boss, Carlito (Carlos Sanz) has no intention of helping his favorite freelancer.

Luckily, Chev's friend Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam) can offer some temporary lifesaving advice; his drugged pal has to keep moving. Downing cans of Red Bull and popping over-the-counter energy pills, Chev is a crazed man on a mission. He has to exact revenge on Vanero, save his girlfriend, and find an antidote, all while keeping his slowing heart pumping. Fear, sex and violence are the best way to keep adrenalin flowing, and there's no shortage of any of them in this nonstop action flick. Extreme chase scenes, shootouts, and romance abound, along with plenty of clipped dialogue and just enough dark humor. Statham plays Chev with a perfect combination of steely determination and utter insanity--a guy who is finally trying to do the right thing, even if it means killing lots of people along the way. Cantillo's Vanero is a little fish playing in a very big pond, but not quite the player he thinks he is.

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Video Features DVD, Widescreen, English, Subtitled, Spanish, Dolby Digital (5.1)
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Release Information
Video Mfg Name Studio: Lions Gate
Video Release Date Release Date: 3/6/2012
Video Play Time Running Time: 87 minutes
Video Release Year Original Release Date: 2006
Video CategoryId Catalog ID: 20692
Video UPC UPC: 00031398206927
Video Number of Discs Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Video Original Language Original Language: English
Video Audio Spec Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
Video Subtitle Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Video Color Spec Video: Color

Aspect Ratio
Video Aspect Ratio Widescreen  1.85:1
Entertainment Reviews
Expert Review Crank - DVD
By: Keith Breese filmcritic.com DVD Reviews
Published on: 12/29/2006 5:45 PM
They call it the “Beijing cocktail” and when it’s injected into your bloodstream you’ve got about an hour to live. The science behind the drug is cloudy. But all you need to know is that it slows your heart to a crawl. A deadly crawl. The only solution is adrenalin. Lots and lots of adrenalin. When contract killer Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is pumped full of “Beijing cocktail” he catches on quick that to survive – see his girl, kill the man who doped him, even some scores – he’s got to keep moving. Keep pumped....read the full review
Cast & Crew
Video Cast Info Amy Smart
Video Cast Info Dwight Yoakam
Video Cast Info Efren Ramirez
Video Cast Info Jason Statham
Video Cast Info Adam Biddle - Cinematographer
Video Cast Info Brian Berdan - Editor
Video Cast Info Brian Taylor - Director
Video Cast Info Brian Taylor - Writer
Video Cast Info Chris Cornwell - Art Director
Video Cast Info Mark Neveldine - Writer
Video Cast Info Mark Neveldine - Director
Video Cast Info Paul Haslinger - Original Music By
Video Cast Info Peter Block - Executive Producer
Video Cast Info Tom Rosenberg - Producer

Professional Reviews

Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[An] exuberant actioner....CRANK wouldn't work without Jason Statham. Battered, weary, wiescracking and astoundingly, viciously lethal, he's the working class angel of death cinema..." 10/01/2006 p.44

Entertainment Weekly
"[A]s showily amped and amiably amoral an extreme action pic as the exhaust-end of summer deserves." 09/15/2006 p.54

ReelViews 7 of 10
There's not much of a mystery about what Crank delivers. As promised, it's 85 minutes of action, with little in the way of encumbrances like dialogue and exposition, and only skeletal fragments of a narrative to keep things moving. For the most part, Crank rolls along with a tongue-in-cheek approach - the over-the-top action is delivered with a side order of cheese, and there's plenty of humor to accompany the testosterone and adrenaline (emphasis on "adrenaline") cocktail. In fact, since the only unique aspect of the action is the MTV-influenced manner in which the directors have chosen to frame their movie, one could argue that Crank works best as a comedy. It's occasionally funny, and some times very funny. - James Berardinelli

Variety 7 of 10
Videogamers who've been itching for "Grand Theft Auto: The Movie" can tide themselves over in the meantime with "Crank," a down-and-dirty actioner that follows a rugged antihero trying to outrun death by keeping his adrenaline flowing. Doing the same for viewers, however, proves a taller order, and pic's prescription of killings, car chases and indecent exposure -- held together by a chaotic editing scheme only a crackhead could love -- doesn't add up to much more than a few bloody chuckles...Statham has carried movies ("The Transporter" franchise) and played ruthless killers ("Cellular") in the past; here, as a roguishly likeable muscleman with a 10 o'clock shadow, he gets to do both. - Justin Chang

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