Crank 2 High Voltage Movie Review

Directed by: Mark Neveldine,Brian Taylor Produced by : Michael Paseornek,Tom Rosenberg,Gary Lucchesi,Skip Williamson,Richard Wright,David Rubin Written by: Mark Neveldine,Brian Taylor Starring Jason Statham,Amy Smart Music by: Mike Patton Cinematography: Brandon Trost Distributed by: International:Lakeshore Entertainment, North America:Lionsgate Films Release date(s): April 17, 2009 Running time: 96 min. Country: United States Language: English Budget: $12,500,000 USD

For those of you who've seen "Crank", the so called "action packed thriller" and enjoyed it, good for you and I'm sorry. I'm glad that you enjoyed it, but sorry that you didn't watch a better one because in my opinion, "Crank" made much sense in terms of having a storyline then a babies Pampers having the sense of staying dry 24 hours after being used on a newborn. "Crank" is an action packed movie all right and it does have the thrills and chills of an action movie, but I couldn't find the storyline/plot anywhere because nothing made sense (in fact I'm still looking for it even after having read the 20 or so words on the back of the DVD box). Apparently "Crank" is about a man who is dying and is trying to find the culprits who were trying to do him in. He buys some crack from the black market and sniffs it until he feels better (sure, when you gotta go, you might as well live it up I guess). He even goes into the drug store and swipes several boxes of nose spray because a customer tells him it has some kind of chemical that'll make him feel better (I didn't and I had to go run to the toilet to make myself feel better after sitting hrough another piece of "cinematic brilliance--NOT!"). The acting suffice as to say was pretty good despite what the cast of "Crank" had to deal with it. The direction was pathetic because all the twists and turns were hard to swallow and follow and they were harder to swallow then a pretzel with a Molson Canadian (ouch, now that's pretty hard). The cinematography was okay and the pace was pretty consistent (faster then Speedy Gonzales and "Angulay! Angulay!). If you like action packed movies that doesn't have much of a plot (Those Die Hard movies at least had somewhat of a plot to it) then by all means see this movie, but let me try and save you some time when I say, hey, the weather's getting warmer; so why don't you go outside and enjoy it rather then watch this disappointment. "Crank" left me feeling "cranky" after viewing it and rightly so (pun intended). Also don't get the soundtrack because the consistency with the music was apalling (like mixing opera with heavy metal--PEW!!).

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