Crank 2 (2009)

 

Genre: Action/Crime

Time: 1h 36mins

Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Quick Summary: Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

I couldn't have asked for a better sequel. 

Now this isn't as perfect as the first one, but it's near enough. Imagine, the first crank but more extreme and filled with more over-the-top action. It's like everything got ramped up to 200%. It's sillier too, hamming up the sound effects and the funny stunts.

It keeps being exciting and fresh though, it doesn't copy the first one. It has the same elements but it still manages to be a new storyline. I liked that they brought back characters from the first one too. The plot is as silly as the first one, but it still works. They had a formula and ran with it. 

This is still hilarious too! It keeps the same style of humour and absolutely abuses it in this one, but it isn't annoying or obnoxious at all. Jason Statham is still incredible in this, and honestly, I think he was funnier in this one. (I will say it gets a bit racist and homophobic in this one, so pre-warning there)

A perfect sequel for an absolutely ridiculous film series.

9/10

"Talk Show Host: Chev, where's dad?

Young Chev: I never met the wanker. He died before I was born."