Crank (2006)

 

Genre: Action/ Crime

Time: 1h 44mins

Directors: Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine

Quick Summary: Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.

Why is this good. It shouldn't be good. It's absolutely awful, but so fun to watch.

This is a rapid film, the pacing is straight away racing ahead. Though that is what makes this great. Something is always happening and it doesn't let down for one second. You know immediately what's happening as honestly, the plot doesn't need much explaining or detail to it. All action and I loved it.

 I couldn't get enough of the camera flashing and moving around nearly constantly, only settling during the slow scenes because as awful as it was, it fit perfectly with the movie rushing around. The editing too is awful, for example, they use direct shots from google maps when doing transport transitions with what I assumed was Word Art Text. It kind of reminded me of MTV videos.

Jason Statham is great in this, especially with all the extreme stunts and over-the-top action. He is relentless and hilarious. Actually, I'm not sure if was supposed to find this film funny, but it was so damn funny. From the silly dialogue to the stupid sound effects that are used for comedic relief moments. It feels very tongue-in-cheek with how it approached everything. I can't imagine this being taken as completely serious.

Non-stop action. That is what this is, and it is amazing to watch. I absolutely recommend this as it is pure entertainment. Even if you won't enjoy the humour, you can laugh about how "Low-Budget" this feels. Honestly, I think there must be a stunt every 5 minutes that is so extra and extreme. 

I can't stress enough how thrilling this is to watch. This was my introduction to Jason Statham and I adore him, I'll definitely be watching more of his films as I couldn't get enough of him. He completely took over all the scenes, which I have no complaints about.

Seriously go watch this as soon as you can. 

10/10

"Chev Chelios: Do you think I've got 'cunt' written on my forehead?

["Cunt" appears on his forehead as he asks]"

"Orlando: You a persistent motherfucker, Chev Chelios. I'll give you that. They pop you and you just keep getting up?

Chev Chelios: I'm the Terminator."