Crank - Impressions

Plot: A hit man (Statham) learns that a poison injected into his body will kill him if his heart rate drops slows a certain point. Now he must exact his revenge on the people who injected him before he takes his last breath.

Just came back from watching this movie, here are my thoughts:

Spoiler:

This is probably the best video game movie I have ever seen except that it wasn't based on any actual video game. The nods to GTA and video games in general is blatant throughout and I laughed when Statham tells his girl that he's a hitman and not a video game programmer.

Its great that the movie didn't take itself seriously at all, and the ending was satisfying enough that I didn't walk out of the movie feeling like I just wasted my time and money. There are a couple of good gags in the movie, with the best one imo being when Statham tosses the cab driver away and yells "Al Qaida!" Though the erected penis scene was hilarious as well.

I would have liked a some good martial arts fights like in Transporter, but this movie could have been so much worst that I'm just glad it was watchable from beginning to end. All in all, this is an excellent "low-budget over the top" action movie, and a definite must-see for any and all gamers out there.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Wojo

I don't know why they didn't just call this movie Transporter 3. From all the previews I have seen it looks almost identical to the two movies.

Its quite different from the Transporter movies. Transporter is way more light-hearted and follows the usual action movie routine by the book. Crank is rated R, and is pretty crazy in a GTA-like way.

There's nowhere I can't reach.