Crank - Impressions

I saw this last night with some college friends, and not knowing anything at all about this movie, I'd have to say it was a fun popcorn flick. My initial impressions was "Speed in a man" lol.

The camera just seemed a bit too shaky at times, which kind of reminded me of the Batman Begins fight sequences where you see a guy throw a punch, then suddenly it switches to something else right away, from a different angle.

Definitely don't watch this if you get motion sickness lol. My friend had a headache going into the movie, and he said the movie made it worse, although he loved watching it lol. It does earn its R rating, what with the amount of sex, drugs, and violence (esp. the violence) in it But despite that, it's more like video game violence than real world

This is definitely something you'd want to see with an audience though. While there will be some idiots, it's a lot like Snakes on a Plane at times, where if someone says something silly at the right moment, it really adds to the joke.

Just one thing I didn't really understand, although it was hilarious:

Spoiler:

Near the end, when the bad guy boss Carlito is talking to him, it switches to the main character, who then lets out a neigh as if he was a horse. Although there were a lot of sillier things done in the movie, this just really came out of nowhere. Not sure what it's supposed to mean, if anything, but it was really funny.

Again, this movie doesn't take itself too seriously for the most part (despite the violence in it), and there really are a lot of funny parts in the movie, whether intentional or not.

If you take this movie for just being a fun popcorn flick, you won't be disappointed. If you try to take the movie seriously, then you'll be disappointed, that's all I'll say in case you're debating to go see it or not.

Spoiler:

Near the end, the main character gets his weapons taken away, but then he holds his hand out like its a pistol. The bad guys laugh, but then when he points it at them, they act as though it's a real gun.

This part really reminds me of a banned Xbox 360 commercial, where something similar happened. People started pulling out their hands as if they were holding guns, and the situation seemed serious, but then they were just playing a game

Jam it back in, in the dark.