Crank 2: High Voltage – Blu-Ray (Used)

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Author: Jason Statham

Brand: Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada

Format: Widescreen

Release Date: 08-09-2009

Details: Product description Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working. Amazon.ca The critics have not been very kind to Crank: High Voltage. But what do they know? Heres what this movie has going for it: gratuitous nudity, mindless violence, constant profanity, and a ridiculous storyline. Add to that stereotypes galore (gay, Asian, Latino, the neuropsychiatrically disabled, you name it), strippers with guns, a strike by porn actors (with a cameo appearance by Ron Jeremy), and a guy who refers to his heart as a « strawberry tart, » and one can only wonder whats not to like. In fact, writer-director-producers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylors sequel to 2006s Crank is an absolute hoot, a non-stop assault of crazy sights and sounds that will leave you breathless and laughing. As the action starts, Jason Stathams Chev Chelios has not only survived the fall from a helicopter that ended the earlier film, but is now on the operating table, awake and watching as some Chinese villains harvest his « tart » in order to implant it in their aging leader (a wacky turn by David Carradine). Chev quickly dispatches the bad guys, but the funs just starting; the mechanical ticker theyve put inside him needs constant recharging, so as Chev pursues the real organ, he must use whatevers available (jumper cables, a police taser, a car cigarette lighter, high voltage power lines) to keep the fake one going. Storywise, thats about it. But its plenty, as the filmmakers ultra-kinetic style–with its manic edits, cartoony subtitles, and other envelope-stretching effects–and amusing performances by Amy Smart (as Chevs girlfriend), Dwight Yoakam (as a « doctor » who helps him figure out whats happening), and others keep things going. No, Crank: High Voltage aint exactly Masterpiece Theater, but this is without a doubt one of 2009s most entertaining films. –Sam Graham

UPC: 057373206980

EAN: 0057373206980

Languages: English

Binding: Blu-ray

Item Condition: Used