I put this here because the shit that goes down in this flick is well beyond the realm of possibility and I get the strong impression the whole thing's meant to be an actual live-action video game, which sounds pretty sci-fi to me. Feel free to move if it fits better elsewhere, of course.
This is intended mainly as a public service anouncement, so I'll try not to rant/review the entire thing.
I loved the first Crank. It was crazy cool with just the right mix of WTF, awesome action, an insane plot and Statham being badass The (First) Transporter Statham. But, like the Transporter movies, Crank 2 has decided to take a formula that worked once, double up on everything remotely cool, turn the dial to 11, break the dial off, jam it into the audience's eye and then shoot the audience in the face.
While the Transporter franchise has only become meh going in this direction, Crank 2 has convinced me never to watch the inevitable direct-to-dvd part 3 or this film ever again. I seriously considered walking out numerous times but couldn't pull myself away from watching the car wreck. Including laugh-crying at John DeLancie's news anchor bits, the whole movie was one disastrous, overplayed, beaten horse, migraine-inducing shot after another. Everything that worked in Crank, failed in Crank 2.
Don't go see this movie. Go outside. Read a book. Argue sci-fi minutia with internet nerds. Do anything else.
PS - If Road Trip was worth you flashing your tits, Amy Smart, why not Crank or Crank 2? What's up with the cut-away body double? Were you holding out for more money? Was it not as artistically relevent to the plot as dry-humping Statham twice in front of hundreds of people then O-facing while confronted by a giant (literal) horse cock? Yes, this happened in movie. No, it was not funny or edgy. Fedgy? Just ... no.
This is intended mainly as a public service anouncement, so I'll try not to rant/review the entire thing.
I loved the first Crank. It was crazy cool with just the right mix of WTF, awesome action, an insane plot and Statham being badass The (First) Transporter Statham. But, like the Transporter movies, Crank 2 has decided to take a formula that worked once, double up on everything remotely cool, turn the dial to 11, break the dial off, jam it into the audience's eye and then shoot the audience in the face.
While the Transporter franchise has only become meh going in this direction, Crank 2 has convinced me never to watch the inevitable direct-to-dvd part 3 or this film ever again. I seriously considered walking out numerous times but couldn't pull myself away from watching the car wreck. Including laugh-crying at John DeLancie's news anchor bits, the whole movie was one disastrous, overplayed, beaten horse, migraine-inducing shot after another. Everything that worked in Crank, failed in Crank 2.
Don't go see this movie. Go outside. Read a book. Argue sci-fi minutia with internet nerds. Do anything else.
PS - If Road Trip was worth you flashing your tits, Amy Smart, why not Crank or Crank 2? What's up with the cut-away body double? Were you holding out for more money? Was it not as artistically relevent to the plot as dry-humping Statham twice in front of hundreds of people then O-facing while confronted by a giant (literal) horse cock? Yes, this happened in movie. No, it was not funny or edgy. Fedgy? Just ... no.
Ya.. I don't think so!
