: Crank
I loved the silly premise — Speed with a poisoned man: adrenaline keeps him alive so if he stops moving, he dies — but unfortunately the film’s not quite as fun as it sounds. The first mistake is there is no mystery, as he’s told right at the beginning he’s been poisoned and he knows who did it. The second mistake is the film is inconsistent in tone and attitude. At times it’s hilarious, a live action cartoon (like when a brick building, with guys fighting inside, digitally puffs and swells to the poundings inside); but other times it goes quite and stale, as though the filmmakers were out of material. Other times it’s just distasteful, such as the outdoor sex scene, which was overly graphic — and puzzling since moments earlier the girl had been frolicking nearly naked and the guy didn’t make a move even though he needed the adrenaline. Huh? The action’s okay, but it should have been non-stop and accelerating; the pauses in action don’t fit with the plot. The ending is cool — I was actually surprised they were so realistic. Overall, I give this a B-, with most of the goodness from the premise, not the execution.
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