Crank

Crank

There are a thousand ways to raise your adrenaline. Today, Chev Chelios will need every single one.

Directed by Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine

Produced by Lakeshore Entertainment, RadicalMedia

200688 min6.7 / 10

A relentless, high-octane action thriller that treats a poisoning countdown as an excuse for sustained mayhem, absurdity, and kinetic spectacle.

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Crank violent? Yes, very. More violent than 98% of films.

  • Is Crank one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 97% of films.

  • Is Crank easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Crank sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Crank scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Does Crank end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity94

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Surprise88

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Love55

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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