Friday, September 01, 2006

Crank

CRANK (2006)
Featuring a perfectly-cast Jason Statham as a hitman who gets injected with a bizarre poison that requires him to keep his adrenaline up to survive, this was a ridiculously over-the-top but really entertaining film. Though the two directors were clearly inspired by Tony Scott in their kinetic sense of style, they actually put it to better use here than Scott ever has (the style actually seemed to fit the movie, unlike in something like Man on Fire, where it felt shoehorned in and only served to distract the audience). Everything about this movie was insanely over the top, but it worked and I quite enjoyed it. ***

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