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Crank: High Voltage

Crank: High Voltage

Action · Thriller · Crime · 2009

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.

Movie details

Crank: High Voltage

“He was dead... but he got better.”

2009 Action · Thriller · Crime 1h 36m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.1 / 10

166.5K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

64 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

41 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Crank: High Voltage?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mark Neveldine · Brian Taylor

Written by

Brian Taylor · Mark Neveldine

Jason Statham

Jason Statham

Chev Chelios

Amy Smart

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Dwight Yoakam

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Julanne Chidi Hill

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Jose Pablo Cantillo

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Reno Wilson

Reno Wilson

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Court is in session

Put Crank: High Voltage on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Momentum is a formal choice.”

The velocity sharpens instinct and tension, making every beat land before self-importance can settle in.

The prosecution The Auteur Devotee

“Speed as an alibi.”

The film races past its weak spots and hopes acceleration will keep the audience from inspecting the evidence.