Thats a tagline from Crank, a 2006 movie I just happened to catch tonight with a couple of friends over dinner. Pretty poorly made for a film that happens to be shot in the Mecca of Movies, aka Los Angeles.
So there’s Chev Chelios, who wakes up to a drowsy start. Struggling around an apartment, he gets his hands on a DVD that has “F*** you” written on it. Playing back the DVD, he understands that he has been injected with some Chinese poison, that is slowing down his heart rate, and that he would be killed in an hour. The rest of the 2 hours is spent in a maze of violence, sex, nudity and at least 500 utterances of the word “F***” .. and of course, trying to get an antidote. Basically, the guy needs to keep the adrenalin pumping, else he would die. And he does everything possible to do that ..
A well-thought-of concept, but pathetic execution. Many of the scenes appear pretty poorly made. Like the one where he’s slowing down, and to boost his adrenalin rate, forces his girlfriend to have sex with him in public … Ugghhh, please … This is just third-grade crap .. Definitely worth a miss …
