This film was just as silly and enjoyable as promised. There wasn't really much of a plot just an excuse for Jason Statham to go nuts for a while driving fast cars, beating people up and taking lots of drugs.
While I applauded all the great silliness I did kind of feel a bit lost at some points. It almost felt the script had been written during a particularly drunken game of Consequences: "ok, he beats up some people and then he steals a car and then goes to the hospital..." it didn't really feel like it was going anywhere.
There were also too many sequences of Statham driving a car fast, or riding a motorbike fast, or running fast with obligatory hard rock music, sweeping camera and bizarrely unnecessary effects.
I was also rather disappointed about the lack of innovative prop use, such as melons and fire hoses, like in Transporter 2. Most disputes seemed to be settled by gunfights which was a bit annoying, although the severed hand bit was rather interesting.
Some bits, however, were quite amusing, such as the ridiculous final shootout between the rival gangs and when Statham steals a taxi cab from an Arab driver; throwing him to the ground and shouting 'Al-Qaida', at which point he is set upon by a crowd of onlookers.
It wasn't a bad use of an afternoon but I can't help but feel there were a lot of missed opportunities... I give Crank 2 and a half stars out of 5.
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