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Crank
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Crank is a 2006 American action and crime film directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who also served as screenwriters. The cast includes Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, and Dwight Yoakam. Produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, and Michael Davis, the film was produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and distributed by Starz Entertainment and Netflix. Paul Haslinger composed the music, and Brian Berdan edited the film.
Set and filmed in Los Angeles, the movie has a runtime of 88 minutes and was released in English. It carries an R rating and was produced with a budget of 12,000,000. The film received a Metascore of 57 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 62%. It has received 2 wins and 2 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.7Chev 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.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Chev
- Amy Smart as Eve
- Jose Pablo Cantillo as Verona
- Efren Ramirez as Kaylo
- Dwight Yoakam as Doc Miles
- Carlos Sanz as Carlito
Themes
- assassin
- helicopter
- hitman
- poison
- fistfight
- swimming pool
- revenge
- shootout
- motorcycle
- drugs
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
276,303 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
62%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
- Written by
- Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
- Produced by
- Michael Davis Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg Skip Williamson Richard S. Wright
- Starring
- Jason Statham Amy Smart Jose Pablo Cantillo Efren Ramirez Dwight Yoakam
- Cinematography
- Adam Biddle
- Edited by
- Brian Berdan
- Music by
- Paul Haslinger
- Production companies
- Lakeshore Entertainment RadicalMedia
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate
- Release date
- September 1, 2006 ( 2006-09-01 )
- Running time
- 87 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $42.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Crank is a 2006 American action film directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (in their directorial debut). It stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez and Dwight Yoakam. In the film, Chev Chelios (Statham), an LA–based British assassin, is poisoned by a synthetic drug and must keep his adrenaline flowing constantly to keep himself alive, while trying to track down the culprits responsible for poisoning him. It was followed by 2009 sequel; Crank: High Voltage.
Plot
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