In Crank 2: High Voltage, Chelios faces Chinese mobsters who steal his nearly indestructible heart and replace it with a battery powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep it going.
Huh??? Didn't Statham's Chelios die in the original?
From what Variety is reporting, part II doesn't sound like a prequel. In fact it sounds like the whole thing is getting a bit of a sci-fi spin.
The original Crank was a great little adrenaline rush of a B movie. While not a huge success when it originally came out, it became a cult hit on DVD, similar to another Statham franchise, The Transporter. While the premise of the Crank sequel sounds preposterous, it's worth remembering that the original film was not exactly the most realistic, logical film ever made. The British thesp with muscles is a complete badass on screen, and I'd love to see where they take this potential franchise over more recent Statham-starrers as War and The Transporter II.
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Posted by Sinclair on 2009-08-31 at 19:17:11
Crank was a much better film than a lot of people give it credit for - great premise, some great character acting, terrific action sequences and clever cinematography. Unfortunately Crank 2 is garbage - no thought except "let's cash in on Crank ... fast!". Couple of good sequences but overall a big disappointment. I'm sure there'll be a Crank 3, probably replacing Statham with some charisma-free action film refugee like the guy who played Frank Castle in Punisher:Warzone.