Movie Review: Crank: High Voltage – What Were They Thinking?

Movie Review: Crank: High Voltage – What Were They Thinking?

If you are the kind of person that needs to see a movie that is plausible, and based on real life events, then you probably shouldn’t see “Crank: High Voltage,” starring Jason Statham. However, if you like movies that are completely over the top when it comes to action, dialogue, story lines, and an occasional porn star thrown in for good measure, then this flick is not to be missed.

Our fabulous tale begins with the hero being thrown out of a helicopter. The huge thud he makes on the ground makes the evening news, of course, but not before his body is scooped up and taken away in a van filled with questionable characters. When he wakes up, he is in some horribly dirty hospital, and his heart has been stolen, and some gangster is flicking cigarette ashes into his chest cavity.

He comes to, only to learn his real heart has been swapped out by a fake one. It is revealed that the hero has an extraordinarily robust heart, and is sought after by the leader of a nasty Chinese gang in Southern California. So our hero has to not only find his original heart, but he also has to find somebody to swap it out with the electrical one that has been implanted into him.

There’s only one problem. His temporary heart is run by electricity from an external battery that gets destroyed in an accident. So he must continually give himself electrical shocks to keep his temporary heart from giving out on him. This, of course, makes for a fantastic chase across Southern California, as gangsters from all walks of life must be battled.

Throughout the entire quest to find his original heart, he is in constant contact with a buddy of his, who happens to be a skilled open heart surgeon, although we learn he has had his medical license taken away due to some unfortunate accident that happened with an ex girlfriend of his. But nevertheless, we trust that once our hero locates his original heart, his buddy will be able to swap it out with the fake one.

We have the final battle, which includes our hero, two rival gangs, and a gangsters head that is being kept alive in jar. In a desperate attempt to zap his heart, he nearly kills himself through electrocution, and bursts into flames. The shock is tad bit on the strong side, and he promptly bursts into flames. Meanwhile, his accomplice successfully finds his original heart, and his buddy, the disgraced heart surgeon attempts to restore him to health. Will he succeed? The only way to find out is to rent this fantastic DVD, before it’s too late.