Crank: High Voltage 2009

Critics score:
63 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Josh Modell, AV Club: Writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have written their own set of action-comedy challenges, and they slam-dunk pretty much every one. Read more

Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: Crank High Voltage delivers everything it promises -- if it were a politician, it'd have my vote. Read more

Sam Adams, Los Angeles Times: Not everyone has a taste for gun-wielding strippers and Godzilla parodies, but for those who do, Crank High Voltage is like a 1,000-volt shot to the heart. Read more

Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: The result, an eye-popping strobe of flesh and blood, is as visually stunning as it is absurdly offensive, sure to thrill some while leaving others in a state of outrage-induced catatonia. Read more

Frank Lovece, Newsday: For all its ADD editing, it's a joyless slog. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Crank: High Voltage, starring Jason Statham as a man with a machine instead of a heart, is boorish, bigoted and borderline pornographic. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's so amped up that High Voltage suffers its own energy shortage well before the finale. It's also every bit as stupid as it sounds. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: There's not enough here for me to recommend it without reservations to anyone outside of that narrow target audience. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: In Crank: High Voltage, Statham just looks miserable, as if appearing in this lousy picture just sucked all the heart right out of him. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The movie feels like a form of aversion therapy designed to take the fun out of dumb. Read more

Jason Anderson, Toronto Star: Tasteless, trashy and totally over the top, Crank: High Voltage might also be one of the year's most inventive movies. Sometimes, nothing exceeds like excess. Read more

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Derek Adams, Time Out: The whole film is a series of frenetically-edited action sequences and bizarre set-pieces roughly stitched together to form some kind of whole. It's been made with tongue firmly in cheek and is often funny for it. Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: Yet another D.O.A. for the ADD era. Read more