CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE **

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor wrote and directed this extreme action film which stars: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Clifton Collins Jr., and Bai Ling. Rated R for frenetic strong bloody violence throughout, crude and graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. Running time is one hour and thirty-six minutes.

A hit man (Statham) launches himself on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart.

This looks like a film that set out to see how much sex, nudity, violence and objectionable language could be used in a film without getting a NC-17 rating. As a result, patrons attending this will fall into two general classes, those who love the sex and violence and those who will jump up, offended, leave the auditorium and demand their money back. The plot is laughable so you have to decide to ignore it and just go with the flow of violence and sex. Personally, I found it mildly entertaining but I would really hesitate to recommend it to anyone. You'll get the most impact by watching this in a large screened theatre with a good sized audience you can react with. The target audience is males over eighteen. This would not make a good date movie.