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Crank 2: High Voltage

Crank: High Voltage
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Neveldine/Taylor
Produced by
Written by Neveldine/Taylor
Starring
Music by Mike Patton
Cinematography Brandon Trost
Edited by Fernando Villena
Production
companies
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date
  • April 15, 2009 (2009-04-15) (United Kingdom)
  • April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million
Box office $34.6 million

Crank: High Voltage (promoted as Crank 2: High Voltage in some regions and on DVD) is a 2009 American black comedy action film and the sequel to Crank. The film was written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and stars Jason Statham reprising his role as Chev Chelios. The story of the film resumes shortly after the first film left off, retaining a similar over-the-top premise and adding more special effects. In the current film, the ex-hit man Chev Chelios finds out he must fight on his life once again as his true heart is transferred and he becomes equipped with an artificial heart, and he reveals he must get injected with electric shocks in order to stay alive and kill those who did it to him. Alongside Statham, the film also stars Dwight Yoakam, Bai Ling, Amy Smart who reprised her role as Eve, Efren Ramirez, Reno Wilson and Clifton Collins, Jr. .

The film was released in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2009, two days prior to its North American release date; April 17, 2009. Upon its release, Crank: High Voltage received positive reviews with many praising the acting, action sequences, story and writing, with criticism leveled towards the violence and script for being too extreme.

Immediately after the events of the previous film, Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) lands in the middle of an intersection after falling out of a helicopter. He is scooped off the street via snow shovel by a group of Chinese medics and removed from the scene. Chev wakes up in a makeshift hospital and sees doctors removing his heart while Johnny Vang (Art Hsu) watches. The doctors place Chev's heart in a white cooler with a padlock, and place a clear plastic artificial heart in his chest. He wakes up sometime later and escapes. He notices a yellow battery pack is attached to him. After a gunfight and interrogation of a thug, he learns the location of Johnny Vang: the Cypress Social Club.


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