Crank 2: High Voltage

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Movie
German title Crank 2: High Voltage
Original title Crank: High voltage
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length FSK 16: 83 minutes

FSK 18: 93 minutes

SPIO / JK: 96 minutes
Age rating FSK SPIO / JK: no serious
risk to young people ( unabridged) FSK 18/16 (abbreviated)
Rod
Director Mark Neveldine ,
Brian Taylor
script Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor
production Tom Rosenberg ,
Gary Lucchesi,
Skip Williamson,
Richard Wright
music Mike Patton
camera Brandon consolation
cut Fernando Villena
occupation
chronology

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Crank (film)

Crank 2: High Voltage (Original title: Crank: High Voltage ) is an American action film from 2009 and the sequel to the film Crank . The film takes up the plot at the end of the first part and maintains its real-time cinematic style. The script was again written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor , who also directed the film together. As in the first part, Jason Statham and Amy Smart played the leading roles . The official start of Germany was on April 16, 2009.

action

Chev Chelios is kidnapped by Chinese medics as soon as he hits the ground. They try to remove his organs on an operating table. After they remove his heart and replace it with an artificial one, Chev wakes up and kills the mediciners. He then pursues Johnny Vang's gang who stole his heart. Vang wants to plant the heart of his ailing boss Poon Dong. Chev has to supply his artificial heart with electricity after the external battery was destroyed in the pursuit of Vang. He uses electric shocks, cars and static electricity, among other things.

He meets Eve in a striptease bar where she works as a dancer. Eve tells Chev that he was passed out for three months. In the search for Poon Dong, Chev also helps Venus, who seeks revenge for the death of his brother Kaylo. When they look for Vang on the racecourse, he escapes. At the same time, Chev runs out of power to his heart, whereupon he tries to recharge the battery using friction (static electricity). The attempt remains unsuccessful until his girlfriend shows up. This is followed by a (partially faded) sex scene on the racetrack. This is observed by Vang, who then flees. Chev chases him to a power station, where he puts the transport container in which Chev assumes his heart is in. However, it does not contain the heart, but an object that Chev feels shocked and disgusted with, but it does not go into detail about what it is about. Immediately afterwards, Chev learns from Doc Miles that his heart has been beating in Poon Dong for weeks. Doc Miles has already sent his girlfriend to look for this one. She can also locate him and bring him to Miles, who gets ready for the operation. Meanwhile, Venus calls his "family", a gay rocker gang, and asks them for help in finding his brother's murderer.

After Chev is taken out of the strip bar by the thugs, they drag him to an estate on Santa Catalina Island . There they torture him, and Chev learns that the third Verona brother is keeping Ricky's brain alive so that he can still see Chev's death. The rocker gang joins them, and a shootout ensues in which Chev finally kills the two remaining brothers and thus Venus gets his revenge.

Doc Miles now has Poon Dong under his control and has taken Chev's heart from him.

In the credits you see Doc Miles Chev, who is bandaged almost all over his body because of his burns, using his own heart again. The reanimation fails, however, the EKG remains dead. In the last shot, Chev opens his eyes, just like in the last shot of the first film.

Guest appearances

The former child star Corey Haim has a cameo appearance as well as the porn star Jenna Haze and Ron Jeremy , Linkin Park - frontman Chester Bennington (who also took a smaller role in the first film) and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan . Former Nine Inch Nails member Danny Lohner also stars in one scene with Maynard Keenan. Also included are David Carradine , who plays Poon Dong, Keith Jardine (former UFC fighter) and ex- Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (as Chev Chelios' mother).

Reviews

James Berardinelli saw a wild series of bizarre ideas full of "testosterone, adrenaline and psychedelic drugs". The film, which is more reminiscent of a video game, is entertaining, but Berardinelli lacks real tension and substance.

"Conclusion: Madness to the power of ten: Raven-black and quite hearty techno actioner who, despite his exaggerated ideas and characters, only slightly strains the nerves."

- Cinema

“Crazy motion cinema that pushes the parameters of modern action cinemas to such extremes that it almost takes them to the point of absurdity. Excessive bonds of violence and pornography diminish the pleasure of staging ingenuity and some parodic moments. "

- Lexicon of international film

production

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor confirmed that there should be more sex and violence in the film. Similar to the first film, the budget was under $ 20 million. Filming began in April 2008. In order to keep costs as low as possible, semi-professional HDV cameras such as the Canon XH-A1 and several simple HD cameras (Canon HF10) were used.

Lions Gate Entertainment will handle sales in North America, while Lakeshore Entertainment will handle international sales.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was written by the musician Mike Patton , who became known through the bands Faith No More and Mr. Bungle . In addition to the soundtrack, the following songs can be heard:

Trivia

When an old woman, as an eyewitness to the events on the racetrack, was asked by a reporter what the suspect, Chev Chelios, looked like, she replied: "He looked like this one from the cinema, the driver [...] this van-like one." This is a nod to Statham's lead role in The Transporter series of films.

In a scene on the racetrack, the same clay figures can be seen that were already on the roof of the skyscraper in Crank .

The uncut version of the film has been indexed on List A of media harmful to minors since the end of 2009 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of release for Crank 2: High Voltage . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 496 DVD).
  2. ↑ Certificate of release for Crank 2: High Voltage . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, July 2009 (PDF; test number: 117 496-b V).
  3. ↑ Pictures of Corey Haim in 'Crank 2'! , MovieWeb. May 8, 2008. Archived from the original on July 30, 2008 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 17, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.movieweb.com 
  4. ↑ Kathy Lyford: Cast gets in gear for 'Crank 2' , Variety . April 19, 2008. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 17, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com 
  5. ^ Crank 2: High Voltage on reelviews.net
  6. ↑ Crank 2: High Voltage on cinema.de
  7. ^ Crank 2: High Voltage. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 27, 2015 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ Crank 2: High Voltage Being Shot With Cheapo Best Buy HD Cameras, Still Ridiculous
  9. ↑ Exclusive: Mike Patton to Score Crank 2: High Voltage . MovieWeb . Retrieved May 17, 2012.