Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.
Jason Stratham rampages through Los Angeles in this retread of Speed, but for a movie premised on unrelenting action, Crank proves fatally turgid.
– Nathan Lee,
New York Times,
5 Sep 2006
fresh:
For those who enjoy this brand of wholly mindless entertainment, Crank delivers.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
7 Sep 2006
rotten:
Viewers baffled by stuff happening for no particular reason should probably stay well away.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
8 Sep 2006
rotten:
Leave it alone, or leave your brain and pocket change at the gate, strap yourself in and just enjoy the ride.
– Neva Chonin,
San Francisco Chronicle,
23 Sep 2006
rotten:
It's a promising concept, but instead of expending effort on, say, a coherent script, the filmmakers lazily rely on cheap editing tricks and gleefully relentless sadism.