Crank is an action movie about the ridiculous gratuitousness of action movies. Hollywood demands constant sex, action, violence, and motion for its genre fans. Crank takes that to an extreme of literalness.

| Jul 16, 2023

Described as a dark comedy, Crank offers a plot that, while not being completely unique, gives the audience something a little bit different.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 29, 2023

These movies are the corroded battery of the action film, jump-started and throwing off sparks and acid.

| Original Score: A | Sep 22, 2022

This is one of those movies whose empty-headed premise is so pure it’s witty: with his insatiable need for excitement, the hero is a perfect stand-in for the fanboys in the audience.

| Jun 23, 2022

The directorial and writing team of former stuntman Mark Neveldine and visual-effects guru Brian Taylor proves to be a combustible combination.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 10, 2021

Makes up for its simplistic plot with unrelenting chaos and oddly humorous, blatant disregard for the sick, the elderly, harmless animals, and innocent bystanders.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 18, 2020

The biggest problem with Crank is it is full of ugly characters who make it hard to have a rooting interest.

| Original Score: D | Nov 20, 2019

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 24, 2011

| Original Score: B- | Sep 7, 2011

It's trashy, gory, gratuitous, ridiculous, completely far-fetched, and I had a smile on my face the entire time.

| Apr 29, 2009

Gets by on a unique kind of absurd, deadpan humor in which the most implausible stuff cheerfully happens anyway.

| Apr 18, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 1, 2008

Sure, Crank is totally ridiculous, unbelievable, exhausting, and pretty much just plain stupid, but that's what makes it fun.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007

Ranks among the most mindless action films ever made, but scores as a helluva video game.

| Mar 1, 2007

The super-concentrated silt at the bottom of a chemistry experiment that has no possible purpose to it but to deliver whatever limited jolt of which it's capable.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 8, 2007

Its freneticism ... futilely tries to cover up the ludicrousness of every decision made by its dim characters.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 24, 2007

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 6, 2007

Assaults the senses tirelessly with wave after wave of momentum-building intensity, with Jason Statham enjoying his best role since The Transporter.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 5, 2007

You might just want to catch a matinee or wait for the DVD. This is definitely not worth your 10 bucks.

| Dec 30, 2006