Jason Statham’s ‘Crank’ Took a Classic Noir and Dipped It in Rocket Fuel

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Liam Gaughan is a writer at Collider with a passion for classic films and the work of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese.

The Big Picture Ever since his breakout performance in Guy Ritchie’s debut film Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Jason Statham has been using his magnetic screen premise to lead a wide variety of action films. Yes, sure, we know Keanu Reeves and Tom Cruise are killing it in the John Wick and Mission: Impossible franchises, but no other actor working today has shown the same level of commitment to the action genre as The Beekeeper star.

Crank RActionCrimeThriller Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops. Crank and D.O.A. are both about a doomed man trying to prevent his own death. In Crank, Statham’s character Chev Chelios is attacked by the hitmen Alex and Ricky in his apartment and injected with a synthetic drug that slows the adrenaline pumping through his veins. Chelios’ only means of survival is keeping his blood pumping at an exorbitant rate so that he can find a way to excise the drug from his body.

Jason Statham's ‘Crank’ Works Best as a Neo-Noir Thriller It’s a film that is mostly Statham doing ridiculous things to keep his heart rate up, but Crank does a great job at intertwining its mystery elements. Statham is often at his best when he’s allowed to play an intelligent character who uses his problem-solving skills to outsmart his enemies. In Crank, Chelios is both trying to find a way to keep his body stable and link together the conspiracy involving Carlito and his gang.

 

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