Crank

"Crank" is a movie written and directed by the dynamic duo of Mark Neveldoine and Brian Taylor, neither of whom ever has a chance of winning an Oscar. The movie was rated R for violence, language, sexuality, nudity and drug use. Released September 2006, I do not remember any commercials for it. I have learned the reason.
The plot is simple enough, professional assassin Chev Chelios's rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops. The entire movie is a frenetic race to find an antidote, Chev doing anything possible to keep the heart rate up, including running, fighting, drugs, sex and more drugs.

The actors were......

• Jason Statham as Chev Chelios, now I'm embarrassed
• Amy Smart as Eve, Chev's girlfriend and space cadet. Ms. Smart has been in many tier two movies, and in my research found that she has already finished the sequel to this gem.
• Jose Pablo Cantillo as Verona, the Hispanic bad guy.
• Carlos Sanz as Carlito, another little brown bad guy.
• Efren Ramirez as Kaylo the gay Hispanic side kick. I didn't think that there were any gay Hispanics. Efren was great in Napoleon Dynamite.
• Dwight Yoakam plays Doc Miles, Chev's doctor. I will forever enjoy Dwight in Sling Blade but really wish that he would concentrate more on the music.

The movie ends with Chev falling out of a helicopter and landing on a car in the street. Making a cell hone call on the way down. He is presumed dead, but I guess that since there is a "Crank 2", he lived. Whoopee!
Score 11 of 50, don't waste your money, don't see the sequel. A real piece of crap.

• Character development 1 of 10.
• Writing 2 of 10.
• Photography 3 of 10.
• Acting 2 of 10.
• Concept 3 of 10, borrowed, adapted, lame.