chimera3 The adrenaline rush never stops. The razor-sharp humor and nonstop action are back...and then some. As usual, Chev has to race against time or risk dying, but it isn't because of the poison we saw last time; it's because the villains took his heart and replaced it with an artificial one that has a less-than-reliable battery pack. The trademark "Mission Impossible" type formula is back with a vengeance: fight some villains, consult the doctor, spend time with girlfriend...in no particular order.Once again, there is the usual motley crew of characters who are alongside Chev: gangsters, exotic dancers, adult film stars, the works.The action scenes are definitely ones for the books. Take what you saw in the first "Crank" and then amp it up by, say, twenty. The subtitle is absolutely perfect because that's the pace for which the movie goes: high voltage. Let's face it: the man has nine lives and can't be put down so easily...but don't tell the villains that.Like the one before it, this is another feel-good movie that will boost your spirits if you had a bad day and you feel like hitting something.

Uriah43 This movie takes up where its predecessor left off with a mob hit-man named "Chev Chelios" (Jason Statham) falling from a helicopter at a high altitude and crashing onto a street somewhere in Los Angeles. Then, seconds after hitting the ground, a van pulls up and quickly puts his body inside before driving off. He soon wakes up to find that his heart has been replaced with an electrical device and that the rest of his organs are about to be harvested as well. Naturally, he doesn't quite like that idea and escapes to find the man responsible--and possibly regain his own heart in the process. Now as far as this movie is concerned I must confess that I wasn't particularly impressed with its predecessor which I believed had a great deal of unrealized potential. Because of that I rated it as about average. This movie, however, also had some of the same characteristics of the first but unfortunately it was the bad similarities that predominated. To be more specific, anything other than profanity and mindless action was essentially thrown out the window to make room for more profanity and action. In short, other than possibly the performance of Bai Ling (as a prostitute named "Ria") there really wasn't anything interesting about this film. And even then she was just as foul-mouthed as everybody else. Regardless, I thought that this movie was pretty bad and I have rated it accordingly.

Jonas Tjellesen This movie is absolute garbage. Don't get me wrong, i love Jason Statham, but this movie is properly one of the worst he has ever made. I've only seen the first 30 minutes, but holy BIIP that was bad. Its just one big running and confusing scenes where you have no idea whats going on. The acting is really bad (Jason does a okay job) But the others are really bad. You really have no idea whats going on in the beginning. If you have watched Crank 1, then this is a absolute downfall from that. The plot, the actors, the camera are just bad. I really hope for the sake of the movie that it gets better after the first 30 min, because that was literally the most non-fun action part i've ever seen.

thesar-2 You would have to be high to remotely like Crank: High Voltage.Watching this movie was more of a chore than any kind of entertainment. I would have never, ever seen this movie if not for the absolutely hilarious podcast: How Did This Get Made. And that was the chore…I set for myself: watch or re-watch all the films they covered during the years of their podcasting.Despite being a HUGE Jason Statham fan, the second part 1 ended and the trailers were released for this, I was out. Spoiler alert for those who haven't seen the first terrible movie of this series: Chev "Cheerios" Chelios falls to his death from more than a thousand or two feet at the ending of 2006's Crank. This movie opens with him, I guess, bouncing?, and the doctors who give him an artificial heart with a catch.Backing up. This may be in the same and insane realm they created in the first episode, but it isn't Friday the 13th. This man died. Replacing his heart would not change that. So, basically, I was tuned out from minute one.At any rate, Cheerios needs to continuously charge this artificial heart until his previously adrenaline-deprived heart is back in place.Much like the first one, I will repeat what I wrote there: The entire movie is a blended video game, rave home video, a live-action anime cartoon, obscene music video and snuff film. The only difference is, it's twice as crazy this time around, if that's possible. And the concept and the lunacy had overstepped its welcome by minute two.Truthfully, I just prayed to get to the ending as quickly as possible so I could listen to the How Did This Get Made podcast. Unfortunately, it was not one where they ridiculed it; it was one of the rare shows they relished in this crap.That's not really fair to people that like this kind of movie. More power to you if you did. Maybe it's because I don't play video games, attend raves, hate anime, like grounded music videos and never once seen a snuff film.* * * Final thoughts: I know the world is calling for a Crank 3. No doubt the boys (and girl) at How Did This Get Made will review it on their show. I guarantee I will both miss the movie and that episode. I can't take this idiocracy any further.