Crank 2: High Voltage (Review)

What I knew going in:
Are you flipping kidding me??? As bizzare and absurd as the first Crank was, at least I was reasonably sure it was going to end there. But, like a pothead looking for the next Pineapple Express, Jason Statham is back to prove that as outlandish as the first Crank was with over the top action, gang warfare, and sex in public, it can and will try to be topped with a sequel.

Hype:
Hobo Ass. Even though I kind of liked the first one - it doesn't try to be anything other than entertainment, and occasionally, a good line or funny sequence will poke its head out like a terrorist from behind cover.

Opening Thoughts:
Like me, I am sure you will be going "Really?" or "Seriously?" or "Did I actually just witness that?" all throughout the opening of this movie. Lets face it though, if you want to make fun of the plot, you'd be better off making fun of yourself for going to see it in the first place. In for an ounce, in for a pound... well actually the human heart weighs like four or five pounds, right?

Bottom Line:
Almost a bullet for bullet copy of the first. Ridiculous. Silly. Stupid. Yet still kinda fun and funny in parts. I can't recommend this one to anybody, but hey, I watched Battle Planet, and this was loads better than that. Please, for the love of the world, do not make a third one. I'd have to watch it because I've seen the first two and I'm not sure I'd make the sanity check.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1121931/