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One thing I will say, I took my wife with me to see this and all the way through the film she had that "Could this get anymore ridiculous" look on her face. Considering what occurs in the film, it's doubtful many, if any, parents would consider any of the characters as good role models. The two then accidentally fall over a short wall and down onto a horse race track where they passionately kiss, and she continues the thrusting while on top of him. Pure popcorn pleasure for older teens and up. - Male and female frontal nudity (including depictions of breast, buttock, and genitalia) is seen in a non-sexual context. "Right the f*ck now," "What the f*ck, man?" the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. Parents' Guide to Podcasts Apps. A topless woman is shot and we see her bare breasts oozes bloodied silicone gel and deflate. We see open-heart surgery being performed on Chev (while he's awake), with various graphic and bloody views of his chest open and his heart removed, while the surgeons' gloved hands are also bloody. El Huron orders Chico to cut off his own nipples as punishment for failing to do his job. Johnny's face is very bloody after Chev pummels him. Chev slides down a railing on his feet, but slips and lands on his crotch, causing him pain. Poon Dong (an old man) comes on to various hookers on the street, betting one $5 that she will "blow" him for 20 bucks. Parents' Guide to Podcasts Apps. and the Chev hits a goon with a shotgun, lubes up the end of the barrel, and jams that up the man's rectum while he is on all fours with his pants down. And that's why I love it, crank 2 is better than the first one, it's got more crazy action and it's much more ridiculous, and there's also some funny moments in it too, mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are such awesome directors lol. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. Eve punches another woman who was coming onto her. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and from the first film. When Doc Miles asks a woman if she's found the donor, she playfully replies, "Like you got a boner." Writer/director team Neveldine & Taylor take everything to an extreme, and it doesn't work. Mild (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). A man using a dog-training collar on his dog zaps it several times, and then continues to zap it abusively. We see a flashback to Chev as a boy on a TV talk show where he talks about stealing various things, and he also gives someone "the finger." Released April 16th, 2009, 'Crank: High Voltage' stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, David Carradine, Dwight Yoakam The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a user score of 60 (out . A woman straddles a man and thrusts against him to create friction (they are both clothed but her short dress reveals thigh and cleavage). In addition, various Asian characters are played as exaggerated stereotypes that might be offensive to some viewers. A man punches one man in the face, wraps medical tubing around another man's throat, and stabs the first man in the neck with a hypodermic needle. A car strikes a woman, she is thrown high into the air (her shoes fall to the ground) and we see her later and she appears OK (she has a bit of blood on her nose). We see miscellaneous graffiti. Needing a jolt for his artificial heart, Chev takes Doc Miles' advice and tries to create static electricity by rubbing up against other people. CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE CLIP COMPILATION (2009) Jason Statham. Jason Statham is back, going full-throttle. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? Crank: High Voltage ACTION You can't keep a good man down! Considering the speed at which the following occurs and often simultaneously overlaps with other categories, the following should be considered a bare minimum: In the closing credits, we see footage of a man running in the opposite direction of the camera, and there's either a blood or fecal stain on the back of his underwear (which is all he's wearing). We see a severed but still alive human head floating in a tank with all sorts of tubes and such attached to it. Chev breaks a car window to get inside and hotwire the car. That's followed by a montage of them having sex in various positions (done in something of an exaggerated fashion and thus played more for laughs then eroticism, including when a thoroughbred jumps over top of them and Eve longingly looks up at the horse's large genitalia as it passes overhead). There is this one scene that's kind of dumb: it's Chelios vs. this Chinese guy who carries his heart in a red cooler. Sexually related dialogue and song lyrics (much of it explicit) are present, as is a public sexual encounter (played for comedy, but with graphic movement and nudity and featuring many positions, with crotch views pixelated out). Chev stumbles down some steps and then he and Eve fall over a short wall down onto a horse race track, but are okay. He leaps from one part of a parking garage to the next and so on to continue the pursuit, and eventually lands on the hood of their car. People who abduct others to harvest their organs. Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Read Crank: High Voltage reviews from parents on Common Sense Media. Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working. After being on fire, Chev's face becomes progressively burned and gross-looking, with missing and/or burned skin, etc. We see several topless women around a swimming pool wearing thongs that reveal bare buttocks and one woman's pubic region is shown. Two men talk about the number of organs that could be harvested from a man, they look at a diagram and one makes a circle around a line drawing of male genitals. More of a comedy than an action film in my opinion. Later, when that tank breaks, Chev picks up the head, spits into the face, and then punts the head into a pool. Along the way, he has run-ins with a varied assortment of characters, including hooker Ria (LING BAI), thug Chico (JOSEPH JULIAN SORIA) and Venus (EFREN RAMIREZ) who suffers from "full body Tourette's." We see a severed but still alive human head floating in a tank with all sorts of tubes and such attached to it. A man states, "I'd rather stick my d*ck in a blender" (in reference to a hooker). A woman punches a man, kicks him in the crotch, and throws him onto the hood of a car and he breaks the windshield. While its audaciousness is impressive, Crank: High Voltage doesn't amount to anything but a bunch of noise. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. By creating an account, you agree to the Profanity They are proud of it. A cop reminds Eve that Chev sexually humiliated her in public (the above race track scene). A man is shown wearing only jockey underwear that appears to be soiled. We are a totally independent website with no connections to political, religious or other groups & we neither solicit nor choose advertisers. Chico then reluctantly does this, seen in close up, with very bloody results. No longer restrained by that collar, the large dog attacks a policeman who has arrived. We hear that Venus' brother is dead, and later hear the same about El Huron's brothers. Chev comes across a protest featuring pornography performers on strike who carry signs with sexual phrases on them (including the "f" word), while one chants, "No dough, no blow." In fact scrub that, I will say thisCrank 2 falls into the "Things to do before you die" category. Eve then jumps on them, followed by one using his tazer on Chev, thus shocking him back into action. 1996-2022 Screen It, Inc. Crank - High Voltage is rated R by the MPAA for frenetic strong bloody violence throughout, crude and graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. However, any commercial reproduction of anything appearing within this site is both illegal and in really bad taste and we will take action |more|. Various characters have gold-plated teeth. Johnny smokes several times (and even flicks his ashes into Chev's open chest cavity during surgery), while another man smokes a cigar. He had assumed that the directors merely forgot to call him and showed up on set. Eve repeatedly poses as a bad girl during her arrest photo session. Who decides what "too far" is? A neon silhouette display in a strip club shows a woman's figure with bare breasts. Moments later, doctors comment on what else is to be removed from Chev (after his heart), and a sketch of his body shows a large penis that one of the surgeons circles (while one of them looks under the sheet to check out the size -- we don't see anything). Coming Soon. Chev comes across a protest featuring pornography performers on strike who carry signs with sexual phrases on them (including the "f" word), while one chants, "No dough, no blow." A man holds a gun on another man who punches him in the throat and takes the gun away. Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) Violence: - Frequent and prolonged portrayals of graphic violence with detailed images. The MPA rated Crank - High Voltage R for frenetic strong bloody violence throughout, crude and graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. Moments later, doctors comment on what else is to be removed from Chev (after his heart), and a sketch of his body shows a large penis that one of the surgeons circles (while one of them looks under the sheet to check out the size -- we don't see anything). Common Sense Media. Venus strikes one person with nunchuckas and then head-butts another, while Chev jams a rod through one man's body (with bloody results). Considering the speed at which the following occurs and often simultaneously overlaps with other categories, the following should be considered a bare minimum: A nurse comments on Chev having a "big c*k" and that he is "hung like a horse." All rights reserved. Remove Ads Cast Crew Details Genres Cast Johnny hits Chev with the case he is carrying, and knocks him back into an electrical substation where Chev is shocked. Johnny is suddenly shot in the head, with very bloody results. Regal (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). We then see a parody of the old Godzilla movies, where Chev and Johnny are portrayed as big, lumbering monsters that fight each other amongst tall electrical towers that they crash into and smash into each other, ending when Chev hits Johnny back with two fists to the chest. Common Sense says. Terms and Policies Violence: Blood/Gore Reviewed April 17, 2009 / Posted April 17, 2009 Extreme To jolt his artificial heart, Chev licks his finger and sticks it into a cigarette lighter inside a limo. Maybe worth watching once, but never again. 'Crank: High Voltage' hits a lot of the same notes as its predecessor, but cranks the ludicrousness to 11. An extreme amount of action-oriented music plays in the film. "Fuzz" (cops), "Nigger" (said by a black man), "Wanker," ""Bloody hell," "Homo," and "Confucius says karma's a bitch.". Once you select Rent you'll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 48 hours to finish it. Can't play on this device. Chev hits a goon with a shotgun, lubes up the end of the barrel, and jams that up the man's rectum while he is on all fours with his pants down. A woman punches another woman in the face (she gets a bloody lip) and the other woman strikes her in the head with a bottle. might be enticing for kids to try to imitate (some of which - especially concerning a character repeatedly shocking himself -- could be very dangerous or even lethal), while all sorts of bad attitudes (regular villain stuff, as well as racism, misogyny, homophobia, etc.) Chev punches and strikes various cops, who then get the upper-hand and club him. Cinemark High-octane and truly electrifying! All of that has very bloody results, followed by the out-of-control limo crashing (but Chev is okay and gets out). Ria hits Eve, who then smashes something onto Ria's head. Other new and recent reviews include: Chev gives "the finger" to the camera. Johnny and his thugs than show up and literally shovel Chev off the street and into a van. Instead of using the actual actors, the scene changes into a Godzilla type of fight with two fake look-alike dummies on a fake set. A scantily clad woman at a club has pasties on her nipples. We see Eve's bare breasts, and moments later when she's in the backseat of Chev's car with another stripper and/or prostitute, that woman comes on to her. Goons fire machine guns at Chev as he drives away in his car. Two men pull guns on Chev, but he disarms and hits both of them. We don't see the actual insertion, but do see the side of that man's bare butt, as well as a side view of that shotgun firmly sticking out of his rear. Handguns/Shotguns/Machine guns/Nunchuckas/Flogging whip: Carried and/or used to threaten, wound or kill others and/or cause property damage. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, camera movement is nearly nonstop throughout the film (including in close-up views, thus exacerbating the effect). "Fuzz" (cops), "Nigger" (said by a black man), "Wanker," ""Bloody hell," "Homo," and "Confucius says karma's a bitch." - Frequent use of profanities, including scatological slang, blasphemy and vulgar expressions. Crank: High Voltage Movie review by James Rocchi, Common Sense Media Common Sense says age 18+ Grisly, gory, over-the-top action-parody isn't for kids. Extreme Yet, he must repeatedly find ways to shock his artificial heart back into action, all while striving to get his original ticker back from an old mobster, Poon Dong (DAVID CARRADINE), who's enjoying his new and invigorated lease on life. About two apparently gay men, Chev refers to them as a pair of "sausage Nigels." He flies off on fire, and pummels El Huron before throwing him into a pool where he apparently drowns, and puts a severed but artificially sustained head into the same, all while Chev continues to be on fire. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. We see Chev being tortured and have brief views of what appears to be his scrotum (in close-up) exposed during that. Chev imagines making out with Eve (clothed). Crank: High Voltage R 2009, Action, 1h 37m 65% Tomatometer 71 Reviews 49% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings What to know critics consensus Crank: High Voltage delivers on its promises: a. "Are you f*cking kidding me?" A man pulls another man's pants down, dips the barrel of a shotgun in tar, and shoves it in his rectum (we hear crunching and the man moans in pain); the man keeps pushing the shotgun, while asking questions. As Chev leaves a line of bodies in his wake, he keeps climbing the triad's chain of command, eventually encountering leader El Huron (CLIFTON COLLINS JR.). He then shoots a second man (also with bloody results), while machine guns and handguns are fired back at him, but he shoots two more people dead with a shotgun that he has grabbed from one. Chev shoots and hits one goon, and then fires at Johnny and another man who run away and shoot back at him with machine guns and handguns during the resultant chase. In the 2006 action hit CRANK, hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) spent twenty-four hours in over-drive: fighting, killing, and keeping his adrenaline flowing at full-force to combat a deadly poison injected into his body. The real Chev falls from the sky and lands hard on a car, bouncing off that and landing on street (his head is bloody). A man is shot in the head and blood spurts against the wall behind him and next to him. Venus states that he has full body Tourette's syndrome, and we occasionally see him have attacks of that. A man on an operating table is semi-lucid and looks around the room while a man removes his beating heart from his chest (we hear squishing, we see blood, tissue and the beating heart); another man in the room flicks cigarette ash in the open cavity in the mans' chest and then spits in it. VIOLENCE/GORE 10 - A man is ordered to cut off his own nipple (he moans, we see the skin pulling away and we see the bloody hole remaining); he is then ordered to cut off the other nipple (again we see blood, the skin pulling away as it is cut, and the man moans); later we see the man pick up the severed nipples from the bloodied floor and see him with band aids over the wounds. In the closing credits, we see beer in a fridge. Jason Statham returns as Chev Chelios, who was seen at the end of the original film falling out of a helicopter presumably to his death. A man swings a machete and cuts another man's elbow off (we see the piece of flesh and blood splatter on the floor). Venus then tackles El Huron down some steps, but El Huron then hits Venus many times, followed by kicking him. We see an unconscious man in an ambulance with his intestines out of his body (we see a pile of slimy, blood covered intestines) and EMTs try to put them back in and revive him. Chev punches and strikes various cops, who then get the upper-hand and club him. Also starring Amy Smart. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter And that's why I love it, crank 2 is better than the first one, it's got more crazy action and it's much more ridiculous, and there's also some funny moments in it too, mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are such awesome directors lol. We see various bare-breasted women and shirtless men at El Huron's estate. Chev uses a tazer to shock his own clothed crotch. A woman repeatedly caresses another woman's bare thighs and kisses her bare shoulder. Parent reviews for Crank: High Voltage. You need to see this film. Mild PROFANITY A man states, "I'd rather stick my d*ck in a blender" (in reference to a hooker). R 2009 96 minutes Save Rate movie Parents say age 16+ Based on 11 reviews Kids say age 14+ Based on 16 reviews Watch or buy Common Sense is a nonprofit organization. All of the villains obviously have bad attitudes. For frenetic strong bloody violence throughout, crude and graphic sexual content, nudity and pervasive language. Suspense, Action & Adventure. Goons fire machine guns at Chev as he drives away in his car. Is there a scene after the credits? Needing a heart charge, Chev climbs up an electric pole and shocks himself. To jolt his artificial heart, Chev licks his finger and sticks it into a cigarette lighter inside a limo. Yet, he must repeatedly find ways to shock his artificial heart back into action, all while striving to get his original ticker back from an old mobster, Poon Dong (DAVID CARRADINE), who's enjoying his new and invigorated lease on life. This is without a doubt one of the most insane films I have ever seen. Chev holds his gun on a paramedic in the back of an ambulance. Other sexual material is present, as are many views of bare-breasted women and other nudity. In the sequel, Chelios somehow survives and has been implanted with an artificial heart. Needing a jolt for his artificial heart, Chev takes Doc Miles' advice and tries to create static electricity by rubbing up against other people. That includes licking her shoulder, caressing her leg, and then caressing her clothed crotch and bare breast, while saying she can bet something on her own momma's "cootchie." A policeman who has arrived example of a comedy than an action film in opinion... 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