A man has multiple facial piercings and others have body tattoos. "I'm going to bitch f*ck your ass," "The f*ck I didn't," "I f*cking did it," "I didn't f*cking die," "Who's this f*cking asshole?" During this, one of the performers compares a cop's weapon to the one in his pants (referring to his unseen penis). Various non-criminals have bad attitudes toward Chev. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. We see many strippers doing their thing in a strip club, including sexy dancing, and some lap dancing, all while scantily clad, with some of those women displaying their bare breasts and most of their bare butts. The film is a chaotic mess, and there's no time to get to know or care about the characters. As a result, all of his dialogue was improvised. Johnny's face is very bloody after Chev pummels him. Many characters have varying styles and amounts of tattoos on their bodies (some, like Chico, have a lot). Two men with machetes fight a man with nunchucks, one man is struck and falls to the ground and the other is beaten with punches. All of that has very bloody results, followed by the out-of-control limo crashing (but Chev is okay and gets out). We see various close-up views of various parts of women's bodies in small bikinis. (2009) (Jason Statham, Amy Smart) (R) A ricocheting bullet hits a man in the head, killing him (with bloody results). Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. An elderly woman describes how a man "put his filthy hands over every part of me" and then continues, becoming more crude. REVIEWS 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. Do you think movies have gotten more violent over the years? 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. El Huron repeatedly flogs Chev's back, bloodying him. Ria ends up blasted out through a door and down some steps, with Chev showing up and striking the responsible man, before going inside and apparently hitting many others, some of whom fly out through doors, windows and even walls. 3.5/5, Movies like these exist in another realm. Coming Soon, Regal 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." A topless woman is shot and we see her bare breasts oozes bloodied silicone gel and deflate. A man states, "I'd rather stick my d*ck in a blender" (in reference to a hooker). 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). "I'm going to bitch f*ck your ass," "The f*ck I didn't," "I f*cking did it," "I didn't f*cking die," "Who's this f*cking asshole?" Crank: High Voltage delivers on its promises: a fast-paced, exciting thrill ride that doesn't take itself too seriously. All of the villains obviously have bad attitudes. Chev breaks a car window to get inside and hotwire the car. A person hits Chev with a rod, knocking him out. Maybe worth watching once, but never again. 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. 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). movie totally blew though, the first was steezey. To jolt his artificial heart, Chev licks his finger and sticks it into a cigarette lighter inside a limo. After being on fire, Chev's face becomes progressively burned and gross-looking, with missing and/or burned skin, etc. In a gay club we see many men dressed in leather and one man wearing a dog collar and held on a leash by another man, and he is whipped on the back (behaving as if he is a dog). A man punches Johnny (whose face is bloody), and whacks the chair he's in with a machete to intimidate him. - Buttocks and breast nudity shown in sexual situations. Needing a jolt for his artificial heart, Chev takes Doc Miles' advice and tries to create static electricity by rubbing up against other people. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE But familiarity breeds content -- or, in this case, shows contempt; the first Crank may have been shocking, but the only thing shocking about Crank: High Voltage is how far it's willing to go in the name of jolting the audience in pursuit of a quick buck. No longer restrained by that collar, the large dog attacks a policeman who has arrived. Ria shows cleavage in her hooker outfit, while we see other hookers fleeing a house, some dressed in bras and panties, while others are bare-breasted. A person hits Chev with a rod, knocking him out. He also finds his girlfriend, Eve (AMY SMART), who thought he was dead and now works in a strip club for Randy (COREY HAIM). window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; 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). Chev escapes from his captors, reunites with his lover, Eve (Amy Smart), and sets out on a frantic chase through Los Angeles to get his real heart back. "Fuzz" (cops), "Nigger" (said by a black man), "Wanker," ""Bloody hell," "Homo," and "Confucius says karma's a bitch." Eve repeatedly poses as a bad girl during her arrest photo session. 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. Yes, I love it. Following the events of Crank -- in which hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) seemingly fell to his death from a helicopter -- CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE picks up with Chelios waking after months in a coma to discover that his heart has been harvested for an aging Tong crimelord. Who decides what "too far" is? A car suddenly strikes Ria in the middle of the street, and we initially think she is dead, but she's later seen alive. Chev chases after Johnny and another man in their fleeing car, while Chev is on foot. App Reviews; Best App Lists; Parent Tips and FAQs. Find out where to watch online amongst 45+ services including Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video. Crank: High Voltage (2009) R 04/16/2009 (US) Action , Thriller , Crime 1h 36m User Score Play Trailer Stay Charged, Stay Alive! A song repeats the line "Suck my m*therf*cking d*ck." Music(Scary/Tense) He then lasciviously flicks his tongue many times. 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. 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. Chev uses a tazer to shock his own clothed crotch. About getting a new battery pack for his artificial heart, Chev states that it feels like "crank," but better. 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. Can't play on this device. Kids say. Statham certainly deserves kudos for hurling himself into the role, and director-writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor earn a few points for moments of mad invention. In fact scrub that, I will say thisCrank 2 falls into the "Things to do before you die" category. 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. Venus gives Chev a ride on his motorbike, but they end up wiping out and crashing onto the street. We see some flashback violence (hitting, etc.) The story is that Chev is now given an artificial heart and must shock himself repeatedly in order to stay alive (much like the first film) long enough to find his real heart and get it back. A man beats another man using straps with hooks on the ends and we see bloody cuts open on his back. Jason Statham is back, going full-throttle. A man crashes down onto a car, bounces high into the air and back onto the ground (we see blood on his ear and eye). And that's where Amy comes in. Much of that has very bloody and/or gory results (while scenes depicting open-heart surgery are extremely graphic in nature), and those scenes and moments of potential peril might be suspenseful and/or unsettling for some viewers (but all of it's played so over-the-top that it comes off as somewhat cartoonish in tone). By creating an account, you agree to the Watch Clip: Crank: High Voltage -- "Randy Fight" Clip, Watch Crank 2: High Voltage -- Teaser Trailer, Watch Clip: Crank: High Voltage -- "Jump Start" Clip, Watch Crank: High Voltage -- "Car Chase" Clip, Watch Crank: High Voltage -- "Mansion Fight", Adult film star Ron Jeremy was not originally supposed to be in the porn actors strike in the film. Johnny and his thugs than show up and literally shovel Chev off the street and into a van. We see a severed but still alive human head floating in a tank with all sorts of tubes and such attached to it. A woman straddles a man and thrusts against him to create friction (they are both clothed but her short dress reveals thigh and cleavage). There is also a 7 to 10 minute long sex scene that was done for laughs, but it still is sex. Profanity consists of at least 164 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also heard (including in songs). After calling his friend and former surgeon, Doc Miles (DWIGHT YOAKAM), who states he can probably put the original heart back in place, Chev sets out to find Johnny Vang and get it back. 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.". 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." Venus then tackles El Huron down some steps, but El Huron then hits Venus many times, followed by kicking him. Parent reviews for Crank: High Voltage. age 18+ Based on our expert review. Buy $7.99. A man throws another man onto the floor (we see blood on the floor next to him but he seems OK). A neon silhouette display in a strip club shows a woman's figure with bare breasts. In this sequel, Chev is determined to get his indestructible heart back from the mobster who (literally) stole it and replaced it with an inferior battery-powered model that constantly needs a jolt of High Voltage electricity to keep it going. Crank - High Voltage is directed by Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor and stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Corey Haim. Common Sense Media. In the closing credits, we see beer in a fridge. In the closing credits, we see beer in a fridge. Chico then reluctantly does this, seen in close up, with very bloody results. More of a comedy than an action film in my opinion. El Huron orders Chico to cut off his own nipples as punishment for failing to do his job. Later, when Randy is thrown into the bathroom, we see blood on the floor from that. TENSE FAMILY SCENES Johnny hits Chev with the case he is carrying, and knocks him back into an electrical substation where Chev is shocked. One of those women is Eve, who does some sexy stage dancing in just small shorts (that show part of her bare butt) while having Xs made of tape across her nipples. We see an exotic dance club in a few scenes with many topless women (bare breasts and buttocks are visible) dancing suggestively while men watch; a few men touch the women and give them money. 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. When Doc Miles asks a woman if she's found the donor, she playfully replies, "Like you got a boner.". JUMP SCENES At the same time, Ria attacks the man who threw her outside by repeatedly smashing something into his closed crotch until his pants are bloody. A woman lifts a sheet off a semi-unconscious man in a hospital bed, she looks at his crotch area and remarks about the size of his endowment, and reaches under the sheet. 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.). Crank: High Voltage (2009) Parents Guide Add to guide Showing all 51 items Jump to: Certification Sex & Nudity (6) Violence & Gore (33) Profanity (3) Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (3) Frightening & Intense Scenes (6) Certification Edit Sex & Nudity Severe 68 of 87 found this severe "CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE" (2009) (Jason Statham, Amy Smart) (R) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons; Mild Extreme Extreme . Extreme - Male and female frontal nudity (including depictions of breast, buttock, and genitalia) is seen in a non-sexual context. Outakes are shown during the end credits. Goons fire machine guns at Chev as he drives away in his car. After surviving an incredible plunge to near-certain death, Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is abducted by Chinese mobsters. "Are you f*cking kidding me?" A hit man has his heart stolen by a Chinese gangster in this high-octane action thriller. - Pervasive use of the sexual expletive and variations (sometimes in a sexual content). We see some flashback violence (hitting, etc.) Hitman Chev Chelios launches an electrifying pursuit of a Chinese mobster. He then slaps her butt while she's in that same position. This is without a doubt one of the most insane films I have ever seen. A woman vomits onto the floor (we see goo). A song repeats the line "Suck my m*therf*cking d*ck." All Rights Reserved, Venus strikes one person with nunchuckas and then head-butts another, while Chev jams a rod through one man's body (with bloody results). 65% TOMATOMETER Average 6 The action and other behavior/material (lots of tattoos, piercings, etc.) When he is done, he picks up the severed and bloody nipples off the floor and leaves. All of the action, fighting, and other stunts might be enticing for some kids to try to imitate. Chev, the protagonist, has just fallen from a helicopter and landed hard on the Los Angeles pavement but is still alive. "Are you f*cking kidding me?" QUICK TAKE: But at this mostly unexplored altitudeonly 2007's inferior Shoot 'Em Up comes . Please reference Error Code 2121 when contacting customer service. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". Chev imagines making out with Eve (clothed). Eve has a little bit of a bloody lip after fighting with some cops. And you will be helping support our website & our efforts. Needing to jolt his artificial heart, Chev uses jumper cables attached to his nipple and tongue to shock himself. Much of that has very bloody and/or gory results (while scenes depicting open-heart surgery are extremely graphic in nature), and those scenes and moments of potential peril might be suspenseful and/or unsettling for some viewers (but all of it's played so over-the-top that it comes off as somewhat cartoonish in tone). Chev slides down a railing on his feet, but slips and lands on his crotch, causing him pain. 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. We see paramedics in the back of an ambulance working on a very bloody man who seems to have some sort of bad abdominal wound. SMOKING Crank: High Voltage 2009 Directed by Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine Synopsis Stay Charged, Stay Alive! (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). Moderate A man is struck hard on the back with a metal rod (he falls to his knees). Chev knocks various people aside while chasing after Johnny. Jason Statham also stars in the franchise Transporter, Transporter 2 and Transporter 3. They celebrate a full-testosterone, chauvinistic, sexist, semi-pornographic, parodic, overtly violent and electricity-charged tsunami of the ideas that precocious adolescents under the influence of nerve-altering hallucinogenics would have if given lots of budget, a camera and lots of porn actors incuding Ron Jeremy in the cast to work for them in order to party with basically everything that is wrong with our insane society. At various points in the film, we see an internal view of Chev's artificial heart with blood flowing through it. 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. 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