Congratulations to co-directors and writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor for creating the first 1 skink movie in my blog. If I were 13, had ADD, and was a moron I might have liked the film, but alas, I am not.Crank is by far the worst movie I have seen in a long time. The acting is bad, the script horrible, the editing annoying and frenetic, and the storyline practically non-existent. Mindless, sadistic violence round out this poor excuse for a film. I found it nearly unwatchable and had to turn it off after about an hour (I couldn't even make through its paltry 87-minute runtime).
As far as its "riveting action" and "adrenaline rush," I was so bored that I actually dozed off during the viewing--and I had the volume *cranked*! (no pun intended...) The music soundtrack is kinda fun: lots of loud, fast heavy metal, rock, and punk, but that was really the only redeeming quality I could find in this movie. I can't believe it received a 7.1 rating on IMDB and a 61% T-meter rating on Rotten Tomatoes--so much for the reliability public polling stats.
First-time writer/directors Neveldine and Taylor show little or no talent in their "crafts," and it is mind-boggling that they have other projects underway and even a sequel after this effort. I guess making $27M on a $12M movie gives you a greenlight in Hollywood to pump out more crap.
As for the "stylistic" and "innovative" camera work and editing I found it to be rather poor and extremely annoying. I like when directors try to push the envelop with the way the camera can be used for storytelling, but this was just bad film making as almost all the quick cuts, crazy angles, and camera tricks never really worked (except to make you nauseated and irritated). It reminded me of a bad, bad, really bad metal video from the 80's. If you really want to see how to effectively use new, innovative techniques to tell a story, watch Aronofsky's brilliant Pi or Requiem for a Dream.
Statham can be very dynamic and charismatic in his roles--I particularly enjoyed his performance in Snatch and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels--but I'm really starting to get tired of his endless stream of movies with essentially the same character. I think he has good star potential, but he really needs to branch out if he wants to be taken seriously as an actor.
Crank (2006)
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart
Directed by: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
(1 out of 7 skinks)
2 comments:
This movie was pure fun. I think you might have missed the boat on this one. Maybe you should be 13 with ADD??
Perhaps I should! ;) Thanks for your comment and differing opinion. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood to watch it, but as you can see from the other movies in my blog, I do like action and violent movies. This one just didn't do it for me on too many levels.
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