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Crank (2006)

Crank poster
Directed by
Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Genre
action film, crime film, crime thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 4,258 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hitman is injected with a poison that will kill him if his adrenaline drops. He races through Los Angeles trying to stay wired and find the people who poisoned him.

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What happens

Crank is a 2006 American action thriller film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (in their directorial debut). It stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez and Dwight Yoakam. In the film, Chev Chelios (Statham), an LA–based British assassin, is poisoned by a synthetic drug and must keep his adrenaline flowing constantly to keep himself alive, while trying to track down the culprits responsible for poisoning him. It was followed by 2009 sequel; Crank: High Voltage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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