Crank
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: September 1, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
EmpireNick De Semlyen
A Saw for the action crowd, this is an intense, stripped-down ride that goes places you’d never expect. Edgy and outrageous, it should get the fearless Statham some deserved attention. Read full review
80
L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. Thompson
First-time feature directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor play with speed and sound to effectively recreate the buzz of an over-caffeinated all-nighter, delivering one of the year’s best pure junk-food entertainments. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Crank is an efficient, witty, junkyard dog of an action movie for its first hour. Unfortunately, the script runs out of gas before the hero does. While it's cooking, though, it's violently preposterous fun. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerDavid Hiltbrand
If you can stomach the hard-R rating, this is a smart, sexy and funny sprint. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael Ordona
Neveldine and Taylor empty their handbasket of cinematic tricks. They display visual wit, have fun with pop songs, and shoot much of the film in slightly choppy fast-motion ("under-cranked," get it?). Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
The 2006 summer movie season went out with a reasonable bang courtesy of Crank, a jacked-up, unapologetically mindless bit of ADD-prescribed escapism that more or less delivers on a nifty premise. Read full review
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Crank" is "D.O.A" on methamphetamines. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
This is one of those movies whose empty-headed premise is so pure it's witty: with his insatiable need for excitement, the hero is a perfect stand-in for the fanboys in the audience. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The movie is cranked up somewhere between stylish and proudly stupid, dusted with sunniness from Amy Smart (as Chev's sleepy girlfriend) -- and guaranteed to be out of your system by the time the lights come up. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
It's a sympathomimetic monoamine that stimulates the central nervous system! Hooray epinephrine! And that's all I'm going to say about Crank. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
So blatantly contrived it could be called The Fast and the Spurious, Crank has the small saving grace of being intentionally ridiculous. The action sequences are more notable for their outrageousness than their visceral power. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
One could argue that Crank works best as a comedy. It's occasionally funny, and some times VERY funny. Read full review
60
VarietyJustin Chang
Videogamers who've been itching for "Grand Theft Auto: The Movie" can tide themselves over in the meantime with Crank, a down-and-dirty actioner that follows a rugged antihero trying to outrun death by keeping his adrenaline flowing. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
Its a stupid thrill for a while, but the high wears off, and the anything-goes approach gets headache-inducing. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The whole thing whizzes by in such a panicked rush that there's no time for anything so immaterial as character, but what little we do learn about Chev works against the film. Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
Genially preposterous, with stunt players outnumbering actors by something like a 3-to-1 ratio, the action thriller Crank is surprisingly watchable. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleNeva Chonin
It's all about the dumb thrill, baby. Leave it alone, or leave your brain and pocket change at the gate, strap yourself in and just enjoy the ride. Read full review
30
The New York TimesNathan Lee
For a movie premised on unrelenting action, Crank proves fatally turgid. Read full review
12
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Every movie's gotta have a gimmick, and Crank's is that it has an excellent shot at ending 2006 as the worst film of the year. Read full review
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