[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Crank

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Crank
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1157840500.shtml


   We went to see [1]Crank today (no, not with the kids, they can't
   tolerate that kind of dopiness).

   Yes, it was dopey. Jason Statham plays a hit man injected with some
   nasty, experimental poison - the only way he can stay alive and keep
   his heart from exploding is to get his adrenaline pumping. That means
   that he has to do all sorts of extreme things, or he will literally
   die from boredom.

   I thought the movie was a perfect metaphor for adolescence (well, my
   adolescence, anyway), when boredom really did feel as if it could
   kill. At 17, I would have loved it.

   Now that I'm older and wiser, I enjoyed most of it but the glitches
   bugged me. Yes, Amy Smart was supposed to play a ditzy girlfriend, but
   did she have to be that ditzy? How did the helicopter manage to climb
   to such a height? And if it wasn't part of his hallucinations, why
   were the naked prostitutes at the big boss's house sitting in acrylic
   balls? When the hit man was shot from behind, why did the blood spurt
   out of the back of his head? Why so much finger and hand chopping?

   Still, it's a good time for former and current adolescents.

   [2]A good review.

References

   1. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crank/
   2. http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=62588