Cranky

So, last night I saw "Crank", the movie with Jason Statham. I wanted to see " The Illusionist" but I got to the theatre fourty minutes too late. First of all, what's going on with movies about magicians? First there's The Illusionist and coming soon there's "The Prestige". It seems that this happens all to often, when "Armageddon" came out there was also "Deep Impact", both were about the threat of an asteroid hitting earth. With those two asteroid movies came a whole bunch of specials about the dreaded doom from the sky. I'm just sick of all of these basic cable tie-ins.
Anyway, about "Crank", the movie felt like a Tony Scott flick but maybe a little better. I don't know, but it wasn't a forced fast pace like Mr. Scott's films of late. The pace was fast and it was warranted. It was just a good wholesome fun movie, with just a bit of rampant violence and nudity. It seemed like a live action Grand Theft Auto for some of the film.
Oh man I almost completely forgot about Dwight Yoakam. He plays Chevy's (Jason Statham) doctor. Actually I don't know if you could call his character a doctor but he knows about pharmaceuticals. But good 'ol Dwight does a pretty good job, he's sort of the comic relief along with Pedro from "Napoleon Dynamite" who plays a cross dressing club kid.
So, if you're in the mood for a fun movie and the movie you planned on seeing is sold out or at an inconvenient time you should see "Crank".

Here's a link to the trailer on Youtube