September 22, 2009
Thanks to Tammy for sending me an interactive link on MySpace for your pleasure. It’s the Crank movies’ official MySpace profile with a bunch of fun stuff.
Also in the news, ‘Snatch’ is going to be released in Blu-ray on December 1st. Some features include commentary by Guy Ritchie and his producer, a making-of featurette, deleted scenes, optional commentary and…most funny…Pikey subtitles.
September 10, 2009
Love this California Chronicle.com DVD review of ‘Crank 2: High Voltage’! These writers are definite Jason Statham fans. It’s wonderful to read good things about our boy for a change. Got your DVD yet?
“Crank 2: High Voltage”
VPJ: “Umm … didn’t that guy die in the first movie? Like, plummeting from a helicopter whilst having a massive neural shutdown? I’m almost sure I recall that…
“Well, taking a page from the old movie serials, this nascent action franchise once again stars bullet-headed British torpedo Jason Statham, escaping from clearly depicted certain death, as a guy who, this time, has a transplanted heart that needs regular electric shocks so he can stay alive and kick enough people in the face for things to turn out OK.But I kid a guy who could cheerfully head-butt me into next Tuesday.
“I like Statham – his charmingly uncouth thug action hero is most welcome in the pretty boy-strewn hallways of action Hollywood, and reviving him, however ludicrously, for another go ’round in this cheerily stupid series, well … why not, I guess.”
JE: “And now he’s BACK AND BETTER THAN EVAH! I think we can just both agree Statham is on a special list reserved for actors we’ll watch no matter what? I mean, I found myself watching a part of the original ‘Crank’ one night if only to see how he kicks the next guy in the face. Same goes with ‘The Transporter 2.’
“I also think it’s good we both have given up on the whole ‘he needs to pull some respectable flicks on his resume’ argument. Just like a bar after Statham walks through, this guy’s career is littered with ridiculous (and cheesy) action movies. He seems to embody some weird sort of macho-charisma-face-kicking magic that captivates guys like us. In fact they should make ‘macho-charisma- face-kicking magic’ a Vitamin Water flavor exclusively made for and marketed by Statham. And I would buy it.”
August 25, 2009
Here’s a couple of ‘Crank 2: High Voltage’ blu-ray disc reviews. I haven’t read the whole thing so be aware there could be spoilers. One review is from HighDefDiscNews.com and the other from Blu-ray.com. The blu-ray and DVD release of the movie is Tuesday, September 8th.
Also, thanks to dawn26 for the heads up on V Festival Jason pics at Rex Features. Looks like he just succumbed and actually posed for the camera…even though he didn’t seem too happy about it. Wish we could find bigger versions.
August 22, 2009
Thanks to jlm for alerting me to two new behind-the-scenes YouTube videos from ‘Crank: High Voltage’!
August 19, 2009
Jason came in at 22 of a list of 25 Top Hollywood Hardmen on a British celebrity gossip blog called HecklerSpray.com. Mind you, it’s just some guy’s opinion and possibly a couple of his friends so don’t take it too seriously. I mean they actually think Chuck Norris at number one is the hardest of them all so you see where they’re heads are. At least Jason is making all these lists now. I remember a day when nobody knew who he was.
August 11, 2009
Thanks to Reuben for sending me this picture of the ‘Crank 2: High Voltage’ DVD coverart! I don’t know where he found it, but looks pretty authentic even though Jason looks like that weird mask in the movie’s dream sequence…you know–the Godzilla-like fight he had. Lionsgate announced that the DVD is supposed to be released on September 8th.
June 23, 2009
Thanks to Oleredhead for this heads up! Lionsgate has announced that the U.S. release of ’Crank: High Voltage’ on DVD and Blu-ray will be September 8th! The two-disc special DVD will have the writers/directors commentary, making of and a bloopers featurette. The latter must be those clips that ran during the end credits of the film. I’m kind of bummed that we don’t have a Blu-ray player because that disc will have a gag reel (don’t know if it’s the same as a blooper reel) and footage from the wrap party.
May 7, 2009
This older article from The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio a couple weeks ago popped up in Jason news this morning about him and ‘Crank: HV’. I don’t remember posting it. Any article that calls Jason handsome and Hollywood’s next king of the action heroes is worth posting.
May 5, 2009
Thank you to Ines for emailing me a couple of German links which show how good ‘Crank: High Voltage’ is doing in her homeland. She says the film is a “resounding success, the film has great reviews everywhere and is almost a cult film for the people. Is also remarkable, which is Crank II, despite the new movies like “Wolverine “…, still among the top three.”
May 4, 2009
The Insider has posted a Parade Magazine interview that Amy Smart did recently. Among other things, she talks about her public sex scene in the ‘Crank’ movies. She thinks people had their cell phone cameras and took pictures during the scene on the horsetrack. I keep hoping they put their little pictures and videos up somewhere for all of us to see.
