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#1 Apr 02 2009 at 9:56 AM Rating: Default
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He was DEAD; you don't skydive from a helicopter without a chute and miraculously come back to live with just a bit of electricity!

So, wtf is this crap?

There was no need for it; the first movie ended on the logical closing point.


Edit: The tag line was funny though.

Edited, Apr 2nd 2009 1:57pm by Shaowstrike
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#2 Apr 02 2009 at 10:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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Here's the thing with me and action movies... I don't give a **** about logic and plot, I'll go watch a drama or thriller for that nonsense.
#3 Apr 02 2009 at 12:12 PM Rating: Excellent
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Shaowstrike wrote:
He was DEAD; you don't skydive from a helicopter without a chute and miraculously come back to live with just a bit of electricity!

Crank 2 wrote:
Taglines: He Was Dead. But He Got Better.


#4 Apr 02 2009 at 1:17 PM Rating: Default
Well, another movie I know to avoid! I really hated that first one, almost as much as "Push", almost as I at least didn't pay to see it, unlike "Push".

#5 Apr 02 2009 at 2:39 PM Rating: Decent
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Okay, keeping in mind that I've never seen the original movie and have no intention of seeing the sequel, and I have no idea how high the helicopter was that this character jumped out of. But as someone who has studied pre-med level anatomy and physiology, I have to say I find this absurd:

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Picking up immediately after he hits the ground at the end of Crank, Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is kidnapped by a gang of Chinese medics. On an operating table, they attempt to harvest his organs.


Unless this dude jumped at a very, VERY low altitude (like, less than 3 stories) his organs would be unusable. They would essentially have been turned to chunky salsa within his body by the acceleration and sudden impact of the stop. That doesn't even include the numerous bone fractures that any such landing would have included, or the catastrophic increase in body temperature that happens when landing from a long-distance fall, which would ALSO make the organs unusable.

Now, I don't mind the minor suspension of disbelief in the name of a good tale set in a supposedly realistic world, but FFS, don't completely disregard the laws of physics and physiology just to make a crappy sequel to what was probably a crappy original movie (or so I assume from the fact that I've never heard of the stupid thing until reading that wiki.)


Edited, Apr 2nd 2009 3:45pm by Ambrya
#6 Apr 02 2009 at 4:46 PM Rating: Good
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#7 Apr 02 2009 at 6:06 PM Rating: Good
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Ambrya wrote:
Okay, keeping in mind that I've never seen the original movie and have no intention of seeing the sequel, and I have no idea how high the helicopter was that this character jumped out of. But as someone who has studied pre-med level anatomy and physiology, I have to say I find this absurd:

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Picking up immediately after he hits the ground at the end of Crank, Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is kidnapped by a gang of Chinese medics. On an operating table, they attempt to harvest his organs.


Unless this dude jumped at a very, VERY low altitude (like, less than 3 stories) his organs would be unusable. They would essentially have been turned to chunky salsa within his body by the acceleration and sudden impact of the stop. That doesn't even include the numerous bone fractures that any such landing would have included, or the catastrophic increase in body temperature that happens when landing from a long-distance fall, which would ALSO make the organs unusable.

Now, I don't mind the minor suspension of disbelief in the name of a good tale set in a supposedly realistic world, but FFS, don't completely disregard the laws of physics and physiology just to make a crappy sequel to what was probably a crappy original movie (or so I assume from the fact that I've never heard of the stupid thing until reading that wiki.)


Edited, Apr 2nd 2009 3:45pm by Ambrya


"It just a movie, you really should just relax."

Seriously, why do people care about physics in action movies? It's a bonus awesome factor when it is realistic, but it's a movie. I don't call shenanigans when Harry Potter catches a flying golden golf ball in his mouth when he falls off a flying broom stick while being chased by bigger, more angry balls, so just let it go and enjoy the ridiculousness that is an action movie.

Edit: In all fairness there are action movies that take themselves seriously, and Crank is definitely not one of them.

Edited, Apr 2nd 2009 10:07pm by MaxsOwner
#8 Apr 02 2009 at 6:31 PM Rating: Default
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You ask how high he was? He was high enough that he had time to call his girlfriend to say goodbye before he hit the ground... There isnt a bone in his body still in one peice.
#9 Apr 02 2009 at 6:43 PM Rating: Good
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#10 Apr 04 2009 at 12:51 AM Rating: Decent
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Shaowstrike wrote:
He was DEAD; you don't skydive from a helicopter without a chute and miraculously come back to live with just a bit of electricity!


You sure you've ever seen a Hollywood action movie, like, ever?
#11 Apr 07 2009 at 3:02 PM Rating: Good
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MaxsOwner wrote:

Seriously, why do people care about physics in action movies? It's a bonus awesome factor when it is realistic, but it's a movie. I don't call shenanigans when Harry Potter catches a flying golden golf ball in his mouth when he falls off a flying broom stick while being chased by bigger, more angry balls, so just let it go and enjoy the ridiculousness that is an action movie.


There's a difference between fantasy/supernatural films that are firmly established in a world where magic and the supernatural exist pushing the boundaries of physical reality, and the same thing being done in a movie set in the (purportedly) "real" world.

This is why I can watch Frodo and Sam Gamgee sit surrounded by a lake of lava without being cooked inside their own skins by convection with perfect equanimity but will go into a howling rage when I see Tommy Lee Jones do the same damn thing.

#12 Apr 08 2009 at 3:02 AM Rating: Decent
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I remember watching Dusk Til Dawn with my brother, he was complaining it was unrealistic... before the vampires appeared.
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