Crank 2: High Voltage is the upcoming sequel to the action film, Crank. It picks up exactly where the first film left off, retaining its “real-time” feel. The film is rated R for “Frenetic strong bloody violence throughout, crude and graphic sexual content, nudity, and pervasive language”. Crank 2 is written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who both wrote and directed the previous film, Crank.
Plot Synopsis
Set three months after his destructive run through Los Angeles, Hitman Chev Chelios (Statham) launches himself on a literally electrifying chase through Los Angeles in pursuit of the Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered heart that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Cast
* Jason Statham as Chev Chelios
* Amy Smart as Eve
* Efren Ramirez as Venus
* Dwight Yoakam as Doc Miles
* Reno Wilson as Orlando
* Clifton Collins, Jr. as El Huron
* Bai Ling as Ria
* Geri Halliwell as Debbie Spellman
* Nick Manning as TBA
Former child actor Corey Haim will have a cameo appearance in the film, as will porn star Jenna Haze and also Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington (who also had a short appearance in the first film).
Production
Mike Patton, of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle fame, will be producing the score for Crank 2: High Voltage.
Lionsgate Films will handle North American distribution of the film, while Lakeshore Entertainment will handle international distribution. Filming started in April 2008. The writers and directors confirmed there will be more sex and violence within an R rating. Like the first film, the production budget will be lower than $20 million. In order to help keep costs low, the filmmakers have taken advantage of low cost prosumer HDV cameras such as the Canon XH-A1, as well as a consumer model, the Canon HF10.
The movie has received an R rating by the MPAA based on an interview with Amy Smart. She was photographed brandishing taped nipples and disclosed that her character Eve has become a pole dancer. and said that there will be another public sex scene with Jason Statham; this time taking place on a horse racing track.
Release date is tentatively for April 17, 2009.
Directed by Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor
Produced by Michael Paseornek
Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
Skip Williamson
Richard Wright
David Rubin
Written by Mark Neveldine
Brian Taylor
Starring Jason Statham
Amy Smart
Cinematography Brandon Trost
Distributed by
International:
Lakeshore Entertainment
North America:
Lionsgate Films
Release date(s) April 17, 2009
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Budget $20,000,000 USD
Preceded by Crank
Genre: Action
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