Crank was one of those wonderful surprise movies that had a simple premise, and then his the gas and never let up the whole time. The movie (with Jason Statham) was just designed to be a fun 90 minutes in the movies, to make you leave the theater smiling and having had a good time… Cranck delivered on that, and much more.
However (THE FOLLOWING COULD BE CONSIDERED SPOILERS), if you’ve seen the movie… you know there just isn’t really any way to do a sequel. Right? RIGHT!?!?!
Well, apparently a sequel is exactly what they have in mind right now. The good folks over at JoBlo give us this:
How could filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor possibly exceed their debut’s lunatic fusion of overkill? Apparently they’re gonna try anyway, as Variety says they “are in the early stages of a sequel” to the crazy Statham flick. That’s literally the only information given about this potential follow-up (also at Lakeshore, who handled the original), so feel free to speculate about how another film could be approached.
I have no idea how on earth they can even think about this. The ONLY possible way to do it is with another main character. And that hardly ever works. Switching actors is one thing… switching main characters for a sequel (Ahhemm… Speed 2) is another thing all together. Aside from that… the only thing I can think of is a prequel.
What do you think? How could they do a Crank 2?
Wikepdia
Crank 2: High Voltage has been confirmed by the writers and directors Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine.[4]. In Crank 2, Chelios will face a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.[5]
Lionsgate Films will handle North American distribution of the film, while Lakeshore Entertainment will handle international distribution
at the end he blinked, but it was a hard ass fall, but anything can happen in a movie, but if they make a part 2 ima see it.
Movies are not real. Let them make another crank, the first one was a hit and the second will be as well.
i think it would be awesome if they made a crank 2 i would buy right when it came out
I don’t think he died at the end, if you watch right before the screen goes black, he blinks, with the sound of a heart beat!!
no he diddnt die at the end, the guy injected him wit so much of the stuff, that his heart wouldnt stop beatin, so wen he fell, the stuff kept his heart jumpin, cant wait 4 part 2!!
Crank is not so much a movie as it is a roller coaster ride. They are not trying to achieve cinematic greatness, they just made a fun movie.
So some of you cinephilles need to get off your high horses and stop shoving your supposed intelligence in our faces by proclaiming Crank lacking in creativity or some how leading to the fall of western civilization.
It’s a fun movie, get over yourselves.
Nord
They can’t do a sequel and they shouldn’t try. Statham should do another Transporter.
could they have been miss quoted? ie, they didn’t mean sequel, the just meant another movie along the same lines. if so, they could re-use the entire cast. just under different circumstances.
no
peace…
Theres a theory I’ve read that would allow for a sequel. Basically remember the part where he was in the cab and the driver gave him some hallucinogenic stuff to perk him up?
From then on in he was hallucinating. Et voila Crank 2 would start in the back of that cab.
Or theres the other theory that his doc sedated him when he gave him the injection and that the whole hotel shootout was a dream/hallucination.
Either works I suppose.
CRANK 2 BABY!
DIAL ME UP!
In the movie world, they’ll always find a way. It doesn’t always mean it’ll be good, but they’ll still do it in hopes it makes some money. And at the end of the day, that’s all they’re after.
I would watch it as long as the bring Dwight Yoakum back as a the Doctor.
Wow, all this talk about Crank makes me want to watch it again!! That movie was amazing. I think a prequel makes more sense than the sequel, but then we would know he would live at the end. Whatever they do, I don’t think they can make it better than the original… that’s usually the case with most sequels.
Well, to some this is good news.
To others, the end of western civilization as we know it.
Or are they related?
i liked that statham died in the movie. i thought it was alright. maybe amy smart can do a whole revenge thing for crank 2. the part in the chinese market with statham and smart was the most memorable part. :)
SPOILER!
The movie ends with him in the street, eyes open and then a faint heart beat.
He was so amped I could easily see them playing it off… as the Doc said, it was a miracle he’d lived that long so why not?
great movie… loved to see the sequel.
“I’m alive!” lol.
**SPOILER ALERT**
Is anyone certain that Statham died in the end of Crank?
He was pretty hopped up at the time. Hell, didn’t a skydiver just fall an incredible distance and live?
I thought Crank was such an exhilerating and entertaining movie that I’m willing to suspend disbelief long enough to enjoy a sequel if they choose to resurrect Statham.
Meh. I really tried to like this move after all the praise it received on this site, but I didn’t. Jason Statham needs to find his breakout role so he can stop making stuff like this. I’m hoping Rogue is it.
As for a sequel – lack of creativity is killing Hollywood. Do something new or get out of town.
***SPOILERS***
Well, obviously it could not be Statham, but you could easily get another medium-to-large action star to step up and do another Bangkok Cocktail, 90-minute run, with a big climatic over-the-top death scene at the end.
With movies like this you don’t exactly have to buy into the premise too deeply, its all about blowing things up, which is a fun escape every now and then.
Nord
I cant understand how they would do it.
It would just be the same movie with a different lead, whats the point.
Maybe they are being mis-qouted, and are just working on another fast paced action movie ‘from the makers of crank’ thats the only way it makes sense to me.