Crank: High Voltage

Crank: High Voltage
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Neveldine/Taylor
Written by	Neveldine & Taylor
Produced by	Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg Skip Williamson Richard Wright
Starring	Jason Statham Amy Smart Clifton Collins Jr. Efren Ramirez Bai Ling David Carradine Dwight Yoakam
Cinematography	Brandon Trost
Edited by	Fernando Villena
Music by	Mike Patton
Production company	Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release dates	April 15, 2009 (2009-04-15) (United Kingdom) April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17) (United States)
Running time	96 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[2]
Box office	$34.6 million[3]

Crank: High Voltage (alternately titled Crank 2: High Voltage) is a 2009 American action film directed by Neveldine/Taylor, and stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr., Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling, David Carradine and Dwight Yoakam. It is the sequel to the 2006 film Crank and also features several cameo appearances of celebrities from various fields of entertainment. In the film, Chev Chelios survives from the deadly fall and gets kidnapped by Chinese doctors, who harvest his heart and replace it with an artificial one, which is designed to keep him alive for an hour. Chev sets out to find his heart while keeping himself electrically charged to stay alive.

Crank: High Voltage was released in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2009 and was later released in North America on April 17, 2009. Critics were not given advance screening of the film. The film received praise for Statham's performance, but critics termed the film as excessively violent, offensive, and visually unappealing.