Line #13 YMMV/Crank

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1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtracks for both movies have been well-received for their creativity and diversity. In particular, Mike Patton's score for the second film has is a quirky, fast-paced experimental mixture of different genres.
2	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
3	** The power station fight in the second movie, which turns into a kaiju parody with caricatures of the two combatants.
4	** When Venus first meets Bai Ling's character, she throws a tantrum, and his full body Tourettes' starts acting up. Cue twitch dance off.
5	** In the climax of the first film, Chev randomly bleats like a goat.
6	* BizarroEpisode: The second film is much more cartoonish, random, and violent than the first.
7	* CatharsisFactor: Meta: According to Taylor in [[https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/01/05/crank-3-details-jason-statham-brian-taylor/ an interview]], actor Creator/PattonOswalt watched ''Crank: High Voltage'' as a stress reliever.
8	* CrossesTheLineTwice:
9	** Especially noticeable in ''Crank: High Voltage'', which might be one of the best examples of how to do this trope right. There are so many stereotypes and so much over-the-top violence, it manages to skip over "Offensive" and come back around to "Funny."
10	** Violence against women: ''Bad''. Stripper getting shot in her breast implants, which then ooze out and deflate while she cries: ''Hilarious''.
11	** There are A LOT of Asian stereotypes, especially in the second film. Then again, it is the late Creator/DavidCarradine...
12	* DesignatedHero: Chelios is an exceptionally violent, uncaring individual established to be a mob hitman and he will generally wreck anyone's day at the slightest excuse. The only real reason he's established as the good guy with any clarity is that everyone else is [[{{Jerkass}} even worse]]. It does help that he apparently lives in a CrapsackWorld that's like a Hollywood-ized Creator/JhonenVasquez creation.
13	* FanNickname: Some message boards (very few though) have labelled it as "VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: TheMovie", seeing all the carjacking, excessive violence, sex, drugs, and what-not... it seems appropriate.
14	* IAmNotShazam: No, Jason Statham does not play a guy named Crank. [[NonIndicativeName Apparently nobody else does...]]
15	%%* MemeticMutation: [[https://i.imgur.com/IatAbUR.jpg Raughs]]
16	%% How is this a meme?
17	* OneSceneWonder: David Carradine as Poon Dong.
18	* SpiritualAdaptation:
19	** As said on the FanNickname example, there are those who consider this a movie adaptation of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'', and what the average player tends to do between missions.
20	** Some people may also consider the first ''Crank'' movie this to ''Film/{{Speed}}'', given that both movies share a similar premise: the protagonists cannot slow down or take a break, or else they will die.
21	** If the first movie is ''GTA'', the second movie is ''VideoGame/SaintsRow''.

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