DAC Episode 402 - Crank 2: High Voltage (2009)

A closeup up a white guy's face with two men in sleeveless white undershirts flanking him.

this man will never be a dead lion.

What do you do after you make a movie about a man who needs constant jolts of adrenaline to keep his heart beating? You, uh… steal his heart and replace it with an artificial model that needs constant jolts of current to keep it beating? Yeah, that’s the ticket.

Crank 2 (or Crank: High Voltage, or maybe Crank 2: High Voltage) can’t quite match the impact that Crank had in 2006, but Neveldine and Taylor can’t be accused of phoning in the constantly escalating stakes. Most of the moments from the first movie recur, but with ever-greater levels of absurdity. Does Chev Chelios survive this installment? Find out below or listen to us on your podspreader of choice.