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Chev Chelios survives a fall from the sky, sort of. He's in an unknown location, sedated, while various Chinese are harvesting his organs. His heart is gone, in an ice chest; a temporary in its place. Chev escapes, knowing only the name of the guy with the ice chest. He calls Doc Miles, an unlicensed cardiologist, who tells him there's only an hour's life in the artificial heart: keep it charged. Chev needs to find his own heart and get to Doc for a transplant. He starts his time-limited pursuit of shadowy figures, the ice chest, and his heart aided by Eve, Rei, and Venus - a stripper, a prostitute, and a pal wit...
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h Tourette's - constantly needing an electric charge to keep going.
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After surviving an incredible plunge to near-certain death, Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) is abducted by Chinese mobsters. Waking up three months later, Chev finds that his nearly indestructible heart has been replaced with a battery-operated device that requires regular jolts of electricity or it will fail. Chev escapes from his captors, reunites with his lover, Eve (Amy Smart), and sets out on a frantic chase through Los Angeles to get his real heart back.
The indestructible hopped-up hitman Chev Chelios, played to the hilt once again by Jason Statham, returns in Crank High Voltage, picking up where the first film left off -- except this time, Chelios is chasing a Chinese gangster who hijacked his heart and substituted it with a mechanical one that needs to be jolted with an electric charge to stay pumping. Back for the fun is Chev's girlfriend Eve (my Smart) and his physician Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam), who, as luck has it, turns out to be an ex-heart surgeon. As Chelios delves deeper into the mystery surrounding his stolen heart, he discovers that the answers to h...
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is questions lie within the chest of a 100-year old head of the Triad gang, Poon Dong (David Carradine. The maverick directing/writing team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor returns to inject more caffeinated craziness into Lionsgate's burgeoning action series, with Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling, Clifton Collins Jr., and Corey Haim rounding out the supporting cast.
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Picking up immediately where the first movie left off, "Crank High Voltage" finds Chev Chelios surviving the climactic plunge to his most certain death on the streets of Los Angeles, only to be kidnapped by a mysterious Chinese mobster. Three months later, Chev wakes up to discover his nearly indestructible heart has been surgically removed and replaced with a battery-operated ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity in order to work. After a dangerous escape from his captors, Chev is on the run again, this time from the charismatic Mexican gang boss El Huron, and the Chinese Triads, headed by the danger...
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ous 100 year-old elder Poon Dong. Once again turning to Doc Miles for medical advice, receiving help from his friend Kaylo's twin brother Venus, and re-connecting with his girlfriend Eve, who is no longer in the dark about what he does for a living, Chev is determined to get his real heart back and wreak vengeance on whoever stole it, embarking on an electrifying chase through Los Angeles where anything goes to stay alive.
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Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) komt bij zinnen in de handen van enkele Chinese bendeleden die zijn hart stelen en vervangen door een kunsthart. Deze loopt op batterijen die de regelmatige schok van elektriciteit vereist om werking bij te houden. Voor Chev volgt een race door Los Angeles, om alles weer recht te zetten, wraak te nemen en zijn eigen hart terug te vinden.
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The Place Beyond the Pines was already one of our most anticipated films of 2012. Derek Cianfrance .s followup to his amazing Blue Valentine reunites him and Ryan Gosling , as well as bringing in new recruit Bradley Cooper . So, not only is Pines from an amazingly talented writer-director, but it is also a veritable showdown for the .Sexiest Man Alive.. Oh, and not just relying on their looks, the boys are pretty great actors to boot. Now, there.s still one thing missing from this fantastic composition? The score. According to IndieWire Mike Patton has just accepted those duties, which means we can all rest easy. Patton, the prolific musician linked to many different bands (including Faith No More , Mr. Bungle and Tomahawk), has agreed to score the film, and it won.t be his first rodeo, having composed music for features as diverse as Crank 2: High Voltage and The
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