Crank is a 2006 American action film directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (in their directorial debut).

It stars Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez and Dwight Yoakam.

Chelios keeps up his adrenaline through risky and dangerous acts, which include picking fights with other gangsters and police, reckless driving and motorcycling, taking illegal drugs and synthetic epinephrine and having public sex with his girlfriend Eve.

Through a crossdresser named Kaylo, Chelios finds Alex at a restaurant and unsuccessfully interrogates him about his brother's whereabouts before killing him.

Kaylo, who has been kidnapped by Carlito's men, is forced to call Chelios and tell him that Verona is at a Triad warehouse.

Knowing that he will die soon, Chelios decides to take his revenge on Verona and arranges a meeting with him at a downtown hotel.

The film was written in 2003 with Johnny Knoxville in mind for the lead role, but Jason Statham came on board.

"[5] Neveldine/Taylor, along with Jason Statham and Efren Ramirez, appeared at the 2006 Comic-Con Convention in San Diego, California.

The panel showed a short clip and promoted the film, mentioning that it was shot in HD and that no wires or CGI were used for the stunt scenes.

Lionsgate bought a featured spot on the home page of YouTube and paid several of its well-known members to advertise.

The website's consensus for the film reads, "Crank's assaultive style and gleeful depravity may turn off casual action fans, but audiences seeking a strong dose of adrenaline will be thrilled by Jason Statham's raucous race against mortality.

[10] Some filmmakers and actors singled out Crank (and its sequel) among their favorite Statham films, including Seth Rogen, Rupert Grint, Simon Pegg, James McAvoy, Edgar Wright and Gareth Evans.

The DVD also includes a "family friendly" audio replacement in which the film is dubbed over as it would appear on a television broadcast, but the violence, language subtitles and nudity are still the same.