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Crank: High Voltage is a hyper action sequel packed with shootouts, car chaos, graphic gore, and constant strong language. Sexual content and crude nudity jokes run alongside racist and sexual insults in the street fights. The whole film treats mayhem like a video-game dare. We land at R 18+ and up because the Australian restricted rating and the high-impact violence leave no room for a younger recommendation
Story (may spoil tone)
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
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Violence Nonstop shootings, beatings, car wrecks, and organ-theft mayhem fill th…
Nonstop shootings, beatings, car wrecks, and organ-theft mayhem fill the runtime. Violence is loud, rewarded, and treated as entertainment
Language The f-word is constant, joined by the s-word, sexual insults, and racis…
The f-word is constant, joined by the s-word, sexual insults, and racist slurs in fights. Swearing is aggressive texture, not a few spikes
Sex / nudity Crude sex talk, porn jokes, and sexualised nudity gags keep interruptin…
Crude sex talk, porn jokes, and sexualised nudity gags keep interrupting the chase through the city. The tone is lewd, loud, and frequent
Drugs / alcohol Background drinking flashes through the nightlife scramble as Chelios k…
Background drinking flashes through the nightlife scramble as Chelios keeps moving. It is a minor note beside the wall-to-wall violence
Frightening Torture talk, kidnapping threats, and sudden gore pile anxiety onto the…
Torture talk, kidnapping threats, and sudden gore pile anxiety onto the chaos. The style is comic-book loud, but images still hit hard
Bullying / discrimination Racist and sexual slurs are tossed as fight banter during chases and be…
Racist and sexual slurs are tossed as fight banter during chases and beatdowns. The film treats them as punchlines more than something challenged
Gore / death / weapons Blood, severed-body talk, and weapon chaos sit in close-up thrills acro…
Blood, severed-body talk, and weapon chaos sit in close-up thrills across the runtime. Injury detail is high, repeated, and meant to stun
Dangerous behaviour Electric shocks, reckless driving, and public stunts look like dares a…
Electric shocks, reckless driving, and public stunts look like dares a teen might copy for laughs. The film glamourises the risk
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
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- The hero solves every problem with more speed and more violence. What do you notice about stories that never show the cost?
- Characters toss racist and sexual insults during fights. How would you call that out if friends repeated it as a joke?
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