Crank: High Voltage

If Takashi Miike happened to be possessed by the spirit of Chuck Jones, the result might turn out something like this sequel.

"...borderline genius. Warped genius, but genius nonetheless. Crank: High Voltage is not nearly as much fun (or as coherent)..."

April 24, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

High Voltage Asian Cop

"...style and personality. Yen stars as the titular High Voltage Asian Cop, a Hong Kong policeman whose violent methods..."

June 16, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

How Crank: High Voltage Went Pure Grindhouse

Jason Statham cult classic offers maximum overdrive

"...Crank: High Voltage should not exist. Everything was against it – not..."

July 26, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

High Voltage Fashion Show 2010

UT Design seniors show their talent

"...Apparel, as they ramp up for this year's High Voltage Fashion Show on Thursday, April 29th at the Frank..."

April 28, 2010 Design Post by Michelle Washington

The Common Law

Eminent domain & high-voltage power lines – how does the condemnation process start?

"...The LCRA plans to build high-voltage electric lines in Williamson, Gillespie, and Guadalupe counties in..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

LCRA wants to build a high-voltage power line on my property

"...to build infrastructure – highways, roads, high-speed rail lines, high-voltage electric transmission lines, and pipelines. Central Texas landowners are..."

July 8, 2016 Column by Luke Ellis

Dance With Me

"...that titular advice and just scrap everything but the high-voltage dance sequences that are its sole rationale. Now granted,..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

When We Were Kings

This documentary Oscar winner is a vivid retelling of the "Rumble in the Jungle," in which Muhammad Ali bested George Foreman in a storied boxing match in Kinshasa, Zaire.

"...passion of this film arises not only from the high-voltage personalities involved (especially Ali and King) but from the..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Bullet Train

Brad Pitt bumbles entertainingly through a hyperviolent slapstick comedy

"...comedies that include durable popcorn flicks like Crank: High Voltage and Smokin' Aces. And those kind of films, dumb..."

Aug. 5, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

AC/DC

Reissue

"...AC/DCHigh Voltage (Epic)AC/DCDirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Epic)AC/DCHighway to Hell (Epic)AC/DCBack..."

April 4, 2003 Music Review by Scott Jordan

Attacked by Lesbians

Just three good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm

"...on the 420Radio.com stage. There is Gerth, there is Voltage, there is Drunken Thunder. And then there's Honky. Plying..."

May 26, 2000 Music Feature by Greg Beets

The Common Law

Eminent domain – the government made a low offer – what next?

"...The government is going to build a high-voltage power line across my property. I rejected the government's..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Luke Ellis

Screens Top 10s

"...Tokyo!, Thirst, Crank: High Voltage ACTING KUDOS (MALE)..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Destroy All Neighbors

Prog rock splatterpunk comedy revival is all bum notes

"...to revive the splatterpunk comedy and, well, maybe the voltage should have been higher on the cardiac paddles...."

Jan. 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Safe

The (Jason) Stathamization of action filmmaking continues with the star's latest.

"...and Brian Taylor's freaky-ass double-header, Crank and Crank: High Voltage. Enough already with the pointless gun battles that litter..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Nicolas Cage rides again.

"...of their cult-classic double header, Crank and Crank: High Voltage. That has a lot to do with the fact..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Mechanic

A mediocre remake of a Charles Bronson assassin film that's downright repellent at times.

"...slo-mo faux kaiju eiga battle that concludes Crank: High Voltage nullifies a lot of the crap on Statham's extant..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gamer

Gerard Butler stars in this futuristic thriller set in a multiplayer online gaming universe.

"...freaky moments of out-and-out, non-sequitur Dadaisms into Crank: High Voltage. Gamer, on the other spurting, bloody limb, is mortally..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Vera Farmiga is a knockout in this otherwise predictable and emotionally manipulative story about the horror of the German concentration camps.

"...movie get thrown together with the tropes of the low-voltage, war-at-home war drama, and the result is muddled but..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Let There Be Rock

AC / DC's first gig on American soil? Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters!

"...two years, the band's first three albums – High Voltage, T.N.T., and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – had..."

Aug. 29, 2008 Music Feature by Marky Billson

Drumline

"...role, but it's Cannon who carries the picture, his high-voltage smile and impish antics tempering Devon's often grating cocksuredness...."

Dec. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

ABC's new drama Wonderland takes us through the looking glass and into the disquieting reality of a psychiatric ward; also, The Sopranos head toward their second season finale.

"...job -- which range from the head-bangingly routine to high-voltage. It is the high-voltage aspect of the show that's..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Dancing About Architecture

The clubs just keep closing (or being raided by comptrollers), but at least we still have television.

"...musical accompaniment by the Pocket FishRmen (7pm screening) and Voltage (the 9:30pm showing), go toward a 35mm blowup of..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Austin Filmmaking, Ten Years After

Film director Richard Linklater interviews Bob Ray, the director of the new Austin-made movie Rock Opera, about the Austin Film scene over the past 10 years.

"...to play a short set before the 7pm screening. Voltage is going to play before the 9:30 screening. We're..."

Sept. 3, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Analyze This

"...to helm this project. His work has a reliable medium-voltage consistency about it, with periodic spikes and surges into..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Cadillac Ranch

"...was framed for murder and sent to prison, her high-voltage presence repeatedly hot-wires the story when it takes dull..."

April 18, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Chain Reaction

"...more like a random Mr. Wizard episode than a high-voltage thriller) and predictable plot twists and unpredictable plot holes...."

Aug. 2, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

A Stoner Jam, 3-Legged Dog Day Party, and More Crucial Concerts

SXSW-adjacent lineups and other shows worth seeing

"...the heart of their spirited sound, however, in the high-voltage brass section, matching metallic sheen and rich vibrato (“Ashy..."

March 15, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Hard Proof’s Fela Kuti Felabration!! and More Crucial Concerts This Week

Austin Corn Lovers Fiesta, Janelle Monáe, and Mockjaw lead our recommended shows

"...sextet Godcaster to bring, it's energy. Known for their high-voltage live shows and rollicking sound, the group has a..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Flight by Nothing, BACK FOR MORE

Blood-pumping choruses fuel the Austin fivepiece's indie rock debut

"...like they're sitting in on a breakthrough therapy session. High-voltage from start to finish, the album's infectious zeal guarantees..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Music Feature by Elizabeth Braaten

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