Crank: High Voltage

Crank: High Voltage takes place immediately after the events of the first movie, where we find Chev chelios (Jason Statham) on the ground after a fall from a helicopter and in reality should be dead. But this movie is called Crank and all realism is thrown out the window in what could possibly be the CRAZIEST movie of the year.

After the fall Mr. Chelios is quickly scooped up from the ground by some Chinese gangsters and is thrown into the back of a wagon. 3 months later Mr. Chelios awakens to see that Chinese black-market surgeons are slicing his famed "Chelios Heart" out and replacing it with some gross artificial heart that keeps pumping blood around his body due to the external battery pack that is connected but when the battery runs out of juice, he only has one hour before his artificial heart stops and he dies. So in order to stay alive he must keep it charged with regular volts of electricity using anything he can, including car power outlets, jump start leads or even stun gun's and power stations!

This film has a very convoluted plot,but like the first Crank, it does work out rather well. His priority is to track down the psychotic criminal Johnny Vang, who is seemingly parading around Chelios's heart in a miniature cooler, and get it back to his old friend and medical expert Doc Mileswhilst so he can put it back in, meanwhile Chelios is also being tracked by sadistic criminals sent by "El Huron", a crime lord who has some devious connections to Chelios and his past actions.

The movie does play for laughs a lot more than the first film which i think is to emphasize that the film doesn't take itself seriously which actually fits in nicely.

Overall i found this movie to be jaw dropping not only for the actions of which Chelios must take to stay alive but also the imagery and insane subtitles which are used through out the film.Completely crazy and very, very entertaining.

Fast and Furious

The first movie in the franchise, The Fast and the Furious was a sleeper hit back in 2001, directed by Rob Cohen and starring some relatively new talent including Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, Fast forward 8 year's and 2 poor sequels later ,2 fast 2 furious and Tokyo drift or something along those lines(i never watched it) and we have (in my opinion) the first true sequel to the original movie.

Fast and Furious starts of action packed literally straight away and the opening sequences were very impressive. Where the movie did lack was the plot. The plot is pretty thin . Vin diesel reprises his role as Dom Toretto who must seek revenge for the death of his girlfriend (Michelle Rodriguez) at the hands of brutal drug dealers led by Braga. This brings him face to face with the man who infiltrated his gang in the first flick, Brian O'Connor played by Paul walker (who reprises his role after ducking out of Tokyo drift), Who, would you know it, is now an F.B.I agent tracking those same drug dealers. So the pair team up. Mix some fast cars, great racing hot women and plenty of action and you have a very entertaining movie which i enjoyed thoroughly.

Rambo

My excitement for this movie was huge.Especially after sylvester stallones excellent return in Rocky balboa.The opening scenes gave me an indication of how brutal the movie would be.Rambo's presence was somewhat overwhelming as we havent seen him on the big screen for nearly 20 years and the over looking scenery of the jungles were beautiful ,the movie had a glossy crisp feel to it the direction was first class.
The story was simple,a group of voluntary workers want to help and give aid to the sick war torn victims in Burma but get caught by the Burmese army so Rambo is contacted and has to go up river along with a group of mercenaries to save the volunterary workers. I loved the fact that the mercenaries under estimated rambo and treat him as just the boat man to get them up river Until he bursts onto the scene and saves them from a brutal encounter.the film moved at a great pace and there was was plenty of explosions and violence to keep the action fans happy.It gives you a rather realistic and brutal view of what war in Burma may be like and the final 20 mins are just pure classic action and the ending is just fitting and pleasing.