Crank 2: High Voltage

Rated R for violence, language, sexuality, nudity

Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez

Jason Statham reprises his role as Chev Chelios in this sequel to 2006's "Crank."

Our story picks up right where the first one ended, with Chev falling out of a helicopter above LA and landing smack on the pavement. Moments later, several Chinese men rush to the scene, scoop Chev's body off the ground and haul him away. When Chev awakes weeks later, he finds himself in a make-shift hospital and learns that his heart has been removed and replaced with an artificial one that operates like a car battery. Upon learning these men intend on harvesting his organs, Chev breaks out and decides to track down Johnny Vhang, the man who issued his heart removal and is now keeping it stored in a padlocked red cooler.

Throughout the film, Chev reconnects with his girlfriend, Eve (Smart) who has become a stripper in Chev's absence, and Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam) who once again tells Chev what he needs to do in order to stay alive and also informs he can put his heart back in him once he gets it. Chev comes in contact with with a crazy, but helpful hooker named Ria, who seems convinced Chev is now her boyfriend because he helped her out. He also meets Kaylo's homosexual twin brother Venus (Ramirez), who appears to suffer from Tourette's Syndrome and seeks revenge on those who killed his brother in the first film.

Singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park makes another memorable cameo in this film, as someone Chev comes into contact with at the horse tracks, after learning that friction can charge his artificial heart (Bennington had a cameo in "Crank" as a drug addict in a pharmacy). David Carradine, in one of his last film appearances before his death, makes a brief cameo as the leader of a group called the Triads. Geri Halliwell has a minor role, playing Chev's mother in flashbacks he has of when he was an unruly child. Other cameos are made by Corey Haim, Ron Jeremy, Maynard James Keenan and Lauren Holly, among others.

"Crank 2" has much of the same outrageousness as the original did, only more of it. Instead of doing anything and everything to keep his adrenaline up, like in "Crank," Chev takes even more drastic measures to keep his artificial heart charged and beating.

If you enjoyed the first film, you'll really like this one!