

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.
Direction
Neveldine/Taylor invented 'crank' aesthetic: shaky, loud, unhinged
Stunts
Real LA locations, real chaos, real Statham barely holding on
Editing
Aggressive cuts that refuse to let you breathe for 88 minutes

Director
Brian Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on consumer Canon XL2 cameras with rigged rollerblades for 'GoPro before GoPro' aesthetic.
The 'crank' visual style directly influenced later action franchises; Fast & Furious borrowed its cocaine-energy editing for several entries.