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
Jason Statham
Chev
Amy Smart
Eve
Jose Pablo Cantillo
Verona
Efren Ramirez
Kaylo
Dwight Yoakam
Doc Miles
Carlos Sanz
Carlito
Reno Wilson
Orlando
Edi Gathegi
Haitian Cabbie
Glenn Howerton
Hospital Doctor
Keone Young
Don Kim
Valarie Rae Miller
Chocolate
Yousuf Azami
Arab Cabbie
Laurent Schwaar
Man in Garage
David Brown
Sin City Brother
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.
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