The Butterfly Effect (2004)

A terrific mind bender that makes a lot of demands on your mental faculties and your concentration levels. There are certain parts of the movie that make you go crazy. You wonder why the director and the writer had to make it all so twisted and complicated. This one is certainly not your regular popcorn fare though there are some entertaining scenes.

Evan Treborn is a guy who gets blackouts at certain points due to extreme stress and then he wakes up not remembering what happened. There are 4 particular episodes of Evan's blackouts which are shown. Each is significant to the movie's flow as later Evan finds a way to revisit these instances and he tries to alter the sequence of events post that particular episode. A journal that Evan maintains, helps him to revisit these 4 episodes. Evan realizes that reading the journal entry leading up to a blackout, he can go back in time to that moment

After each time that Evan revisits the episodes, the events in the present are altered. Evan isn't satisfied by the present day events each time and he tries to go back to the very first episode to change the sequence of events altogether. Evan keeps jumping to these episodes in a random manner which is confusing beyond a point.

In the end, there is another crazy twist thrown into the mix. Later, this dubious link helped me make sense of this movie. http://www.themoviespoiler.com/Spoilers/butterflyeffect.html

The one I saw is the director's cut which apparently has a totally different ending compared to the theatrical version, and I must say that this ending is truly crazy and bewildering.

VERDICT: Appreciable attempt but be ready to get mind-fucked in no small measure. 

Crank: High Voltage (2009)

The Plot
Chev Chelios' heart is wanted by Poon Dong. Chev's heart is taken away and is replaced by an artificial heart that runs on battery and requires constant charge to keep it running. Chev has to be in contact with electricity or some sort of friction to stay alive.

Poon Dong is transplanted with Chev's heart and Chev's physician Doc Miles plans to get back Chev's heart from Poon Dong.

Chev is after Johnny Wang (the guy who is supposed to have his heart in a box) and El Huron - The Ferret (the brother of Verona who is after Chev for revenge)

Finally he gets his enemies as usual and stays alive inexplicably. Another sequel is definitely on the cards

                                                                     
Hits

• Equally bad ass and wacky as the first part. Action and crazy fun interspersed.


• Jason Statham rocks in this part as well and looks leaner and meaner in this part. 


• Amy Smart is hot as usual and exposes like crazy. She covers just her 3 spots else its a free for all. The sex scene with Chev in so many different positions, in full view before the public on the race track is the best example of comic porno seen in films in a long time. 


• There are some other crazy characters like the prostitute who is mad about Chev, Kaylo's twin gay brother Venus, El Huron (he even preserves Verona's head in a water box), Poon Dong, Dark Chocolate (Doc Miles' sex partner). All these characters up the fun quotient multi-fold. 

Comments

• Too much sex and female skin exposed. This is the closest to an actual porn film. Not that I am complaining. 

VERDICT

A super crazy follow-up to Crank. Expecting much more in the sequel. 

Crank (2006)

The Plot
Chev Chelios is given a Chinese poison by Ricardo Verona, one of his rivals. Chev is a professional hitman who is about to give up his job for the sake of his love, Eve. He doesn't kill his last target Don Kim and lets him go.

As a result of this Chinese shit that is in his system, he has only 1 hr to live and he needs constant adrenaline to keep his heart pumping. Else it'll slow down and he' ll die

His physician Doc Miles gives him all crazy ideas to keep up the adrenaline like taking in epinephrine, fucking his partner to speed up his adrenaline etc etc.

Finally he gets Verona and with the help of Don Kim he vanquishes all his enemies including Carlito. He even stays alive in the end after falling off the sky.

                                                                       
Hits

• Some crazy ass entertainment. Totally wacky and full-on adrenaline rush. Hats off to the makers. Nice comic moments are interspersed in many places


• Jason Statham is perfect for this role and such action packed roles can be done by him even in his sleep. His dialog delivery style is awesome too.


• Amy Smart as the hot girlfriend Eve has a crazy part and the scene where she is fucked in full public view by Chev for some adrenaline, is a riot. Doc Miles is another perverted character who is always into sex but he is a constant support for Chev

Comments

• The violence is quite over the top too. 

VERDICT

Bad-ass stuff. Totally racy and pacy entertainment.