Crank 2 - not yet out and already possibly the craziest concept film of '09

Yesterday at the movies I saw a trailer for the improbable sequel to Crank - apparently titled Crank: High Voltage. For those of you who missed the first Crank - the key fact here is that he dies in the end. Leading to this film to have the tagline on IMDB - "He was dead ... But he got better." You might want to watch the trailer below to get an idea just how bizarre this new film's concept is (though perhaps slightly less bizarre than the idea to remake Death Race was).

I soooo wish I could have witnessed the meetings that led up to that one. I'm guessing it would have gone a little like this.... (cue background music at start of Bitchin' Camaro)

- Hey, Crank made more money than expected, we should make a sequel.
- Didn't he die at the end of it?
- Well, he was falling out of a helicopter and was about to have his heart stop from poison, but we didn't actually see him die?
- OK - fair point. But how would he survive?
- hmmmm - don't know, maybe he falls in the water?
- Nah - then he'd drown. Plus from that height it's like hitting cement. Not to mention he was falling over the city when we left him
- Right, how about a truck carrying bean bags?
- That could work. But where are we going to find all those bean bags?, keep in mind we probably will have to pay Statham a pretty penny to participate. So budget's going to be an issue
- How about he falls on a car - with all the safety engineering that goes into them I'm sure they're super safe to fall onto.
- Sounds great - car it is.
- But wouldn't be just die from the poision.
- Well, we've got a device for that.
- A device? is it going to be that he travels into the future through a wormhole where they've invented a cure for the poison and life threatening injuries suffered from falling out of the sky?
- Nope - though that's a great idea. Let's save it for Crank 3. Instead he'll be "rescued" by a gange of folks who will revive him so they can harvest his organs. First they'll take out his heart and replace it with some electrical model with a limited charge. Then he'll break free and go after the folks to recover his heart, all the while stopping to recharge the electric heart by throwing him at whatever sources of electricity he can find. Not to mention rubbing himself up against older citizens for comedic relief when he's forced to resort to static electricity.
- Now with this heart issue will he still be able to kick ass ferociously throughout?
- Absolutely!
- Sounds like box office gold - I'm totally in. I'm assuming we'll call it Crank 2?
- Yes sir, that's the plan.
- Can we add the additional tag, "Electric Boogalo" - I've been waiting 25 years to do another film with that tag line.
- Don't be ridiculous, have some respect for the material. We're making serious art here...

Am I going to go see it? I can't believe you even have to ask. Can't see the downside. It's almost got to be awesome or a complete train wreck. 'nuff said.