10 Awesome-Sounding Sequels That Will Never Happen

There are two schools of thought when it comes to the Crank movies. Some people embrace the absurdity of it all and go along for the crazy ride, while others decry them as lowest-common denominator exploitation flicks rather than any serious form of filmmaking. In the least-biased way possible, the latter group are dead wrong.

Both entries in the series are equally insane and follow roughly the same premise; the ridiculously-named Chev Chelios must keep his heart pumping (adrenaline in the first, electricity in the second) long enough to kill the people that p*ssed him off. Simple, yet absolutely mental.

Jason Statham manages to play it completely straight while also being in on the joke as he rampages through Los Angeles in a series of 'did I really just see that?' scenarios involving drug use, public fornication, a sentient head in a tank, sodomy by shotgun and a Godzilla-inspired fight scene where Statham wears an exaggerated mask of his own face. It definitely isn't for everyone but Crank really, really revels in its trashy B-movie status.

They were surprisingly profitable as well; for a combined budget of $32m, Crank and its sequel earned $77.5m at the worldwide box office and over $65m on home video just in the United States. However, despite directors Neveldine/Taylor repeatedly expressing their desire to make another installment of OTT madness with the gimmick of using 3D this time, with almost a decade since Crank 2 it seems like nothing more than a pipe-dream.