12 Movies You Didn't Realise Were Just Ripping Off Video Games

12. Crank = Grand Theft Auto

The Video Game: Rockstar's mega-successful action series has pretty much cornered the market on urban mayhem, placing the player in the shoes of a criminal who commits mass murder and steals whatever he wants. Above all else, these games thrive on the insane potential for how much chaos the player can cause. The Movie: The Jason Statham-starring Crank movies are pretty much just an unofficial adaptation of GTA. The two movies are frequently referential to the video game medium, and each film pretty much just consists of Chev Chelios (Statham) killing people, driving around, getting laid and "recharging", which is these movies' equivalent of picking up a new life. An actual GTA movie that takes itself semi-seriously would be a disaster (given how much the series owes to movies in the first place), so Crank provides the perfect out: much like the games, it's hilariously satirical, gleefully violent and completely bonkers.