The 2006 summer movie season went out with a reasonable bang courtesy of "Crank," a jacked-up, unapologetically mindless bit of ADD-prescribed escapism that more or less delivers on a nifty premise. With Jason Statham of "Transporter" fame commandingly in the driver's seat, the Lionsgate picture, which wasn't screened in advance for cranky critics, is tailor-made for young male audiences who view life as one big video game. Sharing writing and directing chores are first-timers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, former cinematographers who subsequently turned their attention to helming music videos and commercials.

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