High voltage powers into the cinema

Apr 17 2009

ACTION hero Jason Statham is back as hit man Chev Chelios in Crank 2: High Voltage (18).

He is chasing a Chinese mobster who has stolen his almost indestructible heart.

Chev must catch the mobster while keeping his temporary, battery powered heart ticking.

Friendless Peter Klaven Paul Rudd) goes on a series of man-dates to find a best man for his wedding in the comedy I Love You Man (15).

But when his instant bond with his new best man Sydney (Jason Segel) puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancee Zooey (Rashida Jones), can the trio learn to live happily ever after?

Reese Witherspoon voices Californian girl Susan Murphy who grows 49 feet tall in the family fun adventure Monsters vs Aliens (PG).

She is taken to a secret government compound full of weird and wonderful monsters including the insect headed Dr Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), The Missing Link (Will Arnett) and a 350-feet tall bug (Jimmy Kimmel).

When an alien robot lands on Earth, the monsters are called upon to save the world.

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker return for the latest Fast and Furious (12A) high speed thriller.

Fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) has to hook up with his old foe Brian O’Conner (Walker) in a race across LA and through Mexico.

A taxi driver picks up two run-away teenagers, who have supernatural powers, and finds himself in a magical adventure in Race to Witch Mountain (PG).

A failed high school basketball star is given a second chance when he is miraculously transformed back to 17 Again (12A). The film stars Zac Efron.

A misfit group of 1960s pirate radio DJs play pop music to the UK’s youth from a boat in the middle of the North Sea in the comedy The Boat That Rocked (15).

The motley crew throw themselves into the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle as a British government official is determined to throw them off the air and behind bars.

The Haunting in Connecticut (15) is based on a true story of an American family’s real life encounter with the supernatural.

The Campbell family move in to a Victorian home which is a haunted former funeral parlour.