Awesome Music: The soundtracks for both movies have been well-received for their creativity and diversity. In particular, Mike Patton's score for the second film has is a quirky, fast-paced experimental mixture of different genres.
Especially noticeable in Crank: High Voltage, which might be one of the best examples of how to do this trope right. There are so many stereotypes and so much over-the-top violence, it manages to skip over "Offensive" and come back around to "Funny."
Violence against women: Bad. Stripper getting shot in her breast implants, which then ooze out and deflate while she cries: Hilarious.
There are A LOT of Asian stereotypes, especially in the second film. Then again, it is the late David Carradine...
Designated Hero: Chelios is an exceptionally violent, uncaring individual established to be a mob hitman and he will generally wreck anyone's day at the slightest excuse. The only real reason he's established as the good guy with any clarity is that everyone else is even worse. It does help that he apparently lives in a Crapsack World that's like a Hollywood-ized Jhonen Vasquez creation.
Fan Nickname: Some message boards (very few though) have labelled it as "Grand Theft Auto: The Movie", seeing all the carjacking, excessive violence, sex, drugs, and what-not... it seems appropriate.
As said on the Fan Nickname example, there are those who consider this a movie adaptation of Grand Theft Auto, and what the average player tends to do between missions.
Some people may also consider the first Crank movie this to Speed, given that both movies share a similar premise: the protagonists cannot slow down or take a break, or else they will die.
If the first movie is GTA, the second movie is Saints Row.
, actor Patton Oswalt watched Crank: High Voltage as a stress reliever.