Back in December we reported that Mike Patton would be scoring Crank 2: High Voltage, which, if the original Crank is any indication, is going to be more retarded fun than GI Joe, Transformers 2, and every other stupid summer action movie combined.

The Playlist is now streaming a track from Patton’s score, “The Hammer Drops.” It is in no way, shape or form metal, but it does sound like it will be the perfect soundtrack to watch Jason Statham kill people in ridiculously violent ways and/or fuck Amy Smart in public.

Patton’s full Crank 2 score will be released on April 7; the film itself hits theaters April 21. Check out the trailer after the jump if you haven’t seen it already. Unfortunately, that is a Chester Bennington cameo you see – but fucker’s presence didn’t ruin the first film, so I don’t think it’ll matter much here.

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Every bone in my body tells me I should hate Crank, the Jason Statham action comedy that’s basically Speed with a person in place of a bus (Plot: if the dude’s adrenaline falls below a certain level, he’ll die.). But against my better judgement (and a cameo by – ugh - Chester Bennington), I found the flick endlessly entertaining. Fucking Amy Smart in the middle of a crowd of Asian tourists to get the heart pumping? If that’s not the definition of “high comedy,” then I don’t know what is.

Crank 2: High Voltage – which will somehow see Statham’s character returning for another adventure, despite the fact that he died at the end of Crank – will hit theaters in ’09, and now comes the news that none other than Mike Patton will score the film. As if the news that Corey Haim is gonna be in the movie didn’t already have you excited!

I actually think Patton is a perfect fit, tonally speak – Crank had a real “anything goes” attitude to it, and if that doesn’t describe Patton’s music as well, then I don’t know what does.

-AR

[Thanks to MetalSucks Maniac John Randle for the tip!]