In the 2006 film 'Crank', what is the name of the synthetic drug injected into Chev Chelios?

In the 2006 film Crank, the synthetic drug injected into Chev Chelios is called the Beijing cocktail. The fictional Chinese drug blocks the flow of adrenaline, causing Chelios’s heart to slow until he dies.

Jason Statham plays Chelios, an English hitman working in Los Angeles. After Ricky Verona and his associates poison him while he sleeps, Chelios learns that he must keep his adrenaline pumping to remain alive. He races through the city seeking revenge while using danger, violence, drugs, reckless driving, and other extreme stimuli to keep his heart beating.

The Beijing cocktail is not a real pharmaceutical name; it is a fictional plot device created for the film. The movie’s premise turns a medical emergency into a nonstop action-comedy countdown. A common mix-up is confusing the drug with adrenaline or epinephrine, which Chelios uses during the story to counteract its effects. Crank was directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and released in 2006, followed by Crank: High Voltage in 2009.