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The Transporter, 2002

The Transporter

English, French, Mandarin

France, USA

Rating:6.6
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Profile of The Transporter

The Transporter can be described as exciting, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around a car chase, a one-man army, and lone wolves. The main genres are thriller, action, and crime. In approach, The Transporter is serious and realistic. The storytelling is fast paced. It is located in the French Riviera. The Transporter takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a boys' night. Note that it involves sexual content and violent content.

Summary of The Transporter

Jason Statham stars in this fast-paced and very loud thriller that was written specifically for him by French filmmaker Luc Besson. Statham (SNATCH) plays Frank Martin, a former Special Forces operative who is now a high-priced courier paid a lot of money to deliver packages he would rather know nothing about. His creed: Never change the deal, use no names, and never look in the package. But when he finds out that his latest delivery is a beautiful young woman (Shu Qi), everything changes, and he is off on a wild chase, in his specially made BMW, that includes plenty of explosions, bare-knuckle fighting, cool weaponry, and tongue-in-cheek humor. Hong Kong director Corey Yuen, who has previously worked with Jet Li, lets the action tell the story as Frank battles the bad guys in the streets of France. The score is by renowned jazz great Stanley Clarke.

Details

Language: English, French, Mandarin
Country: France, USA
Release date: 2 October 2002
Runtime: 92 min

Cast and Crew

Jason Statham as Frank Martin in The Transporter
Jason Statham

as Frank Martin

Matt Schulze as Wall Street in The Transporter
Matt Schulze

as Wall Street

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Critics Reviews

Salon.com
There's plenty to like here, especially for connoisseurs of the action genre, and there's also plenty to make you wonder whether Besson and co-writer Robert Mark Kamen scribbled their screenplay on a batch of Marseilles cocktail napkins and then...
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  • by: Andrew O'Hehir
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
This is a film where there isn't the slightest doubt about the dramatic outcome. But the marketing will be a cliffhanger.
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  • by: Ray Conlogue

Users Reviews

This film kicks a**, pure and simple. It takes the cold, collected coolness of films like Ronin and Leon and adds splash of Luc Besson flair with Asian gangster film style for something that just works and works well. Its not deep, it won't make you...
  • 22.September.2010
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  • by: knyghtryda
  • knyghtryda rated this movie0/10
I was surprised that I was enjoying the movie up to the first hour, however, it all fell apart in the latter half of the movie. I'll characterize the movie as: first half is a story, and keeps your interest; second half is cliched fight/chase scenes...
  • 30.March.2009
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  • by: Parker in MN
  • Parker in MN rated this movie4/10Disappointing
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