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The Transporter (2002)

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 124
Fresh: 67 | Rotten: 57

The Transporter delivers the action at the expense of coherent storytelling.

Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 15

The Transporter delivers the action at the expense of coherent storytelling.

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An outlaw finds his life becoming all the more dangerous when he turns against a gang of criminals in this action drama. Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a former Special Forces officer who lives on the French Mediterranean and has a lucrative second career as a underworld courier for hire. Martin will deliver anything anywhere, but he has three iron-clad rules - once the plan is in motion it cannot be changed, neither he nor his customers are to ever use their real names, and under no

PG-13, 1 hr. 32 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Corey Yuen , Louis Leterrier

Written By: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen

In Theaters: Oct 11, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Apr 15, 2003

Box Office:$25.2M

Fox

Jason Statham uses his smoldering charisma to great effect.

April 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Hank Sartin

Chicago Reader

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Kills time between car chases and martial-arts bouts with random scuba-diving footage apparently culled from producer-co-writer Luc Besson's The Big Blue.

October 22, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Justine Elias

Village Voice

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The chases and explosions get a little (well, more than a little) ludicrous, but the cool premise is still very cool.

October 19, 2002 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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It's high rent Steven Segal -- fights, explosions, and more fights, but with a flair.

October 15, 2002 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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The story is virtually impossible to follow here, but there's a certain style and wit to the dialogue.

October 14, 2002 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

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Quite the ride, if you can stand the sight of valuable cars at risk.

October 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Pure popcorn pleasure for older teens and up.

December 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

I appreciated the first half and the great performance from Statham, but became disappointed by the second half...

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Every bit the over-the-top action extravaganza it appears to be, and the glee of its knowing preposterousness makes it easy to overlook its general mindlessness.

December 30, 2008 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Chases and choreographed fights set to rock music take up most of the running time and the movie is like To Catch a Thief remade by a hack follower of John Woo.

April 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

This gang mastermind, gym body Italian import psycho neck wringer Gianni (Alessandro Gassman, son of famed Vittorio), has concocted likely the most convoluted mass murder scheme ever to hit the theaters.

August 19, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

Fun action, big explosions, inventive car-chase sequences, and a ratio of stunts-to-downtime that's weighted heavily in favor of the stunts.

April 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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James Plath

Movie Metropolis

March 31, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

The acting might be shoddy, the plot nonsense and the dialogue clunky, but the fighting is exquisitely done. Inventive, athletic, fun, stylish and tight, it's everything the rest of the film isn't.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

An entertaining surprise.

September 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

While it can come off as a bit stiff and humorless at times, the movie does deliver mightily in its hand-to-hand combat sequences...

September 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

...each action scene in The Transporter seems to have been designed for no other purpose than to set up the next action scene. (Special Delivery Edition)

August 24, 2005 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

A ridiculous and confusing mess of overwritten dialogue, nonsensical plot contrivances and impossible, overlong action sequences.

September 6, 2003 Comment

Josh Bell

Las Vegas Weekly Source: Las Vegas Weekly

Mais uma vez, Luc Besson (que aqui exerce as fun��es de produtor e roteirista) ignora a narrativa em prol da a��o inconseq�ente (e in�cua, j� que ningu�m sequer sangra). O que aconteceu ao respons�vel pelo �timo O Profissional?

June 28, 2003 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

A serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza, with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom - handguns, BMWs and seaside chateaus.

June 26, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Nick Rogers

State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

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2002 French actioner chronicles the work of character Frank Martin, AKA the Transporter. His job is to deliver packages, and he consistently lives by three specific rules.This film, though appearing as a 90-minute car commercial, was very watchable and notably fun. It was often goofy, and that is something hard NOT

July 9, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

Super Reviewer

The transporter was directed by both Corey Yuen & Louis Leterrier but essentially it was directed by Louis Leterrier. He seems to have been Luc Besson's go to man during his producing era (I'm so glad he's directing again) and you can see why. The action is there and so is the heart - Unleashed is another good example

September 14, 2009