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The Transporter (2002)

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Reviews Counted:121

Fresh:64

Rotten:57

Average Rating:5.5/10

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

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for violent sequences and some sensuality

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Oct 11, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $25,221,889

Synopsis: Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods - human or otherwise -... Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. No questions asked.

Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW, Frank adheres to a strict set of rules, which he never breaks. Rule One: Never change the deal. Rule Two: No names - Frank doesn't want to know whom he's working for, or what he's transporting. Rule Three: Never look in the package.

Frank's newest transport seems no different from the countless ones he's done in the past. He has been hired by an American known only as "Wall Street" (see Rule Two) to make a delivery, but when Frank stops along route, he notices his "package" is moving. Violating Rule Three, Frank looks inside the bag, finding its contents to be a beautiful, gagged woman.

Frank's steadfast adherence to his other two rules - which make up his basic code of survival - also quickly falls, hurtling him and his new companion on a road leading to shocking secrets, deadly complications, and the last thing Frank ever expected to come to believe: that rules are made to be broken. -- © 20th Century Fox [More]

Starring: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand

Starring: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand, Richard Young, Doug Rand, Didier Saint Melin, Tonio Descanvelle

Director: Corey Yuen

Director: Corey Yuen
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Producer: Steven Chasman, Luc Besson
Composer: Stanley Clarke
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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  • Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is the best as what he does: transporting dangerous or illegal goods with no questions asked. But his last shipment, a beautiful young woman kidnapped by international slave traders, brings deadly complications to his delivery plans. Now Frank must kick into overdrive in a nonstop action-packed fight to save his precious cargo - and his life.
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    Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
    04/29/09
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
    Felix Vasquez Jr.
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    N/R

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    Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
    04/08/09
    Minneapolis Star Tribune
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    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.

    Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
    12/30/08
    Michael Dequina
    Michael Dequina
    TheMovieReport.com

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    Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
    08/07/08
    Mark Halverson
    Mark Halverson
    Sacramento News & Review

    Jason Statham uses his smoldering charisma to great effect.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    04/16/08
    Hank Sartin
    Hank Sartin
    Chicago Reader
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    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.

    Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
    04/16/08
    Philip French
    Philip French
    Observer [UK]

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    Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
    12/27/07
    Joe Lozito
    Joe Lozito
    Big Picture Big Sound

    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.

    Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
    03/31/07
    Prairie Miller
    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.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    02/09/06
    Time Out
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    An entertaining surprise.

    Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
    09/09/05
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Jeffrey M. Anderson
    Combustible Celluloid

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

    Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
    09/06/03
    Josh Bell
    Josh Bell
    Las Vegas Weekly

    Mais uma vez, Luc Besson (que aqui exerce as funções de produtor e roteirista) ignora a narrativa em prol da ação inconseqüente (e inócua, já que ninguém sequer sangra). O que aconteceu ao responsável pelo ótimo O Profissional?

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    06/28/03
    Pablo Villaca
    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.

    Full Review Source: State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) | comment Comment
    06/26/03
    Nick Rogers
    Nick Rogers
    State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL)

    Statham impresses in a movie that is simultaneously the best (the fight scenes) and worst (everything else) action movie of the year. Destined for drunken Friday night rental heaven.

    Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
    06/01/03
    Empire Magazine
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    A post-modern take on the "heroic bloodshed" genre that already had one foot in self-satire.

    Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
    05/28/03
    Walter Chaw
    Walter Chaw
    Film Freak Central

    British actor Jason Statham injects The Transporter with a healthy dose of clout, charisma and kickboxing skill.

    Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
    05/20/03
    Tyler Hanley
    Tyler Hanley
    Palo Alto Weekly

    The Transporter cares about nothing other than entertaining its audience for 90 minutes and taking their minds off the outside world. In this regard, it’s largely a success.

    Full Review Source: Mike Bracken's Horror Films | comment Comment
    04/28/03
    Mike Bracken
    Mike Bracken
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    The action sequences here don’t have the kinetic oomph required in such a mindless effort.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    04/11/03
    David Cornelius
    David Cornelius
    eFilmCritic.com

    ...plays like an extended trailer for a movie, a highlights reel, with all the boring stuff, like talk, left out.

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    03/25/03
    John J. Puccio
    John J. Puccio
    DVDTown.com

    While it certainly has more gunplay and kung-fu hijinks ... it is ultimately less entertaining, despite the likeable leads.

    Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
    03/19/03
    Brian Mckay
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