Nothing will ever change my opinion about Jason Statham and his movies. The Transporter is quite possibly the best Jason Statham movie ever. Especially when it's his first movie ever. I just can't help the fact that his first movie would be,in my opinion,the number one action movie ever. I'm just glad that I saw this movie,because it's just the best. Jason Statham in this movie is where he just does a simple delivery job with his own rules. And if any of his rules were to get broken,well,there will be consequences that would need to be payed.Then for his recent delivery,he delivers a girl that he didn't even know about,and that's not even what got Jason to start fighting.NO,what started him fighting is something more personal that would contain spoilers for those who haven't seen it. But for any Jason fighting movie is a movie I will immediately love right away. But this one will always be in my first place
... View MoreThe Transporter (2002): Dir: Louis Leterrier, Cory Yuen / Cast: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand, Ric Young: Title regards giving and receiving of information without care or thought of consequence. Jason Statham plays the title role whose job is to transport merchandise without asking questions. One such package happens to be an Asian female tied up in the trunk of his car. He is not suppose to look at the merchandise but upon discovering the victim he is targeted by terrorists. Typical plot is just a series of action and stunt scenes to solve absolutely nothing. The action is directed with exhilaration by Louis Leterrier and Cory Yuen but their writers are obviously lacking ambition in the creativity department. Statham was appealing in Snatch but here he drives fast, makes narrow escapes and beats up ten guys at once. Shu Qi is the hostage. After appearing in this dreadful mess she will likely need to go back into the trunk again to hide the shame. Other roles are your standard investigators and mindless thugs that fit like puzzle pieces in formula plotting. Generally they end up on the receiving end of Statham's foot up their ass. There is no point to this mayhem other than to employ senseless violence for sheer pleasure. It is a lame screenplay that should have been transported to a different screenwriter with no questions asked. Score: 3 / 10
... View MoreYep! Truly a Luc Besson movie. A little bit of James Bond, a touch of Jackie Chan, Bruce Willis, Austin Powers, even Kill Bill in those intervals in fighting, though here bordering on tedious. A kind of sound track reminiscent of his other movies, I happen to like generally. Add a little touch of originality and shake well and voila: you got a totally ridiculous, preposterous and yet funny movie. The car chases were good and predictable. The rocket propelled grenades or missiles changing course in mid flight; if they were heat seeking, I keep wondering where the heat was coming from. A toaster perhaps or a coffee machine? This is not the kind of movie I would watch twice but what the hell. I saw it on TV and it was fun. I give it five stars for entertainment value. There are far, far worse movies in this genre out there.
... View MoreJason Statham is perfectly fine, and there is good stunt choreography by also-director Corey Yuen. But, Yuen, in the director's chair, doesn't know how to shoot those fight scenes, or the car chase scenes.The cinematography, such as it is, is shaky-cam. And, it is too close up. We know that Statham can fight, so by doing the close-up stuff, and doing too much cutting, it undercuts the stuntwork, and it makes you think that they had to cut because the actor couldn't do full, uncut fight scenes.The story has okay ideas, but even in 92 minutes, the movie is narratively uneven, so it basically starts and stops at irregular intervals.The Stanley Clarke film score seems divorced from the film, like it was something he wrote separately, and the editors just kind of cut and pasted it into the movie. A disappointing effort. The franchise is being restarted in 2015, so I am hoping for better then.***** (5 Out of 10 Stars)
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