The Transporter Blu ray
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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4 Stars Jason Rocks in this role
A new Bondish franchise in the making. This flick is almost a parody of them, with great action scenes, the comradie of a villian, and a highly charismatic performance from Jason Statham. Steathem is ripped and flexible, scary tough, even though the most violent scenes are almost cartoonish at times. Decent storyline. What I liked most was his role, the good guy bad guy. In fact, he would be perfect as the next Bond (if they go back to the old style script), as the last two put out were serious flops in my view.
3 Stars 2.5 stars out of 4
The Transporter:
Reasonably enjoyable, if completely forgettable, The Transporter rides on the charm of lead Jason Statham and delivers pretty much what could be expected from its bare-bones plot.
4 Stars It’s on Blu-ray!
This movie really brought the action genre back during a time when when the movie biz was catering to tweens and their love paper-thin plotlined romatic comedy garbage.
This movie put a bicycle pedal on it’s foot and kicked the box office in the throat! So the weak story and cheesey lines coupled with great fights and car chases are the reasons I really enjoy this one! When I’m in the mood to see a car chase and some hand to hand combat this has always been an enjoyable ride.
A great transfer to HD. I liked this movie a lot when it came out – which should make my disdain for the others in the series more palpable. The action is crisp and clean, fewer blurs than the standard definition. The care chases are that much more exciting. If you’ve seen this and are a repeat watcher of the movie then this is a purchase you won’t regret.
A notable improvement from the standard definition version you’ve likely seen. If you’re not fan then don’t spend the money on it.
4 Stars Action For The Action Seeker
There is romance in this movie. But this is not the movie to watch for romance. Their is a story in this movie. But this is not the movie to watch for a story. Their is intrigue in this movie. But this is not the movie to watch for intrigue. Their is action in this movie and plenty of it. This movie has action done perfectly. The choreography is great. Jason Stratham as Frank Martin is excitement personified. One fight scene after another mixed with bullets, bombs and car chases. If one took the time though, their wasn’t an unnecessarily high body count though. Didn’t matter in this one. It added or took nothing away from this movie. The “marose, cold , steele willed” protagonist (Martin) gets too involved with a client and delivery package sparking all the action, and from that point on the action never stopped. The oil fight scene was the only bit of humor, and was funny enough. The story was good, though it really wasn’t preaching. So the story wasn’t a big player. The romance was minimal, but appropriate. Could have been a little more of it, to explain more of Martin’s concern for his love interest, whom he just met. The intrigue was also minimal. This will not go down as one of the greatest movies of our time, with a mystery unlike any other. Not necessary. This is all about a foot to the face and a hiyaaa! across the neck. Well Done. Very Well Done. Stratham is an action star I plan on watching in many more such films.
PS. The concept of the movie, transporting unknown merchandise, was a welcome, new, fresh catalyst for the events in the movie. The possibilities are endless with that scenerio/plot. I look forward to several sequals.
4 Stars Quirky and entertaining: Statham is a new action star
In The Transporter, British action star Jason Statham plays Frank Martin and gets more than he bargained for when he breaks one of his own rules. As a transporter, he gets paid lots of money to deliver packages between parties that aren’t very nice. One rule is to never look in the package. Martin breaks this rule when he discovers he is transporting a live body. Martin delivers the girl, then on his way home the people who took the girl try to kill him. Frank doesn’t like this, so he returns to the home where he delivered the girl and wipes them out. Frank wants to be done with the situation but the girl (beautiful Taiwan actress Qi Shu) wants him to help her find out what the bad guys are up to.
This is a quirky action film. The fight scenes are set to original music that turns the martial arts laden fights almost into comedic opera. Statham’s Martin is an interesting character, but almost too subdued for a viewer to sympathize with. Action films can still be entertaining without strong character development or story. This is one of those movies. The plot exists to go from one fight scene to another.
The Transporter was obviously successful enough to spawn to sequels, and Jason Statham has gone on to star in many movies. Still, this movie isn’t close to a Bond or Bourne film. This is a good movie to rent to see if you’ll like its type of Hong-Kong martial arts-type action. Then, maybe, you can move onto the sequels.
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