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The Transporter Details

2002 Certificate 15
  • Rated:
  • 70
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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 .. Read more

Starring Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Francois Berleand, Matt Schulze
Director Cory Yuen, Louis Leterrier
Genres Thriller

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The Transporter

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.

Starring Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Francois Berleand, Matt Schulze
Director Cory Yuen, Louis Leterrier
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 28 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 02 Jun 2003
Blu-ray: 11 Dec 2006
Production year: 2002
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of The Transporter

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Lock, Stock's Jason Statham plays second fiddle to a battery of special effects in this brainless high voltage action thriller. He plays the cool criminal driver who's paid to transport cargo — human, or otherwise — with no questions asked. When he violates his code by looking in one of the “packages and discovers a Chinese girl (Qi Shu), he's forced to go on the run from his employers and the police. Amid all the posturing macho extravagance (car chases, mega-explosive stunt work), there's also a bizarre oil wrestling sequence, and one extraordinary moment where Statham kisses his enemy underwater to steal his breath! Clearly, action is all that counts here and the plot (something about Chinese immigrants and the slave trade) seems the last thing on director Corey Yuen's mind.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Routine action movie that delivers the expected car chases and punch ups with commendable slickness but not much else.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 54 out of 56 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Non-stop action

    Jason Statham is a God. Well, in this he is. He starts of with a really dodgy accent but does seem to lose it throughout the film.

    He's a hired gin who does driving jobs for a hefty fee. For his services he'll use his superb driving skills to get his paying customers out of a jam. He asks no questions and needs precise instruction in order to perfectly time his getaways. His number one rule is to never ask questions. One day he takes a job from a sleazy and shady man named Betancourt. Instead of delivering the goods, he breaks his number one rule and peeks inside the package...

    This movie is pure action having all the usual clichés: car chasing, explosions, fights when nobody uses guns, the lead actor gets some kind of involvement with the victim etc. But the choreography is excellent and the action scenes are great.

    • JediSi
      • JediSi
      • Posted 22 Aug 2007 21:43

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Excellent film never a dull moment. Definately one to buy, efects are good and some excellent car chase scenes!

      • highlander#1 from NEWARK
      • Posted 22 Oct 2003 22:03

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    The Transporter

    Statham embarrassed by public sex scene

    • 14 Apr 2009

    Movie tough-guy Jason Statham was left red-faced filming a sex scene in a shopping mall - his fellow actors took photos of his bare buttocks. The Transporter actor had to strip for a saucy scene in front of dozens of extras playing passers-by. But the star was in for an embarrassing surprise - when the bit-part actors decided to capture the moment on their cell phones. Statham tells Ocean Drive magazine, "Trying to do an aggressive sex scene is quite difficult. Especially in a public place... Read more

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22,661 Member ratings
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