The Transporter (2002)
(Le transporteur)
Country: FR/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 92m
Director: Cory Yuen
Cast: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
Synopsis:
An ex-army type retired to the French riviera hires himself out to criminal types as a getaway-cum-courier in a souped-up BMW. All goes well until he opens a package he is transporting to discover it is live cargo.
Review:
Absurd, Luc Besson inspired, romp boasting Léon stand-in cockney heavy Statham, sundry destruction and surprisingly little loss of life. There is a police inspector who suspects and muses on coffee and madeleines, a slimy villain, and oriental love interest befitting a topical MacGuffin about a container-load of Chinese human cargo. Well-mounted, implausible hokum with little profanity and cartoon violence, the star coming across as a slightly more expressive Steven Seagal.
(Le transporteur)
Country: FR/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 92m
Director: Cory Yuen
Cast: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
Synopsis:
An ex-army type retired to the French riviera hires himself out to criminal types as a getaway-cum-courier in a souped-up BMW. All goes well until he opens a package he is transporting to discover it is live cargo.
Review:
Absurd, Luc Besson inspired, romp boasting Léon stand-in cockney heavy Statham, sundry destruction and surprisingly little loss of life. There is a police inspector who suspects and muses on coffee and madeleines, a slimy villain, and oriental love interest befitting a topical MacGuffin about a container-load of Chinese human cargo. Well-mounted, implausible hokum with little profanity and cartoon violence, the star coming across as a slightly more expressive Steven Seagal.
(Le transporteur)
Country: FR/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 92m
Director: Cory Yuen
Cast: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
Synopsis:
An ex-army type retired to the French riviera hires himself out to criminal types as a getaway-cum-courier in a souped-up BMW. All goes well until he opens a package he is transporting to discover it is live cargo.
Review:
Absurd, Luc Besson inspired, romp boasting Léon stand-in cockney heavy Statham, sundry destruction and surprisingly little loss of life. There is a police inspector who suspects and muses on coffee and madeleines, a slimy villain, and oriental love interest befitting a topical MacGuffin about a container-load of Chinese human cargo. Well-mounted, implausible hokum with little profanity and cartoon violence, the star coming across as a slightly more expressive Steven Seagal.