Synopsis
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
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Cast
- Jason StathamFrank Martin
- Shu QiLai
- François BerléandInspector Tarconi
- Matt SchulzeWall Street
- Ric YoungMr. Kwai
- Doug RandLeader
- Didier Saint MelinBoss
- Tonio DescanvelleThug 1
- Laurent DespondsThug 2
- Matthieu AlbertiniThug 3
Recommendations
- 88
Boston Globe
The best movie Steven Seagal never made. Except that Statham, while just as marked for death, is harder to kill. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
A thoroughly satisfying mix of mayhem and mindless fun. - 70
Salon
There's plenty to like here, especially for connoisseurs of the action genre, and there's also plenty to make you wonder whether Besson and co-writer Robert Mark Kamen scribbled their screenplay on a batch of Marseilles cocktail napkins and then lost one or two. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
This is a film where there isn't the slightest doubt about the dramatic outcome. But the marketing will be a cliffhanger. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The plot doesn't rate as high as the quality of the bodies in fast, furious motion. What counts in The Transporter isn't the wafer-thin story about smugglers -- it's the way Martin kicks open a door, fends off a couple of axes and uses a perfectly ordinary sport shirt as a weapon. - 50
Austin Chronicle
A slick, sexy little package with fast cars, big explosions, dazzling locations in the south of France, a trip-hop score, and about as much plot to fill a thimble. - 40
The A.V. Club
If anything, The Transporter isn't ludicrous enough; only one scene (a hand-to-hand showdown in the middle of an oil slick) reaches the inspired, delirious comic heights of the best Hong Kong movies. - 40
Variety
So second-hand and disposable is it in every respect.
