![]() ![]() Added together, these various things help give some heft to an otherwise slight movie. ![]() Leterrier also adds a small sense of humor - Martin wants to keep his car and clothing immaculate. Yuen uses Statham's sheer power and brute force as a starting point, crafting together visceral fights that, like the car chases, strain credulity, but are highly enjoyable. Statham is a big guy, but surprisingly agile. Yuen's ( Bulletproof Monk, Cradle 2 the Grave) action choreography is much better. It takes the film from "oh wow" territory to "oh come on." It's still amusing to watch, although it is completely unbelievable. The chases are okay Leterrier goes a bit overboard with what he has Martin do. ![]() Lucky that he is who he is.ĭirector Louis Leterrier ( Unleashed) and writers Besson ( Unleashed, Taxi) and Robert Mark Kamen ( The Transporter, Kiss of the Dragon) move things quickly and efficiently from car chase to fight scene. So Martin needs to race against time and the police while crazed Russians try to kill him. Audrey knows that this is not the case, and Martin's personal code of ethics insists that he return Jack safely to his parents. Unfortunately for Martin, police believe that he is behind the kidnapping. Jack's father (Matthew Modine, Le Divorce, Any Given Sunday) is a high ranking government narcotics official, and the kidnappers want to use Jack to get to his father. Life gets complicated when somebody kidnaps Jack. Jack's mother Audrey (Amber Valleta, Hitch, Raising Helen) has no idea what he actually does for a living. Frank Martin (Statham, Cellular, Collateral) is now in Miami, and is driving Jack Billings (Hunter Clary) as a favor. While it does make an already light film even dumber, The Transporter 2 still retains a kinetic feel and a sense of fun. The only changes they made to the original were to add even more stunts and car chases. It was inevitable that a sequel would arrive, and here it is, again with Jason Statham's terse and tough demeanor, Cory Yuen's bone-crunching martial arts choreography, a fetishized Audi, and Luc Besson's lightning good instincts for action movies. It wasn't the greatest movie, but it sure as heck was a fun one. The Transporter was a nice guilty pleasure from a few years back. ![]()
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