I wanted to see it because the star Jason Statham was in Lock, stock and two smoking barrels and Snatch. I liked him in both.
I haven’t seen too much advertising on this movie and I have to say, last night, the few people in the theater that were in there as well, *really * liked it.
Statham really carried his role as a man who transports illegal goods from point A to point B, No Questions Asked. No Names and No changes once an agreement has been made, exceptionally well. It doesn’t hurt that he has a few topless scenes and it cut like a diamond with out looking too Ah-nold-ish.
The fight scenes were really inventive, esp. one on a floor slicked with oil.
The evil guy was the right amount of evil and nasty, yet looked like the unholy love child of Willem Dafoe and Jim Carey.
I give this picture two thumbs up or a must if you liked the first Die Hard or Lethal Weapons, with less talk.
This guy is my new next husband. Poor Russell Crowe, I knew he wanted to make the team
Bubblegum. Just what I needed. Loved it. What the hell were those metal shoe like things he stepped into in the bus station? They keep those around alot of garages? They came in pretty handy. Also, how does the foundation of a house work out when the ocean is at the bottom of the basement?
I liked how he lost his shirt on a regular basis. The bit when
someone pulled off his shirt in a fight and then he used it to help kick ass was hilarious. It was so obvious. But I appreciated the thought. Proof that in Hollywood, everyone can be exploited in an equal opportunity way. I felt revenged for Amidalia’s highly gratuituous shirt-tearing in Attack of the Clones.
Like other people commented, the plot was virtually non-existent. Did I just miss something, or was it ever explained why the chick was tied up in a bag and transported? The guy is some kind of crime lord and he can’t afford to get one of those jillion flunkies of his to trundle her around instead of paying 40k for the Transporter to do it? I understand why people hire him as the transport for bank robberies, etc. – he is a highly skilled driver. But a short drive across the countryside of wherever hardly has the potential for quick getaways.
Saw it yesterday. I made my wife go with me (it was my birthday, so I got to choose!). I really liked this movie. Mindless, sure, but FUN! I didn’t know much about it going it, but when I saw it was directed by Cory Yuen, I figured it was worth a peek.
Turned out my wife thought it was an okay flick, so I didn’t have to “hear about it” all the way home.
This was almost, almost, a movie ruining plot hole for me. It was just absurd. But what really made me want to retch was the cloyingly sappy music that played when she first popped up out of the bag. Feh.
But the fight scenes were well done, and I like Statham as the super-cool criminal protaganist type. Hopefully he’ll find a movie to be in that isn’t so completely silly.
It was fun but incredibly mindless as just about everyone here has stated. The lack of a coherent plot kept this from being perfect.
The only other nitpick I had is that this is set in the South of France where at least some of the minor characters might be from yet everyone seems to speak almost perfect English.
Haven’t seen that one yet, but I was immediately sucked in by the gripping scene they show in the trailer:
Ding-dong!
“Hmmm” [looks out peep-hole]
[Jason Statham is mid air in a running flying kick through the door]
IMHO Luc Besson is generally beter at writing spy movies (Le Femme Nikita, The Professional) than Milla Jojovich movies (The Messenger: TJOAS, 5th Element)
I thought the choice of music was rather odd, except:
When The Transporter was ‘kidnapping’ the french police guy/friend from the police station. That was about the only time it seem to fit, IMHO. And, in the opening chase seen, when The Transporter turned on his radio to listen to Mozart, I expected to hear Mozart throughout the chase scene whenever they cut to an inside shot in the car. Didn’t happen. Oh well.
I have thought about seeing it, but it is rated PG-13, and action movies withn a PG-13 rating are a complete waste of time. Anybody that has seen it. . . would it have been better if it had been rayed R?
As far as the plot goes, I think Wall Street caught the girl because she was going to go public about the contents of the container and was going to hold her at his house until her dad could pick her up. As far as paying the huge Transporter fee to transport her, he looked like the kind of guy that wouldn’t mind tossing around 40K.
My boyfriend and I loved the door scene in the trailer as well. The trailer seemed to play a really long time before the actual release of the movie and we always referred to it as “The Guy That Knocks Down the Door” movie.
I think the only reason it is PG-13 is because it really lacks sex, nudity andgooey violence. There is butt loads of fighting, not alot of bleeding. One butt shot of the heroine and a couple of torso shots of the hero ( who is fine.)
I felt much dumber after leaving the theatre. Were you confounded and bewildered by the complexity and subtle twists of XXX? Then this is the movie for you!
I understand why people hire him as the transport for bank robberies, etc. – he is a highly skilled driver. But a short drive across the countryside of wherever hardly has the potential for quick getaways.