The Transporter (2002)

This 2002 action film stars Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Francois Berleand and Matt Schulze. Statham (The Expendables) plays Frank, an ex-special forces soldier/mercenary who delivers and transports. Soon, he's hired for a job, but ends up breaking the rules of opening the package and finds Asian girl, Lai (Shu). Frank finds himself in a heavy situation and tries to protect her. Schulze (The Fast and the Furious) plays Wall Street, a corrupt businessman who tries to kill Frank and Lai and Berleand plays Inspector Tarconi, Frank's friend. This is pretty good, Statham is great in it, he & Shu have good chemistry and the fight sequences are impressive. I recommend this.

There are a number of Transporter movies out there. I just saw the first one. I wanted to know what the big deal was. There is no big deal.No deal at all.This is, quite simply, the dumbest action movie I've seen (and I anticipate there will be something dumber out there that I'll make make the mistake of wasting my time on).I've had a few kind words about Jason Statham in the past. Not gonna happen here. The Transporter is perfect for the boy kiddies in the audience, ages 10 to (God help us) 30. Well, I'm done talking about this garbage. I have things to do that aren't as exciting as The Transporter, but they are for grown ups.

And this is how Jason Statham become an action star The Transporter is full of action, explosions and man to man battles. My favorite moment was that with the door it was hilarious and that moment when he goes to his car and it explodes that was amazing. The film got 2 more sequels and a reboot which it wasn't that good to say the least. The acting is good, the jokes were mostly hit and the action was full from minute to minute the direction was also good it's not something that you haven't seen before but it's definitely a cult classic for Jason Statham fans and action fans in general. I give it a 10 out of 10 great movie and a great actor.

Frank Martin is a former soldier running a private business as a "Transporter", a hired criminal whose job is to transport cargo, packages and passengers without question. Frank is the best in the business and he has never broken the rules. When he is hired by an American criminal to deliver a package, his curiosity leads him to break the rules, and he discovers the package he is delivering, is a Chinese woman named Lai. Learning that Frank broke the rules discovered Lai, the criminal sends his mercenaries to assassinate him. Frank takes it upon himself to protect not only himself, but Lai, as he agrees to help Lai rescue enslaved people from China, who are being smuggled into France........If you've seen any film produced by Luc Besson in the last thirteen years, you will know that they are hugely over the top, very silly, and in some instances, blooming awful (Taken 2, Colombiana). But thankfully, this is one of the better ones.And the reason being is that its concept is just so foolproof. A man, a solitary man who doesn't break any rules, breaks one fundamental one and everyone wants to kill him.But he can kick butt, and lots of butt is kicked. With the added bonus of Statham not putting on a ridiculous accent, this is the film that got him noticed, and even though its nothing to write home about, he has screen presence.The main plot involving him and the girl may have been stolen from The Big Hit, but it's still dumb fun.