His verbal joking around with his 'Dad' is a highlight, and Stevenson is brilliant, clearly having a ball as an ex-agent with an eye for good booze and a good woman. His Frank never stands out as well as Statham's portrayal, but it's hard to live up to what could arguably be described as Statham's signature role. In a twist everybody can see coming (and nicked from Transporter 1) she changes the deal, and Frank is forced to help her achieve a mission, or she'll have his father (played by Ray Stevenson) killed. After an opening almost entirely ripped off from Transporter 2 and designed simply to establish Skrein's fight kudos, his ex-military man 'Frank Martin' takes on a shady job to transport a mysterious women.
I cringed my way through the trailers for this movie, which seemed intent on making Ed Skrein's take on the character look smarmy and infuriating - but being a fan of the series I had to take a look.Īcting as a prequel to the earlier films (but set in the present day - go figure.) it's messily scripted, but lively. The best is back in the business.and he's getting better! 3 people found this helpful Hopefully, the series will continue with Skrein in the lead role and we'll see him develop his own take on the character. Russian rogues, lethal females, slicker fight scenes and cooler car chases make The Transporter Refuelled the film to keep the franchise alive. Loan Chabanol's Anna is a worthy foil for Frank. Whilst lacking the cockney charm of Statham, Ed Skrein delivers a more cutting edge Transporter, his fight skills sharper than his black suit. Frank Martin's latest mission involves Anna, a woman looking for revenge on a human trafficker who victimized her 15 years earlier, involving a bank heist and the kidnap of Frank's father. He's already proved his credentials, taking on a gang of thugs in an underground car park who seem to think they want his car, before the opening credits have rolled. Ed Skrein plays a younger version, but no less lethal. With Statham allegedly asking for £11 million for a return to the film series, me thinks he values himself higher than his last Transporter outing deserves, we are given a new face behind the wheel.
A couple of years ago, a TV series appeared, with Chris Vance taking over at the wheel as a more suave, 007 type transporter. The car chases and fight scenes were just retreads and even the man in black was looking a bit bored with it all, only going through the motions for his payday. The franchise was looking worryingly tired. Transporter 3 however, seemed to be a mission too far!. Transporter 2 opened up the playing field with a bigger story, and introduced the much cooler Audi A8 as his mode of transport. The first Transporter film probably dropped under some people's radar, but undoubtedly put Jason Statham on enough peoples radar as an action hero. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.