Transporter 2 (2005)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Louis Leterrier

Writers (WGA):

Luc Besson (written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

The Best In The Business Is Back In The Game.

Plot:

Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he's implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Driver | Virus | Miami Florida | Police

Cast

Jason Statham	...	Frank Martin
Alessandro Gassman	...	Gianni Chellini
Amber Valletta	...	Audrey Billings
Kate Nauta	...	Lola
Matthew Modine	...	Jefferson Billings
Jason Flemyng	...	Dimitri
Keith David	...	Stappleton
Hunter Clary	...	Jack Billings
Shannon Briggs	...	Max
François Berléand	...	Inspector Tarconi
Raymond Tong	...	Rastaman
George Kapetan	...	Dr. Sonovitch
Jeff Chase	...	Vasily
Gregg Weiner	...	Tipov
Gregg Davis	...	Techie at Billings

Also Known As:

Le transporteur II (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 intense sequences of violent action, sexual content, partial nudity and brief language.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | French | Italian

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:15 | Australia:M | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Netherlands:12 | Ireland:15A | Taiwan:PG-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:14 | Argentina:16 | Indonesia:Dewasa | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 (cut version) | USA:R (original rating) | Malaysia:18SG | Finland:K-15 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Saskatchewan) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

The gun the girl uses in the opening scene is a Glock 18

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Frank looks in the rear view to look at the kid when he is talking to the kidnappers. When the blond gets in the car, the outside shot shows that the rear view has been removed.

Quotes:

Car Jacking Girl: Stop... stop moving or I will shoot you.
Frank Martin: Don't you have homework to do?
[walks into her gun]
Frank Martin: Why don't you go and do it.
Car Jacking Girl: OK! I'm sorry!
[runs away]

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Best! Movies! Ever!: Chases (#1.12)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Cells

Pretty bad....

"Suspension of disbelief" is applied to movies such as the most excellent James Bond movies, or Indiana Jones,... but not The Transporter 2. A terribly plotted action movie that has action soooo ludicrous that the movie becomes, well... completely cheezy and ludicrously bad. Even the FX were terrible. The characters were so clichéd and cookie cutter C-movie level. This shoulda be straight-to-video. Jason Statham is somewhat a likable hero with some screen presence, but in the movie, he turns into Neo from The Matrix, literally even flying at some points. Really really lame acting from the entire supporting cast... Horribly painful dialogue and plot points.... It didn't even look good... I don't even feel good writing this.

The first Transporter film was one of the better action films of the last coupla years (along with Jet Li's cradle to the grave, and Die Another Day for ex.), this trash, was disappointing at best.