The Transporter Fails to Deliver

Rating: 2/10 (21 June 2003)

The Transporter tries very hard to be a good action movie. It uses only enough story to tie together its action sequences. However, the action is far from hard hitting and this only makes the abysmal story more obvious.
Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a hired mercenary transporter, who while on one delivery, breaks his own rules and opens his package. Finding a kidnapped woman (Qi Shu), complications arise for Frank. It starts out good, but everything falls apart when the cheesiness takes over. The dialogue and acting do nothing to help the story. The movie's main attractions, its action sequences, are weak. Not only do they seem very slow, but the camera work makes it very hard to follow everything. As with the story, it's nothing we haven't seen before. If you're looking for a fun action movie, look elsewhere.
2 out of 10