All The Transporter offers are big car chases and fast fight scenes

Rating: 9/10 (14 December 2002)

And as luck would have it, those big car chases and fast fight scenes make up almost the entire movie. Seeing as the chases and fights are extraordinarily stunning, The Transporter succeeds! This movie really is the same as most action movies out there. Great action, lots of excitement, explosions, guns, hand to hand combat, lame love story that nobody cares about, and no originality at all. I for one don't care about the lack of originality. I thought the action topped almost everything XXX tried to do. It's not THE best action film of the year (that would be Bourne Identity or Die Another Day) but it buries the rest of this years action letdowns like Ballistic or Rollerball in a fraction of a second!
There's one thing I wanted to point out. The huge climax with the Trucks on the highway at the end seemed strangely familiar to me. I think somebody was watching Raiders Of The Lost Ark a little too much when they wrote the script.
As for the star, Jason Statham, he has the fighting style of Jet Li, and the coolness of Vince Vaughn and Vin Diesel combined. This guy is too cool to go unnoticed. If he's not making 10 million a movie in a few years...... then...... maybe it will take a little longer......
So, in the end The Transporter is exactly what it tries to be. An amazing 90+ minutes of watchable stunts and fights, with a lame love story that nobody cares about, and a plot that's so unimportant that I barely remember what it's about. I think The Transporter rules. You might disagree. But what do I care what YOU think. I don't have to live with you.
7.5 out of 10