Above-Average action movie that lacked real danger

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2004)

When I first heard action superemo Corey Yeun was going to work with British actor Jason Statham to make a film called 'The Transporter', my mind started to think 'oh no - yeun has decided to ruin his career'.
However as soon as I saw this movie, I was actually quite surprised to see Mr Statham pulling off some very impressive martial art moves however I think it was ruined by constant quick-cutting and MTV-style editing, which reminded me of the overly-cut fight sequences in Rush Hour.
The film, which I'm sure will spawn a b-movie version called 'The Courier' and will probably star Steven Seagal or Dolph Lundgren, has Mr Statham a very good Courier with a pretty name, ie: the Transporter.
He delivers goods and has very strict rules. But one day he decides to break his own rules when he discovers he smuggling a pretty Chinese girl around France.
The film has lots of good, excellent action sequences - which include impressive fight sequences - but you should never judge a movie based upon its first 10, 20 minutes of action. This movie slows down, a heck of a lot - to explain its plot.
The pretty Chinese girl's dad (whom I'm sure was wearing a lot of make-up) is in cahoots with an evil criminal with a goatee (you knew he was evil because his passport picture) to smuggle lots of Chinese immigrants across France. Why? Err, I'm not sure.
The film suffers from horrible dialogue, fast-cutting and sequences where I felt Jason Statham's character was never in any danger.
Overall this is an average action movie that could, should have been a lot better.
Rating: 4.5/10