Franco American Action Thriller High On Action

Rating: 6/10 (31 July 2010)

Apparently one of the criticisms of French film nowadays by the indigenous population is that they resemble American films too much . I'm not entirely sure if this is a bad thing since American movies have been so successful through the decades . The French do have the consolation that the French New Wave heavily influenced one of the great golden periods of Hollywood in the 1970s
THE TRANSPORTER is a Franco American co-production made for the international market . Set in France and featuring American action film making techniques such as quick editing . It also features the mainstay of American action pictures with car chases and explosions but the French setting does help somewhat if only because we're treated to glorious landscapes of the French Riviera . Certainly you'll be hard pressed to name a better photographed action movie than this one
The screenplay co-written by Luc Besson centres around a criminal played by Jason Statham being caught up in a people smuggling ring from Eastern Asia but the film doesn't really explore people trafficking , its main function is to cram as many fistfights , car chases and shoot outs as is possible even if they're somewhat unlikely . It is after all a pop corn no brains actioner and for what it is it's fairly well done