The Professional Transporter

Rating: Null/10 (16 April 2008)

Back in the year 2003 I saw for the first time the English actor Jason Statham in the magnificent film "Snatch" (2000) and soon after in "Look, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998) so in consequence I became in a big fan of Statham. I can't remember well the release of "The Transporter" in Mexico but I do remember when the sequel was released, mostly for the many advertisements when it was premiered in cable TV. I really feel desires to watch them but for some strange reasons I never watch them but I do watch "Crank" (2006) and it was a big disappointment to me so after that I never look out for the transporter filmsuntil the last weekend that I found the DVD of this one in a great price so I decide to get it and watch it.
The film is about Frank (Statham) who is an ex-military that now lives in France and works as a transporter of anything, of course illegal things too. He has three personal rules for his job: 1. "Never change the deal" 2. "No names" 3. "Never open the package". But when he his hired for transport a kidnapped girl named Lai (Shu Qi) he broke the rule number 3 so his life is in real danger and suddenly he enters in the criminal world and becomes the only hope for four hundred people being smuggled.
I really love the first part of this film, for me Frank is a really great character of course because of his interesting job and also because of the very impressive way that he works, being a real and cool professional. The first sequence is great showing his great abilities for drive his BMW and his great precision for save the problems of his clients, only if you don't break any rule. Later when he meets Lai is when the real action begins and that's all.
In making-of featurette of the DVD, Statham and company claim that Cory Yuen is the very best for action sequences. For me the action sequences in this film are good, with the great fact that Statham did every of his difficult sequences, but definitely I have seen better stuff.
Conclusion: I really enjoyed this film, is just great and very cool the character of Jason Statham and the 90 minutes goes amazingly fast. I also liked the strange combination of three different languages so I recommend this film to anyone, mostly fans of the genre, who wants to enjoy 90 minutes of pure entertainment.
Region 4 DVD: It's actually really good for the low price. Contains commentaries by Statham and the producer, extended versions of three fight sequences and like I said a making-of featurette that is good but very short. Well soon I'm going to get part 2.