Luc Besson wrote this, so don't expect too much...

Rating: Null/10 (10 March 2008)

Jason Statham elevates a movie that is basically your standard high-budget action crap. The first third is quite good, but the movie slows down too much in the middle, and then later the main plot becomes far too dull.
I don't mind the absurd action scenes; in fact there wasn't enough action - especially when one compares this to a much better Statham action vehicle such as "Crank", which offered non-stop excitement (and a far more original premise).
The guy who played the French detective should go to a language course first, before making any more English-speaking movies. His mumbling sounds as if a drunken walrus was given ten liters of vodka and then juggled 100 marbles in his mouth - while trying to utter his first-ever words. "Ggrunkf frowpdthr goondrpfth."
As flawed as TT is, it makes the sequel look like fine old wine by comparison...