Turn-Your-Brain-Off Fun

Rating: 5/10 (8 August 2014)

Being a Jason Statham fan, I had downloaded the Transporter trilogy to watch and hopefully enjoy. Having seen the first one, it was ludicrous. I was laughing at its ridiculousness and at some points, I was cringing. Frankly the only cringe-worthy aspect of this movie is the actress who played Lai. I'll give her credit, for someone who doesn't usually speak the English language she spoke it well, but it doesn't make up for her bad acting. She's not the worst actress ever, but she wasn't that great.
The plot is unrealistically silly and just an excuse for Jason to kick some butt, and that's totally fine by me. This is a movie where people talk instead of shoot, and only use guns when there's a convenient opening for the hero to escape. Jason plays Frank Martin, a driver-for-hire who will drive children to school or act as the getaway for a group of thieves, or deliver anything--no questions asked. He's got three rules: no changing the deal, no names, and never open the package.
Soon enough, he's given a job to transport a package that just happens to be a woman named Lai, and from there, things get complicated. He simply gives her a drink, but that still breaks one of his rules, and before he knows it, his car explodes shortly after making the delivery. This gets Frank tangled up in a human trafficking operation that he feels obliged to stop, partly because Lai is one of the key figures in it.
We've got catching up to speeding trucks on parachutes, grease fights, bike pedal kicks to the face, and legions of henchmen battling a shirtless one man army. It's fun and entertaining if you can suspend disbelief. If you're looking for something more realistic, look elsewhere.