Surprisingly Good

Rating: 8/10 (4 June 2003)

Rating: * * *
Recently, most action flicks have completely wooden scripts and big but completely unbelievable action scenes. See, for example, the latest James Bond film, Die Another Day. Several of the action scenes couldn't happen at all in real life under any circumstances and the characters are badly written.
The Transporter is an exception. It's not entirely credible, but it could happen, and that's saying more than you'd think.
Jason Stathom, whose first films were Guy Richie's "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch", shows that he is a good action star and actually probably better than Vin Diesel. The script for this flick isn't the greatest and has some wooden dialogue, but the characters are well written and that helps a lot. The action scenes are thrilling and a lot of fun to watch. The plot is good for the first half, then worthless for the second half, but then again, the second half is almost pure action. The character relationships are well done, especially between Stathom's character and the French policeman.
Overall, this isn't the best, but it is very entertaining and fun.