Pure warpspeed action

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2005)

'The Transporter' is a big, loud, dumb action movie that manages to be wonderously entertaining largely due to it's leading man, Jason Statham. Statham is very charismatic, and watching him kick major amounts of a$$ is so much fun.
From the opening car chase to the explosive finale, 'The Transporter' is filled with cleverly staged action. It also includes one of the funniest battle scenes I've ever seen: Frank (Statham) is fighting off a bunch of bad guys in a pool of oil in a parking garage. As you can probably guess, he uses the slickness of the oil to his advantage. This scene has the distinction of something I've never seen before in a movie.
If you like big popcorn movies like 'Tomb Raider' or 'XxX', 'The Transporter' is the movie for you.