The Transporter Refueled
In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.Director:Camille Delamarre
Writers: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, 3 more credits
Stars:
Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson | See full cast and crewStoryline
Frank Martin, played by newcomer Ed Skrein, a former special-ops
mercenary, is now living a less perilous life - or so he thinks -
transporting classified packages for questionable people. When Frank's
father (Ray Stevenson) pays him a visit in the south of France, their
father-son bonding weekend takes a turn for the worse when Frank is
engaged by a cunning femme-fatale, Anna (Loan Chabanol), and her three
seductive sidekicks to orchestrate the bank heist of the century. Frank
must use his covert expertise and knowledge of fast cars, fast driving
and fast women to outrun a sinister Russian kingpin, and worse than
that, he is thrust into a dangerous game of chess with a team of
gorgeous women out for revenge. From the producers of LUCY and the TAKEN
trilogy, THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED is a fresh personification of the
iconic role of Frank Martin, that launches the high-octane franchise
into the present-day and introduces it to the next generation of
thrill-seekers. Written by
Europacorp
The Transporter Refueled
Movie Reviews
No need for refueling, should've gone straight to junkyard
While Jason Statham
might not possess incredible acting, he's a great fit for Transporter.
He looks suave and confident, more importantly he looks capable in
action sequences. Ed Skrein only amounts to carbon copy lookalike with
accent.
Considering it's now stuck with poorly edited choreography for the scuffle, there's barely a trail of usual high octane ride. However, the worst offender is the awful script, bordering on cheap fantasy or softcore porn, the fact that it quotes The Three Musketeers so often is a literature travesty.
A group of prostitutes concocts a ridiculously intricate plan to topple their mafia boss. The Transporter is caught up in the struggle and forced to help them. Story relies on blind luck, coincidences, characters' stupidity and baseless arbitrary events. In other words, it's a complete and utter mess. Forget coherency or plausibility, the movie plays by its own faulty logic.
Unfortunately, the usual captivating fights or engaging chases are nowhere to be found. The movie opts for terrible editing and epileptic camera work instead. It's actually sad that the quirky yet brutal fighting scenes are replaced with such poor production. At the very least previous Transporters' fight is over-the-top fun, this is just confusingly bland.
Script is so awful, almost everything they say sound like 80's macho gibberish, one-liner from porn parody or silly used car commercial. I've high tolerance for cheesy lines, but when the characters literally pose for camera every five minutes to utter these insanely ludicrous lines, it's not even funny anymore.
Considering it's now stuck with poorly edited choreography for the scuffle, there's barely a trail of usual high octane ride. However, the worst offender is the awful script, bordering on cheap fantasy or softcore porn, the fact that it quotes The Three Musketeers so often is a literature travesty.
A group of prostitutes concocts a ridiculously intricate plan to topple their mafia boss. The Transporter is caught up in the struggle and forced to help them. Story relies on blind luck, coincidences, characters' stupidity and baseless arbitrary events. In other words, it's a complete and utter mess. Forget coherency or plausibility, the movie plays by its own faulty logic.
Unfortunately, the usual captivating fights or engaging chases are nowhere to be found. The movie opts for terrible editing and epileptic camera work instead. It's actually sad that the quirky yet brutal fighting scenes are replaced with such poor production. At the very least previous Transporters' fight is over-the-top fun, this is just confusingly bland.
Script is so awful, almost everything they say sound like 80's macho gibberish, one-liner from porn parody or silly used car commercial. I've high tolerance for cheesy lines, but when the characters literally pose for camera every five minutes to utter these insanely ludicrous lines, it's not even funny anymore.
