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Jason Statham finally makes his mark...
Looking like a Brit version of Bruce Willis, Jason Statham made his debut back in Guy Ritchie's classic crime caper/comedy "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels." Since then he has been given a few side roles here and there in "Snatch" (or Lock, Stock 2 as I like to call it), John Carpenter's "Ghosts of Mars", and then he teamed up with Delroy Lindo to track two Jet Li's in "The One." But who would've guessed that he finally got his own film, and a kick [butt] action film at that. Ever since Corey Yuen and Luc Besson collaborated on "Kiss of the Dragon," I knew that any film they did together from then on would be golden. And "The Transporter" definitely lives up to that standard. Sure there's nothing new here: how many times is a bad guy gonna get a change of conscience over a hot chick, right? And unlike the others, there is actually some good chemistry going on between our hero and his damsel in distress.

Basically, the film combines some great European atmosphere (The beautiful southern coast of France) with some incredible fight and action sequences. Corey Yuen could pretty much create a fight scenario out of virtually any environment. Now I know you could easily replace Staham with Jet Li, but you know what? He really proves that he can hang with the big boys in this film. I mean, he did ALL HIS OWN STUNTS. How awesome is that? Not even our great American action actors like Sylvestor and Arnold can say that. My only criticsim of the film is that I think they should of beefed it up a little bit and went for the R rating. Other than that I think it's a great little action/martial arts movie with a European flavor. It will definitely make you reminisce over the days when Van Damme and Seagal used to make great Action fliks. I can't wait to see what Turkish has in store for us next. Ladies and Gentlemen, a new action star has been born.

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The Transporter 'Rules'!
Another action flick from the "Hong Kong school of filmaking"(i.e. THE BIG HIT-Kirk Wong and FORMULA 51-Ronny Yu), THE TRANSPORTER is co-directed by Corey Yuen. It's a lot less cartoony than the other films mentioned, but it still has its share of humor and great action. Jason Statham (SNATCH) again has screen presence but his character is a little too stiff and the plot of the film is weak and lame. Stratham plays Frank Martin, a retired military special forces officer who is a hired 'Transporter' with a set of rules (meant to be broken in order to move the plot along in the film). He delivers 'packages' or drives the proverbial getaway car. His new assignment gets himself involved with a female asian hostage and deep into a plot to smuggle illegal Asians into France. There are some minor twists and turns that might seem incoherent that involves the motives of the Asian hostage, but otherwise, it's a straght forward action film with some great stunt work and fight sequences. Stratham gives a good (though cardboard) performance (mainly his fighting stunt work) and the rest of the characters are atypical of the genre. The standout performance is that of François Berléand as the sympathetic and mild-mannered French detective Tarconi who is on to Frank Martin, but can't prove anything. Overall, the film has good location shots, first rate production values, good action sequnces and a couple of solid performances (Sratham and Berléand). These elements save the film from it's weak story,plot and script.

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Jason Statham, shirtless, greased up in a bus station kicking ass. Oh.my.god. This movie has a crappy plot & silly dialogue, but I own in because Mr. Statham is the hottest British guy ever. The action sequences are really good, and he does his own stunts. If Jason Statham & Vin Diesel made a movie together where they get in a fight & accidentally kiss, I would be in heaven.