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NUMBERS
Box Office: $25,221,889
VHS Rentals: $7,400,000
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CONSENSUS
The Transporter delivers the action at the expense of coherent storytelling.
CAST & CREW
Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze
Directed by Corey Yuen
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SYNOPSIS
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods - human or otherwise - from one place to another. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, violence sequences and some sensuality
RUNTIME
90 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 11, 2002
Video: Apr 15, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
20th Century Fox
GENRE
Action/Adventure, Action, Jazz, Martial Arts, Violence, Special Effects
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official The Transporter Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
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TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
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 "It's better than mid-range Steven Seagal, but not as sharp as Jet Li on rollerblades."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
 "Bring on the sequel."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Good car chases, great fight scenes, and a distinctive blend of European, American and Asian influences."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"Statham employs an accent that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"It's the kind of film where the villain even gives an evil look for his passport photo. How can you resist that?"
-- Joshua Vasquez, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"Unlike his directorial efforts, La Femme Nikita and The Professional, The Transporter lacks Besson's perspective as a storyteller."
-- Joshua Tyler, FILM HOBBIT
"With stars and action like this, a coherent story would be nice, but it's not necessary."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"A synthesis of cliches and absurdities that seems positively decadent in its cinematic flash and emptiness."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"The Transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb"
-- Christopher Smith, BANGOR DAILY NEWS (MAINE)
"It's probably not easy to make such a worthless film ..."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"This is junk food cinema at its greasiest."
-- Jamie Russell, BBCI FILMS
"Topnotch escapist entertainment."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"There's some outrageously creative action in The Transporter ... [b]ut by the time Frank parachutes down onto a moving truck, it's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman."
-- Mark Rahner, SEATTLE TIMES
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"Exciting and well-paced."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"Sublime locations along the Riviera provide the eye candy, while Jason Statham is an engaging blend of Bruce Willis muscle, attitude & dryness, and Jackie Chan martial arts with mind-snapping inventiveness."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"...standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"The Transporter bombards the viewer with so many explosions and side snap kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull."
-- Rob Thomas, CAPITAL TIMES (MADISON, WI)
"This is cool, slick stuff, ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"Almost everything about the film is unsettling, from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai's villainous father to the endless action sequences."
-- Steve Simels, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"Been there done that."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"A serviceable Euro-trash action extravaganza, with a decent sense of humor and plenty of things that go boom — handguns, BMWs and seaside chateaus."
-- Nick Rogers, STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER (SPRINGFIELD, IL)
"Remember the kind of movie we were hoping "Ecks vs. Sever" or "xXx" was going to be? This is it."
-- Kevin A. Ranson, MOVIECRYPT.COM
"When not obscured by the booming bass-heavy soundtrack, the conversation presents the kind of linguistic fumbling not heard since Macy Gray’s game of Chinese whispers with Mr Bean."
-- Joel Quenby, MOVIESEER.COM
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ROTTEN 42%
Avg. Rating: 5.1/10 |
"Another big, dumb action movie in the vein of XXX, The Transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black BMW through."
-- Megan Turner, NEW YORK POST
"The story is virtually impossible to follow here, but there's a certain style and wit to the dialogue."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"It remains to be seen whether Statham can move beyond the crime-land action genre, but then again, who says he has to?"
-- Steven Rea, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"A poke in the adrenal gland."
-- Michael O'Sullivan, WASHINGTON POST
"There's plenty to like here, especially for connoisseurs of the action genre."
-- Andrew O'Hehir, SALON.COM
"It's also clear from the start that The Transporter is running purely on adrenaline, and once the initial high wears off, the film's shortcomings start to shine through."
-- Bill Muller, ARIZONA REPUBLIC
"The best movie Steven Seagal never made."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"While the ensemble player who gained notice in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch has the bod, he's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle."
-- Todd McCarthy, VARIETY
"Routine and rather silly."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Will undoubtedly play well in European markets, where Mr. Besson is a brand name, and in Asia, where Ms. Shu is an institution, but American audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
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"A major waste...generic."
-- Dustin Putman, THEMOVIEBOY.COM
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "The Transporter" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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