Rating: Summary: Transported Action Star Review: Jason Statham is the next big action star in Hollywood. It seems it goes in streaks where there are definitive stars for periods of time, but lately it seems we've been introduced to many of them (i.e. Vin Diesel and now Statham). The Transporter is the movie that will give Statham his much needed exposure.For the movie itself, it was a step above the average action flick. The action sequences were incredible, and something we don't see in every action movie. There were a few scenes that I said "that's impossible", but who cares. I'm not watching to see real life. The first 30 minutes were wonderful, with the opening car chase being the kicker. It was one of the better ones I've seen in a long time. Everything just unfolded very well, but the movie eventually slowed down to develop some plot, and it sort of brought the movie down. The directing was smooth and had good editing. The music was a breath of fresh air. It just seemed refreshing and new, and it definitely added to the movie positively. The Transporter is a good film if you're looking for terrific action, not for a movie high on plot. 4 Stars
Rating: Summary: Horrible Movie Review: If all you want is some cool getaway scenes and bad figting scenes than buy this DVD, otherwise forget it. Music gets a mixed review. The score is o.k. and granted has a few good pieces but at times the music was played at the wrong time as when the transporter and the girl swim away from their house. Overall the director did a poor job sending The Transporter down with Titanic.
Rating: Summary: so so so so so so so so Review: Ok, it's good some great camera shots, very good fighting sequences, and some pretty miserable acting. But it's also got the generic, perpetually-clad-in-Armani bad guy who's conveniently a martial-arts expert (he's also young a rich, go figure)to make it fun. I must say that if it it weren't for the beautiful young lady I'd have taken more trips to the fridge. Overall entertaining if you can stand looking at that ridiculous chinese guy's face.
Rating: Summary: Action packed but not in the ending Review: When this movie started off, it awsome when they robbed alot of kilos of drugs,, it was also a pretty good stry, and it had loads of action packed sceenes. But the problems are, the movie is pretty slow paced, but I really didn't care, but the ending was the most dissapointing part of the movie. I thought it was gonna be another, mr. I'm gonna grab 2 machine guns and blast everyone ending, which I like. But only 3 people die, and no machine guns are used in the climax. Is that the kind of ending people expect from a movie throughout the first 70 minutes with guns blazing and rocket launchers blowing up? A simple answer, no. What ever happend to the movies who had a huge punch in the ending, like Scarface, The Matrix, Exit Wounds, The Terminator, 1 and 2, and alot of other movies. Lemme guess, maybe it's cuz this movie was PG-13, instead of R. Well if that's the case, whoever said PG-13 action movies are dumb are absolutly correct. But atleast this is nowhere near as bad a the horrible, half-past dead. If you love action movis you'll get a punch out of this, but be prepared for a dissapointed ending.
Rating: Summary: Decent action, nice start, poor finish Review: I was intrigued by this movie when I saw the previews. I was disappointed, however, that the plotline failed to hold my attention throughout. I agree with the other reviewers that the action was definitely exciting, though at times it borders on the outrageous -- at least I can fathom Neo taking on 30+ opponents and winning (the concept of the Matrix allows for it), but even a military-trained operative in the "real" world would be sore pressed with the odds that Frank (Jason Statham) faces in this movie. Similarly, there were stretches of the imagination abound -- surviving rocket launches and machine gun fire unscathed -- but the tempo of the action sequences made up for poor acting. Ric Young, who had a great cameo in the first season of Alias, was working from a poor script ("I paid thousands of dollars... for you to learn English, the least you can do is speak it!"). I find it hard to believe in the character with such lines. The total twist in plot around the middle of the movie is rather disconcerting. I liked the first forty-five minutes when the character of Frank made sense. I agree again with other reviews -- developing a conscience mid-movie doesn't fit the character development. Bottom line: if you have a free rental, pick this for the action - otherwise, save your dollars.
Rating: Summary: The Transporter fails to deliver Review: The idea for the film was so full of potential, but they blew it. The 15 minute car chase at the beginning was satisfactory, but still the best part of the movie. The rest of the material is predictable and childishly unrealistic. Was the men-only oil-wrestling scene really necessary? My guess is the producers blew all their money on the car chase.
Rating: Summary: Definitely worth owning Review: This movie is definitely one worth owning. I would have enjoyed more driving scenes like the opening one, but that is the only complaint. This is a great movie full of action, and if you like Jason Statham you should definitely watch Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Rating: Summary: great action movie Review: My husband and I enjoy action movies and found this to be different than most.
Rating: Summary: I Wanted It To Be Good, But... Review: Y'know...I wanted this to be a good film. I really did. The general idea was a good one and I liked the main character, but there were too many predictable scenes. And the ones that were a surprise made absolutely no sense.
Rating: Summary: Doesn't transport you anywhere Review: I had read reviews that this was one of the greatest action movies of the year, hardly. Unfortunatley this recycled and at some times slow effort (even at the short running time of 90 minutes) just seems to never get going. Despite the cool cars, cool lead actor and actress, The Transporter doesn't seem to transport us anywhere. The villan is goofy and not even that scary. I was impressed with the fight scenes and the kung-fu style fighting. Which seemed a little weired considering the guy is supposed to be from France. If you've seen classic movies like The French Connection, or even more recent one's like The Bourne Identity, then you will be dissapointed by this effort. The DVD is also not exciting at all. Very minimal extras. They don't even give you the standard "Cast & Crew" section that tells you about the stars in front and behind the camera. Over all, not a terrible effort, but nothing great either. Same goes for the DVD.
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