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The Good: Exciting car chase sequences, eventhough it sort of mimics the Fast Furious series. Ray Stevenson's Frank Martin Sr. steals the show. The Not-so-Good: Ed Skrein doesn't exudes the charm of Jason Statham's, which is one of the signature of the series. Thus he couldn't carry the movie on his own. Some of the fight sequences feel stilted and not as smooth as Transporter series' trademark. No chemistry between Frank and Anna, thus the feeling between them isn't too believable. Once again, Russian are stereotyped as bad guys.
- 0U
- 29 feb 2020
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Quick background: I like Jason Statham, I thought the first two transporter movies were awesome, but the third one was a let down. And this fourth attempt (without him) is just like the last one. I saw it in the cinema because there wasn't much else going on action wise. So I would only recommend this is if you have ran out of options. I don't think it is as bad as some have put it, as it does have some action, although the fighting leaves much to be desired and doesn't come close to JS skills. And to make it worse, some of it has been hidden! They tried to make up for it all with lots of beautiful women, and it may have worked a little.
In summary, it's just an OK action movie. I wish JS got his act together and made another proper one.
In summary, it's just an OK action movie. I wish JS got his act together and made another proper one.
- loevw
- 18 dic 2015
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The new Transporter, who comes in the shape of Ed Skrein, has some big shoes to fill taking on a role that helped make Jason Statham a bona fide action star. I've only seen Skrein in one previous film, whilst I've seen nothing from director Camille Delamarre. But I'm certainly more familiar with Ray Stevenson, who plays the father of Frank Miller, a.k.a., The Transporter. In this regard, it's quite obvious that a Connery/Ford father- son dynamic has been sought, which gives the tiniest bit of personality to a film that falls completely flat from the onset and rarely picks up. The story is familiar -- the Transporter gets a job driving a package, the job goes wrong and he's in deep. It gets personal when his father is kidnapped, but with no grit on its wheels and Skrein trying in vain to create a new persona for this character, what it ultimately amounts to is flash cars, sexy girls, suits and stunts, but nothing more. Much like a glorified car advertisement.
- JohnnyWeissmuller
- 24 oct 2015
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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.
Like before, Transporter must have damsel-in-distress, now it thinks a group of these attractive ladies would replace narrative. Audience might get juvenile guilty pleasure from the these blond short bob misses with minimal dress or a couple of nifty chases, but these gimmicks are shallow and the best they could do is slightly boost the movie rating if one is generous enough in reviewing it.
With the amount of plot holes and poor choreography it must go through, the end product is unrecognizable wreckage.
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.
Like before, Transporter must have damsel-in-distress, now it thinks a group of these attractive ladies would replace narrative. Audience might get juvenile guilty pleasure from the these blond short bob misses with minimal dress or a couple of nifty chases, but these gimmicks are shallow and the best they could do is slightly boost the movie rating if one is generous enough in reviewing it.
With the amount of plot holes and poor choreography it must go through, the end product is unrecognizable wreckage.
- quincytheodore
- 2 sep 2015
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Stunningly awful
I felt like I was watching robots mechanically delivering an emotionally vapid performance. Now if this was a pre-take walk through, it could be forgiven but as the final cut, it was deplorable. Only the father exuded some warmth and presence as a character that one could identify with and appreciate. The sheer lack of depth of the other characters was only matched by the lame attempts to humanize them. I am nearly speechless at how artificial the attempts were. Not sure if this was due to a really bad script, bad directing or terrible editing. I think the women made a valiant effort to give some dimension to their characters but in the end the whole enterprise was a sinking ship and the cast knew it
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- arendv
- 19 nov 2015
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Ed Skrein doesn't hold a candle to Jason Statham in this role, try though he might. The actual plot is not too bad, with I wouldn't say twists and turns, but maybe the odd curved ball, to keep the viewer interested. Many of the stunts are pretty good. Some of the acting, though, is atrocious.
- mick-17301
- 17 jul 2017
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Yep it is terrible. In future if you want to reboot a movie franchise, please do so without enticing me to the cinema. The stunts are awful, the fight scenes are trying to recreate Stathamness and everything appears to have been done on a miniscule budget without any thought for consequence, what the audience thinks or sees, or without any due regard for linear time.......
Do not bother with it. Ed Skrein or whatever his name is, is just not Statham, I don't like Statham, but he is a far better actor than Skrein.
I am now forced to write additional lines because I am not allowed to write a review less than ten lines, about a film which does not deserve ten lines of my time or space on the internet. How it managed 53% on Rotten tomatoes is beyond me
Do not bother with it. Ed Skrein or whatever his name is, is just not Statham, I don't like Statham, but he is a far better actor than Skrein.
I am now forced to write additional lines because I am not allowed to write a review less than ten lines, about a film which does not deserve ten lines of my time or space on the internet. How it managed 53% on Rotten tomatoes is beyond me
- keith-blowes
- 10 sep 2015
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We enjoyed the first three movies, and were looking forward to see how the franchise reboot worked out.
Deep meaningful characters? no. Completely unpredictable ending? no.
Lots of car chases? yes. Cute girls? yes. A little tongue-in-cheek? yes.
Would you go to the cinema to see it? no. Rent it? absolutely.
Great for an evening where you want to relax and be entertained without too much (typical American movie) moral baggage and just enjoy some semi-violent fun.
Great fun - will watch the next one if/when it comes out.
Deep meaningful characters? no. Completely unpredictable ending? no.
Lots of car chases? yes. Cute girls? yes. A little tongue-in-cheek? yes.
Would you go to the cinema to see it? no. Rent it? absolutely.
Great for an evening where you want to relax and be entertained without too much (typical American movie) moral baggage and just enjoy some semi-violent fun.
Great fun - will watch the next one if/when it comes out.
- ceebee-19051
- 30 abr 2016
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- wow101
- 4 dic 2015
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Talk about high octane, this is a first in the "Transporter" series. Frank Martin(Ed Skrein) is doing his usual thing; transporting whatever, whenever, to whoever. His father(Ray Stevenson) is a retired spy who gets caught up in his son's affairs. A mysterious client(Loan Chabanol) pick up on Frank's offer to help. Only to have his father kidnapped in the process. Along with 3 other cohorts, the action gets more fun by the minute. Anna is seeking revenge on her boss who put her through literal hell. Through all the lies Frank sees, she was very helpful though. The fight scenes are still intact. The driving is always intense. And the technology is better by the minute. The only "old school" around is the story of "The Three Musketeers". I liked the blonde disguises. It made it worthwhile. I know there was some cheese factors in the movie, but Ed Skrein taking over Jason Statham role hits the mark. The movie is good. But unbelievable. 2.5 out of 5 stars
- GOWBTW
- 3 sep 2015
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One man's trash, another man's treasure and all that, scavengers rummaging through garbage are always optimistic about finding something of value. Not here. Before I begin to hack this film to pieces (to find anything of value of course), let's start with an old school adage – Point blame at someone and there's always three fingers pointing back at you. In relating that saying to this fourth installment of The Transporter franchise, as long as cinema goers are dumb enough to pay hard earned money to watch just about anything, then absolute junk will be recycled over and over again. For The Transporter Refueled, that's just the outer layer of decomposition.
With none of the cast and crew from the previous films, Refueled runs on fumes even before it goes into first gear. Replacing Jason Statham as the titular protagonist, Ed Skrein's Frank Martin often says "buckle up". Problem is, the film doesn't budge past the first gear and neither does the Audi A8 that replaces the BMW 7-series, the Mercedes S-class or the Lamborghini Murciélago from the previous films. Very early in the film, the Audi does a cool trick until it immediately dawns on you that a Pontiac Trans Am called "Kitt" did this trick over thirty years ago. And while the previous films were an exhibition of brawn over brain, this pathetic excuse of an action film has neither, nor does it seem to care. Somewhere between an elaborate plan where prostitutes revolt against their pimps, the so called action consists of hand-to-hand combat and three car chases. Blink and you'll miss the third chase – Martin on a jetski versus the villain in a Mercedes G-class on land! Equally cringe worthy is the father-son bonding (Ray Stevens as Martin's dad) which is as effective as securing a square peg in a round hole. Dig deeper and you'll find that Refueled is not only poorly scripted, acted and directed to such an appalling extent, it's very making is a blatant insult to anyone paying to watch this film. But if you do watch this garbage, don't say I didn't warn you.
If you can sit through it, the stench of vomit lasts about 90 minutes. Unfortunately, cinemas don't come with barf bags like airplanes do, so passing your popcorn bucket to the next person is the only way viewers can relieve themselves of nausea. On the positive side, it must be noted that there's hope for film school rejects. If anything, Refueled is a classic example that any Tom, Dick and Harriet can make a movie. I can just imagine the hiring notice for the fifth film - Apply within, no skill required.
With none of the cast and crew from the previous films, Refueled runs on fumes even before it goes into first gear. Replacing Jason Statham as the titular protagonist, Ed Skrein's Frank Martin often says "buckle up". Problem is, the film doesn't budge past the first gear and neither does the Audi A8 that replaces the BMW 7-series, the Mercedes S-class or the Lamborghini Murciélago from the previous films. Very early in the film, the Audi does a cool trick until it immediately dawns on you that a Pontiac Trans Am called "Kitt" did this trick over thirty years ago. And while the previous films were an exhibition of brawn over brain, this pathetic excuse of an action film has neither, nor does it seem to care. Somewhere between an elaborate plan where prostitutes revolt against their pimps, the so called action consists of hand-to-hand combat and three car chases. Blink and you'll miss the third chase – Martin on a jetski versus the villain in a Mercedes G-class on land! Equally cringe worthy is the father-son bonding (Ray Stevens as Martin's dad) which is as effective as securing a square peg in a round hole. Dig deeper and you'll find that Refueled is not only poorly scripted, acted and directed to such an appalling extent, it's very making is a blatant insult to anyone paying to watch this film. But if you do watch this garbage, don't say I didn't warn you.
If you can sit through it, the stench of vomit lasts about 90 minutes. Unfortunately, cinemas don't come with barf bags like airplanes do, so passing your popcorn bucket to the next person is the only way viewers can relieve themselves of nausea. On the positive side, it must be noted that there's hope for film school rejects. If anything, Refueled is a classic example that any Tom, Dick and Harriet can make a movie. I can just imagine the hiring notice for the fifth film - Apply within, no skill required.
- LloydBayer
- 31 ago 2015
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Ed Skrein does bring some nods to Jason Statham, but other than that he does try to play it differently, he is not terrible, just nowhere near has memorable has Statham. Ray Stevenson who plays Franks father, is quite a scene stealer, and makes me wonder why was he not cast has Frank instead.
All in all it's pretty much what you would get from a Transporter film. Lots of intense and over the top action, awesome fight scenes. Would I say this movie is terrible, well no. Would I say it's great, not that either. A film like this is just a film to pass the time, you'll like it for the action nothing more. Same reasons you'll go see Hit-man Agent 47.
All in all it's pretty much what you would get from a Transporter film. Lots of intense and over the top action, awesome fight scenes. Would I say this movie is terrible, well no. Would I say it's great, not that either. A film like this is just a film to pass the time, you'll like it for the action nothing more. Same reasons you'll go see Hit-man Agent 47.
- DarkVulcan29
- 8 sep 2015
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The Jason Statham fan club apparently have decided to write many negative reviews - hey wake up - this isn't a thriller or drama focused on dialogue - its an action movie! When you look at this movie with actual perspective and don't expect mission impossible budgeted effects and script writing, you can actually sit back and enjoy this film for what it is. A good action movie, with a relatively unknown actor filling the shoes of an A list Hollywood actor! In my opinion, he nails it. Poise, machismo, intensity, and a general aura of always being in control of the situation helps Ed Skrein fills those shoes so well. I remember seeing him in game of thrones and Ill Manors and thought that this guy could have a future. Ill Manors was exceptional. I'm glad he did this, and me and my Mrs thoroughly enjoyed watching this at the cinema. Clearly another film star to keep an eye on in the future especially with much anticipated Deadpool out next year in which he is the main antagonist! My favorite scene is with the car cruising at around 10kph and him fighting in front of it, which can also be seen in the adverts (so it's not a spoiler), it is absolute quality. I have to give a mention to Ray Stevenson who played Frank's Dad in the movie. I thought he was great as well and it was nice to see a man who I thought deserved so much more as a result of 'The Punisher' film, back on screen. Overall this is a great action movie, and more to the point you are witnessing the emergence of a new acting talent to come from the UK who I'm sure we will be seeing a lot more of in the future... Tom Hardy watch out!
- wilza76
- 8 sep 2015
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The main actor puts on a really fake bad guy voice, it's like he has a cold or is kinda whispering. Really distracting the whole movie, makes it hard to take it seriously. Movie tries too hard to pander to the action genre, with impossible scenes and circumstances, and overdone stereotypes. Thugs with gold chains, suave attractive male main character who always wears a suit and acts overly disinterested and above whatever he's doing. Not to mention that the women were only really there for sex appeal and didn't really add anything to the plot. Not much more to write without spoiling it. Wasn't interesting or exciting, just made me cringe and was uncomfortable to be watch. Tries way too hard to be dramatic, just awful, and the plot was pointless and stupid. Would not recommend.
- marthaappssharpei
- 26 dic 2015
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Redeeming features, nice Cars, nice Girls
The acting was woeful, if this was supposed to be a showcase for new talent? It failed miserably Ed Skrein was simply not believable as Frank Martin, he may well have talent but if failed to find a way to escape the terrible script.
The plot (what there was of it) was so predictable that I could have written the next scene before it showed up on the screen.
The truth is, this movie could have been edited out of the out takes and what was on the cutting room floor from the previous Transporter Movies and it would probably have been an improvement.
The Plot consisted of a few Pretty Girls exploited by Mafia type Russian bad guy, Frank takes a job and gets wrapped into a revenge plot by some of the Girls on the old Boss.
Stick it in a bag shake it and print it.
If you are thinking of going to the cinema to watch this, do not waste the money.
It gets 1 star because someone somewhere made a living on it.
The acting was woeful, if this was supposed to be a showcase for new talent? It failed miserably Ed Skrein was simply not believable as Frank Martin, he may well have talent but if failed to find a way to escape the terrible script.
The plot (what there was of it) was so predictable that I could have written the next scene before it showed up on the screen.
The truth is, this movie could have been edited out of the out takes and what was on the cutting room floor from the previous Transporter Movies and it would probably have been an improvement.
The Plot consisted of a few Pretty Girls exploited by Mafia type Russian bad guy, Frank takes a job and gets wrapped into a revenge plot by some of the Girls on the old Boss.
Stick it in a bag shake it and print it.
If you are thinking of going to the cinema to watch this, do not waste the money.
It gets 1 star because someone somewhere made a living on it.
- stewart-dunbar
- 21 nov 2015
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- neil-476
- 23 sep 2015
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It is just heartbreaking to say I did not like a transporter movie. But still, I did not like this transporter movie, at all !! It is expected from a transporter series to have top notch action sequences with Jason Statham throwing some mind blowing dialogues that would make a fan jump from his/her seat. But this Transporter got neither great action sequences nor good dialogues.
Ed Skrein tries his best to reach that level but fails in experience. His voice is a plus but still cannot deliver a good blow with his dialogue delivery. He also lacks that Badass look Jason used to have.
I was literally expecting the entire time for the movie to pick up pace and satisfy the action thirst that action movie lovers would have, but it stayed that dull movie where Hero would fight for some girl the entire time and kiss her at last. (kissing the Heroine with all bruises on Hero's face is now like a symbol that movie is over).
I don't know if they will make an other part of this but I only hope next one will be better.
Verdict: If you are very bored on the weekend, take a family trip,but try to avoid Transporter Refuelled. This movie is only for Transporter series fans who just don't want to skip a movie in the series.
Ed Skrein tries his best to reach that level but fails in experience. His voice is a plus but still cannot deliver a good blow with his dialogue delivery. He also lacks that Badass look Jason used to have.
I was literally expecting the entire time for the movie to pick up pace and satisfy the action thirst that action movie lovers would have, but it stayed that dull movie where Hero would fight for some girl the entire time and kiss her at last. (kissing the Heroine with all bruises on Hero's face is now like a symbol that movie is over).
I don't know if they will make an other part of this but I only hope next one will be better.
Verdict: If you are very bored on the weekend, take a family trip,but try to avoid Transporter Refuelled. This movie is only for Transporter series fans who just don't want to skip a movie in the series.
- suryaundercover
- 5 sep 2015
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Most off you are right, it is a great action movie which is filled with action and a reasonably good storyline. But as a petrol head i hate this movie, from the moment he first drove away from the cops. Like are you F***** KIDDING ME??? A Renault, Peugeot, Citroen is able to keep up with an Audi s8, even when you see the Audi shifting back a gear and driving over 200 km/h the police is still able to keep up. Believe me if an Audi s8 putts the gas pedal to the floor there is no way in hell you will be able to keep up with it in your st*pid family car. It really did p*ss me off but once I let that go I still managed to enjoy myself and just see the movie for what it is. An movie filled to the roof with no need to think action. So if you are not a movie critic and you like action movies then you should go and see this movie.
- tom-15408
- 29 sep 2015
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It's sad to see this movie flop this bad, really. It really had the huge risk of at least deliver something equivalent of the original trilogy. But doing this movie without any of the previous trilogy's creative minds is really a big mistake. The people behind the creative process for this movie clearly didn't know what they were doing. They only tried so hard to recreate the Jason Statham's Frank Martin persona with the mannerisms and the unique fight sequences. But in doing so they really pitted Ed Skrein with the old Jason Statham performance, on which everyone can really choose who's the winner. Not having Jason Statham is by itself a big burden due to Ed Skrein still fails to live up to the Statham persona. The story also seems very flat, nothing new or unpredictable is being offered by this movie. And the biggest sin is the editing.there are so many editing mistakes that takes away the fun in watching the action scenes. The acting overall is so bad that I don't deign to write about each actors' performances.
- Seraphion
- 18 sep 2015
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- stevendbeard
- 3 sep 2015
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Camille Delmarre needs to get fired and get his job back at McDonalds! Who ever allowed Ed Skrein to play the lead in this is off his head, but I suspect it was his mother. It looks like he was hit in the teeth from the inside and then some... His acting (If you can call it that) is flat and he only has the same look on his face (like he has seen ... for the first time!). The fake hoarseness he carries in his voice is oh-just-so-laughable!
Come on Hollywood, if you want to do a reboot of a franchise like this, please do not do it with 3rd rate actors!!!
OK, now the action scenes, THE EDITOR, Julien Rey, NEEDS TO GET HIS HEAD OUT HIS ...! There is no continuation in the scenes and then he slows the video down JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW DYSFUNCTIONAL HE CAN MAKE IT!!!
If you have some time to spare, rather get your eyes poked with forks until you have no further need to see this atrocity.
As an afterthought, I find the plot (I will not go into the holes in this one) totally unbelieving. Prostitution and revenge? Never heard of it!
Laughable, disappointing and just outright stupid!
Come on Hollywood, if you want to do a reboot of a franchise like this, please do not do it with 3rd rate actors!!!
OK, now the action scenes, THE EDITOR, Julien Rey, NEEDS TO GET HIS HEAD OUT HIS ...! There is no continuation in the scenes and then he slows the video down JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW DYSFUNCTIONAL HE CAN MAKE IT!!!
If you have some time to spare, rather get your eyes poked with forks until you have no further need to see this atrocity.
As an afterthought, I find the plot (I will not go into the holes in this one) totally unbelieving. Prostitution and revenge? Never heard of it!
Laughable, disappointing and just outright stupid!
- AubreyKloppers
- 22 nov 2015
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First, I have to say I am a Jason Statham fan and really enjoyed the previous 3 Transporter movies. For some reason, though, this one really stood out, in a great way, for me. I thought this new Frank Martin was great - cool, capable and sexy.
I loved the personal aspect with his father. I enjoyed the strong female characters, too. While they needed the Transporter's help, they certainly weren't damsels in distress, waiting for a man to rescue them, which was a nice change from so many action films.
But most of all, I loved the fighting - Ed Skrein made it look somewhat easy to get the best of various bad guys in creative ways. I also loved the car tricks.
I live in a small town with only a 6-plex and Transporter was the only new movie last weekend for a 3-day weekend. Luckily I enjoyed Transporter enough to see it 3 times last weekend and once this weekend (something I never do!). Maybe I have a little bit of a crush :o) There were a few places where questions came up for me - why did they do that, how did that happen, etc., but who cares. I go to movies to be entertained and to be caught up in another world of some sort. This movie fit the bill. I was highly entertained all 4 times I saw it and, even though I don't buy movies... ever, this one I will buy.
I guess some people go to a movie to pick it apart and see what mistakes and problems they can find. I guess that's o.k. but seems like a big waste of time and money to me. I don't usually expect some earth-shattering experience from action movies, just entertainment, and I'm rarely disappointed.
I loved the personal aspect with his father. I enjoyed the strong female characters, too. While they needed the Transporter's help, they certainly weren't damsels in distress, waiting for a man to rescue them, which was a nice change from so many action films.
But most of all, I loved the fighting - Ed Skrein made it look somewhat easy to get the best of various bad guys in creative ways. I also loved the car tricks.
I live in a small town with only a 6-plex and Transporter was the only new movie last weekend for a 3-day weekend. Luckily I enjoyed Transporter enough to see it 3 times last weekend and once this weekend (something I never do!). Maybe I have a little bit of a crush :o) There were a few places where questions came up for me - why did they do that, how did that happen, etc., but who cares. I go to movies to be entertained and to be caught up in another world of some sort. This movie fit the bill. I was highly entertained all 4 times I saw it and, even though I don't buy movies... ever, this one I will buy.
I guess some people go to a movie to pick it apart and see what mistakes and problems they can find. I guess that's o.k. but seems like a big waste of time and money to me. I don't usually expect some earth-shattering experience from action movies, just entertainment, and I'm rarely disappointed.
- kymhaze
- 11 sep 2015
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Frank Martin (Ed Skrein) tries to live a safe life transporting mysterious packages for numerous questionable people. Things soon change when a woman named Anna (Loan Chabanol) and her three friends Gina, Maria. and Qiao (Gabriella Wright, Tatiana Pajkovic, and Wenxia Yu) take part in a bank heist and blackmail Frank by kidnapping his Father, Frank Senior (Ray Stevenson), to assure his compliance. All of this is part of their master plan to take down the human trafficker who victimized them in the past. Now with no choice, Frank must put his past skills to the test in order to be a part of the girls' dangerous plan and save his father.
I'm not sure if this film was even necessary after the three previous films (I've only seen the first one) with Jason Statham as Frank Martin. I thought it did a decent job back then with the action sequences either with the car chases and the fight scenes, etc and it wasn't too flashy while doing it. I thought this new film, where the people involved with the previous series are involved with this one, held up to the standard set by the previous series. Skrein was able to portray the strong, silent type of guy I remembered Frank Martin was. He was very likable and really looked like an action star. I also thought he had good chemistry with Ray Stevenson as his father. They played off of each other well and their many exchanges and one- liners were rather entertaining. This was my favorite part of the film but I just wish we could have had more of that. I will explain why a little later. The action scenes in this one were well done as the car- related scenes were well shot and captivating despite sometimes feeling like an Audi commercial and certain implausible things were happening on screen and the fight scenes were well choreographed and very creative at times which I appreciated. The only thing I didn't like about the film was the story. Without giving anything away, there are two things I didn't like about the story. The first being the girls' story. Supposedly they are victims of human trafficking but other than in one scene, we see no evidence of what was done to them. We only have their own words to go on for this. With no real idea of where they were coming from, I couldn't connect with what they were trying to do so I did not care so much about them. I thought the story focused a little too much on them which took away from the part about the relationship between Frank and his father which I enjoyed the most. The second thing is the villain. Other than the one scene I mentioned previously, we never really get a sense of how evil he really is. This also took away from the story so I did not care as much about him either. Despite all of that this a decent action film that will keep you entertained for all of its 90 minute running time.
Score: 7.5/10 keithlovesmovies.com
I'm not sure if this film was even necessary after the three previous films (I've only seen the first one) with Jason Statham as Frank Martin. I thought it did a decent job back then with the action sequences either with the car chases and the fight scenes, etc and it wasn't too flashy while doing it. I thought this new film, where the people involved with the previous series are involved with this one, held up to the standard set by the previous series. Skrein was able to portray the strong, silent type of guy I remembered Frank Martin was. He was very likable and really looked like an action star. I also thought he had good chemistry with Ray Stevenson as his father. They played off of each other well and their many exchanges and one- liners were rather entertaining. This was my favorite part of the film but I just wish we could have had more of that. I will explain why a little later. The action scenes in this one were well done as the car- related scenes were well shot and captivating despite sometimes feeling like an Audi commercial and certain implausible things were happening on screen and the fight scenes were well choreographed and very creative at times which I appreciated. The only thing I didn't like about the film was the story. Without giving anything away, there are two things I didn't like about the story. The first being the girls' story. Supposedly they are victims of human trafficking but other than in one scene, we see no evidence of what was done to them. We only have their own words to go on for this. With no real idea of where they were coming from, I couldn't connect with what they were trying to do so I did not care so much about them. I thought the story focused a little too much on them which took away from the part about the relationship between Frank and his father which I enjoyed the most. The second thing is the villain. Other than the one scene I mentioned previously, we never really get a sense of how evil he really is. This also took away from the story so I did not care as much about him either. Despite all of that this a decent action film that will keep you entertained for all of its 90 minute running time.
Score: 7.5/10 keithlovesmovies.com
- keithlovesmovies
- 22 sep 2015
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Seriously one of the, if not the actual worst films I've ever seen.
Scene for scene it is riddled with plot holes, a level of nonsensical randomness that beggars belief, appalling acting, continuity errors, physics 'oversights', etc.
Utter, utter (insert expletive here)
Wow, apparently the above wasn't enough to be a review on here, interesting... I'm not really sure how else I could recommend people avoid this title, so I'll list some final thoughts on how things could have have been better for me if I didn't go to the cinema:
Not wasting £30 on tickets & snacks. Not losing 2hrs of my life . Not boring me and my gf so much that when we got home we just went to sleep exhausted from the tedium.
What a waste of a date night..
Scene for scene it is riddled with plot holes, a level of nonsensical randomness that beggars belief, appalling acting, continuity errors, physics 'oversights', etc.
Utter, utter (insert expletive here)
Wow, apparently the above wasn't enough to be a review on here, interesting... I'm not really sure how else I could recommend people avoid this title, so I'll list some final thoughts on how things could have have been better for me if I didn't go to the cinema:
Not wasting £30 on tickets & snacks. Not losing 2hrs of my life . Not boring me and my gf so much that when we got home we just went to sleep exhausted from the tedium.
What a waste of a date night..
- bornenasty
- 28 dic 2015
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- krycek19
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