Intrigue

Transporter Frank Martin, surfaces in Miami, Florida and is implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.

Frank Martin is the best in the business. The ex-Special Forces operative hires himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise. Very simple, he delivers, no questions asked. Frank has relocated from the French Mediterranean to Miami, Florida, where as a favor to a friend, Frank is driving for the wealthy Billings family. There's very little that can surprise The Transporter, but young Jack Billings has done just that; Frank has unexpectedly bonded with Jack, age 6, who he drives to and from school. But when Jack is kidnapped, Frank must use his battle-tested combat skills to retrieve the boy and thwart the kidnappers' master plan to release a virus that will kill anyone with whom it comes in contact.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}

After the explosive French Riviera job in Le Transporteur (2002), hard-as-nails professional driver Frank Martin relocates to Miami, Florida, temping as a chauffeur for a wealthy family. However, as Frank creates a bond of trust with their young son, driving him to and from elementary school in his new night-black Audi A8L 6.0 W12 Quattro, the murderous henchmen of a Colombian cartel boss set their sights on abducting the boy. Now, once more, Frank must put his unique set of skills to good use and find a potent antidote to save the day. Can the extraordinary transporter avert the inevitable?—Nick Riganas

We find the faithful transporter again carting around goods he usually does not. This time the cargo is again human. After he is forced to turn over his human cargo to a mercenary hired by the Columbian drug cartels, he is fingered as the kidnapper and must work in stealthy quickness to reclaim the boy, catch the real kidnapper and save the entire drug fighting community. Add in far-fetched biological warfare (a la ('Mission Impossible 2')), several Jackie Chan-esque fight scenes and exciting vehicle chases (more than just cars).—FMJ_Joker

Former soldier turned hired criminal Frank Martin, now living in Miami, has been hired for his latest assignment. Frank has been hired as a bodyguard to Jack Billings, son of Jefferson Billings, a wealthy US official for the US government drug control organization who is attending a conference with the DEA. When Jack is kidnapped by a international crime boss known as Gianni and his associates including his murderous lover Lola and gets implicated in the kidnapping, Frank with help of trusted friend, French police detective Tarconi, sets out to rescue Jack and takes on Gianni and his henchmen, as Gianni infects Jack with a engineered virus which will infect those who come into contact with Jack, as Gianni plans to infect Jefferson and sabotage the conference.—Daniel Williamson

Frank Martin (Jason Statham) has relocated from southern France to Miami, Florida. He beats off a gang of 4 moderately armed carjackers in an empty car park, who try to steal his car, without breaking a sweat.

As a favor, he becomes a temporary chauffeur for the wealthy Billings family. The marriage of Jefferson (Matthew Modine) and Audrey Billings (Amber Valletta) is under great strain due to the demands of his high-profile government job. Jefferson was hosting drug enforcement ministers from 6 Latin American countries in Miami.

Frank bonds with their son, Jack (Hunter Clary), whom he drives to and from elementary school in his new Audi A8 W12. Frank teaches Jack his rules about cars. Respect a man's car to get respect from the man, greet the man after entering the car, always wear a seat belt, and never make a promise that you can't keep.

Audrey thanks Frank for shielding Jack from the fight she and Jefferson were having when he drove in. She then asks Frank to do her a favor and drive Jack to his doctor's appointment for a vaccination over the weekend. Unknown to both of them, their conversation was being monitored. A mafia leader Gianni, is told that Frank will be driving Jack to his doctor's appointment the next day at 9 am. Gianni then takes delivery of 2 cases, one with a virus and one with the antidote.

Later, a somewhat drunk Audrey shows up at Frank's home and tries to seduce him, but he tactfully sends her home. Frank prepares for the arrival of Inspector Tarconi (François Berléand), his detective friend from France, who has come to spend his holiday in Florida with Frank.

The next day, Gianni's team reaches the medical clinic before Jack. When Frank takes Jack for a medical checkup, he realizes barely in time that impostors have killed and replaced the doctor and receptionist (as he sees blood coming out from under the closet door). A lengthy fight erupts between villains, led by Lola (Kate Nauta), and the unarmed Frank. As Frank manages to defeat the villains, Lola gives instructions to her associates outside the clinic to install a bomb under Frank's car.

Frank is able to escape with Jack, but just as they arrive at Jack's house, he receives a phone call informing him he and Jack are in the sights of a sniper capable of penetrating the car's bulletproof glass with a 7.62 armor-piercing round. Frank is forced to let Lola into the car; they speed away with Jack, shaking off many pursuing police cars with Frank displaying his formidable skills behind the wheel of his Audi.

They arrive at a warehouse, where Frank meets Gianni (Alessandro Gassmann as Alessandro Gassman), the ringleader of the operation who demands a $5 million ransom from the Billings. Frank is ordered to leave without Jack. He discovers an explosive attached to his car and succeeds in removing it just moments prior to detonation. US Marshal Stappleton (Keith David) is in charge of the investigation. Frank calls Jefferson and tells him that the kidnappers are in 3 speedboats heading north on the Intercoastal. But nobody is willing to believe Frank, as he is suspected of being part of the kidnapping.

Jack is returned to his family after the payment of a ransom, but unknown to them and Frank, Jack has been injected with a deadly virus that will eventually kill anyone who the child breathes on.

Frank recovers a syringe left by the kidnappers at the doctor's office. Suspected by everyone except Audrey of being one of the kidnappers, Frank tracks down one of the fake doctors, Dimitri (Jason Flemyng), with Tarconi's assistance. Frank pretends to infect Dimitri with the same virus, then lets him escape. Dimitri panics and hurries to a lab to get the cure, killing Tipov for his dose, with Frank following behind. He follows Dimitri to a makeshift lab, where he fights off another henchman and discovers the kidnappers have manufactured a deadly and highly contagious virus. Jack has been infected, passing the virus to his parents.

Frank kills Dimitri, but when Frank refuses to bargain with him, the doctor in charge of the lab hurls the only two vials containing the antidote out of the window into traffic. Frank manages to retrieve only one vial intact. Frank sneaks back into the Billings home and tells an already ailing Audrey what is happening.

He uses the antidote on Jack. Meanwhile, a coughing Jefferson, the director of National Drug Control Policy, addresses the heads of many anti-drug organizations from around the world at a conference. Frank drives to the house of Gianni, who has decided to inject himself with the remaining supply of antidote as a precaution. After dispatching Gianni's many henchmen, Frank has the arch-villain at gunpoint. Gianni explains that a Colombian drug cartel is paying him to get rid of its enemies, and that Frank cannot risk killing him, for his death would render the antidote unusable. Then an armed Lola shows up, leading to a Mexican standoff.

Gianni leaves Lola to deal with Frank. Frank finally manages to kill her by kicking her into a wine rack with sharp metal points. Frank tracks Gianni, who is escaping in his helicopter to a waiting jet. Using a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster from Gianni's garage, Frank speeds to the airport and boards Gianni's jet by driving onto the runway and climbing onto the jet's nose gear. Frank gets into the interior of the plane and confronts Gianni, who pulls a gun on him. When they wrestle for it, a round kills the pilot and the plane crashes into the ocean. Frank incapacitates Gianni by paralyzing him (rendering him immobile while preserving the antidote in his system), then pushes his captive and himself out of the sinking plane. Boats converge to pick them up.

The Billings are given the antidote. When Frank visits them in the hospital, before entering their room, he sees them with Jack, who is joking with them. He silently walks back to his car, where Tarconi is waiting. He drops his friend at the airport. Alone, Frank receives a call from a man who needs a transporter.