With a better script and a stronger cast of minor characters The Transporter Refueled could have been the explosive revitalisation Besson set out to create for the franchise. There’s not much to stand out here and it’s a shame.
On the whole, it’s a pretty dull experience. The villains are bland, the story is predictable and the creators seemed to have ignored the show-don’t-tell rule completely with every piece of information or symbolism painstakingly explained. The last film in the Transporter franchise opened to 12.1 million in November 2008, while the second installment took in 20.1 million over Labor Day weekend in 2005. The script is dull and clunky, and, while a lot of the poor acting can be blamed on that, there are a few weak links in the cast. They might not attain the comedic heights of Sean Connery and Harrison Ford in The Last Crusade but their banter is a high point.Įlsewhere, things fare less well. In this installment, he meets Anna and they attempt to take down a group of ruthless Russian human traffickers who also have kidnapped Frank’s father.
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Ray Stevenson is charming as ever as Frank Sr and the two have a believable, natural chemistry. The fast-paced action movie is again set in the criminal underworld in France, where Frank Martin is known as The Transporter, because he is the best driver and mercenary money can buy. He’s likeable and brings a little bit more emotion to the role than Statham did. Skrein has big shoes to fill, taking over for Jason Statham in the lead role, but for a relatively unknown actor he pulls it off well. What follows is a fairly standard action flick with adrenaline-fuelled chases, increasingly outlandish stunts and well choreographed fight scenes. Anna hires the Transporter and abducts his father, the newly retired Frank Sr. Enter the titular character, Frank Martin (Ed Skrein), a driver/courier who’s don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy makes him popular in the Riviera’s criminal underworld.
Fast forward 15 years and Anna, along with three more of Yuri’s victims, has cooked up an elaborate scheme to get out of prostitution for good. The Transporter Refueled kicks off with an origin story for Anna (Loan Chabanol), the victim of human trafficker and primary villain Yuri. On a larger scale, maybe he’ll wind up being everything the original Frank Martin was and more.2015 seems to be the year for revivals, with Terminator Genisys kicking off blockbuster season and Fantastic Four sitting comfortably in the middle: Luc Besson’s Transporter franchise is the latest to the get the reboot treatment. And, to give him the benefit of the doubt, maybe the nuance and complexity of his performance just can’t be appreciated in a minute and a half clip. Skrein certainly has hugely impressive muscles, while he is also ruggedly handsome too. Ed Skrein was then cast as his replacement, and even though I have my doubts there are some positives to be taken from his casting. Jason Staham confirmed that he is now focusing on The Mechanic franchise instead of Transporter last year. Ed Skrein has been cast as the actor to replace Jason Statham in the franchise, and even though the opening segment of the clip – courtesy of Apple (opens in new tab) - proves that he can kick, punch and look at a watch in a choreographed fashion, it’s going to be a sincere challenge standing in the shadow of his predecessor. We’ll see how the final result turns out, but for now I must admit this has poor man’s Transporter written all over it.
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