More like TRANS POTTER!!!!. Review on Transporter 2 Movie

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s the TRANSPORTER. You don’t need spider-man, you don’t need, you don’t need Brian ‘O Connor (that’s Paul Walker in ‘The Fast & The Furious’ movies) and guess what you don’t even need Neo (that’s Keanu Reeves in The Matrix), ‘cos you’ve got, what I would call, an all in one package – Frank Martin a.k.a THE TRANSPORTER. He can jump, he can dive, he can kill and he can drive and if that’s not enough, he can dodge bullets too!!!! If this guy had any more tricks up his sleeve, he would give HARRY POTTER, a run for his money. PHEW!!!! What a guy…….

Anyway, I’ll get right down to reviewing the movie. It starts of with Frank (Jason Statham) sitting in his car dressed like he’s off to a party (But, after seeing The Transporter, we guys know better). He’s looking at the watch, waiting and as he’s about to start his car a girl comes up to the window of his car and says,

“Can you help me with my car, the tire….”

Frank: Sorry I have an appointment and I don’t like being late

The Girl: (Pointing a gun at his head) Would you rather be late or dead?

Frank gets out and a few guys get into the car, but they can’t start it. Ah..ha, our hero’s car has an access code.

The guys; “Give us the code”

Obviously, our hero doesn’t give away the code so easily which obviously pisses off the car jackers. They get out of the car and charge towards him.

Frank: “Wait…… (Removing his jacket) This is just out of the laundry”

Fight ensues……..Frank Wins (Obviously dudes, Bollywood ho ya Hollywood, 1 gunda ho ya 100, aakhir mein jeet ta toh Hero hi hain na???)

Get the picture? This sets the tone for the whole movie. Its fast, its slick and in more than a few places the action is UNBELIEVABLE (literally!!!).

Frank has been driving a kid, Jack (of a RICH family) from home to school and back for a month and there has developed a special bond, not only between the two but also between Frank and Audrey Billings (Amber Valletta), the kid’s mom. Don’t ask me how? I don’t know. They don’t say. Audrey and Mr.Billings are not on good terms regarding the usual, “DON’T HAVE TIME FOR KIDS” fight which is very common in the rich families (ONLY in MOVIES). Somewhere along the movie, on one of the rides, the kid gets kidnapped along with Frank by a gun-wielding, stocking-clad, lady psychopath, Lola (Kate Nauta). Lola works for the ‘I’m the king of Kung-Fu’ guy, Gianni (Alessandro Gassman). She takes them to him and Gianni tells Frank that jack has been kidnapped for ransom and asks Frank to leave (of course, only after planting a bomb in his car). Frank does leave, but he knows there’s a bomb and he knows they will blow it any minute. (Now, all you weak hearted guys, don’t watch the scene where Frank successfully, rips the bomb from under his car after doing a 360 degree spin). But, they have taken the boy and the police and Mr. Billings believe that Frank has a hand in it. Only two people have faith in him, one his old cop friend from The Transporter, Tarconi (François Berléand) and Audrey. Will Frank be able to save the kid? Will he be able to redeem himself? If that is what you think, the whole movie is about you are wrong. The kid is found a few scenes later, in the back of a parked vehicle. Strange??? Yeah, Frank thinks so too. This is where the real plot unravels and the cat and mouse game between Frank and Gianni (yeah, Lola is always with him) begins. Of course the hero wins, like always.

If you want to have fun fast forward the movie to like fifteen minutes before the ending and watch the plane sequence. It’s the dumbest action scene ever. (Never before in the history of Hollywood has a plane acted so funny.)

Jason Statham is cool as always. He is good. Other performance to watch out for is by Kate Nauta. Yeah, she’s good with action. I hear her next movie is a romantic comedy, so let’s see what she does there. But, a good debut.

The plot is not that great. The action sequences (at least most of them) are too hard to digest. The performances by majority of the cast are a let down. The background score is not that great. BUT, I liked the movie. It’s fast paced, it’s not too lengthy and I’m a fan of Jason Statham (Watch him in ‘Snatch’, ‘Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels’ and ‘The Transporter’). He’s good and the only saving grace of the movie.

Two requests to Mr. Louis Leterrier (the Director) - Please take up PHYSICS lessons before making The Transporter 3 and for puhleeeeez, bring back Shu Qi (the lead actress in The Transporter - Can’t have enough of her).

And, one more thing, wills someone please tell these ACTION movie makers, that the audience always appreciates a good plot along with good action( which looks real). Please guys, if any of you have any connections in Hollywood, do this for your humble MOUTHSHUT friend.