The movies in The Transporter series are really just slick updates of the type of action B-movies that played in grindhouses during the '60s and '70s, and went straight to video in the '80s and '90. If only there were more scenes like this one, we might have had something.
The scene also inoculates the movie against ridicule it’s clearly showing us that no matter what we may charge it with, it got there first. This is before he detonates the old vehicle, just in case the police had any doubts about his capabilities as a lawbreaker (he thoughtfully tosses the old keyfob into a trash can as he drives by, where it also detonates). Rather overly vain of him, I think with the damage he’s caused already, you figure there’s an APB out for any dark-colored Audi S8 on the road. He drives his black, top-of-the-line Audi S8 into a mostly-empty garage and pulls into a parking spot right next to his other car: a dark-gray top-of-the-line Audi S8. He decides it’s time for a change of vehicle - reasonable enough, since his current one is slightly dinged from destroying most of the property in the city during said escape. Relatively early on in The Transporter Refueled, the titular character (Ed Skrein) has escaped from the city police, with his clientele, in a top-of-the-line Audi S8. 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.Movie Review: Transporter Refueled By Ben Gruchow September 10, 2015 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 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. Ray Stevenson is charming as ever as Frank Sr and the two have a believable, natural chemistry. 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. 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.