The Transporter (2002)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Corey Yuen

Writers (WGA):

Luc Besson (written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen (written by)

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Rules are made to be broken

Plot:

This film is about a man (Statham) whose job is to deliver packages without asking any questions. Complications arise when he breaks those rules.

Plot Keywords:

France | Chase | One Man Army | Elevator | Product Placement

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 15	8:00 PM	FX
Wed. July 15	10:00 PM	FX

Cast

Jason Statham	...	Frank Martin
Qi Shu	...	Lai (as Shu Qi)
Matt Schulze	...	Wall Street
François Berléand	...	Inspector Tarconi
Ric Young	...	Mr. Kwai
Doug Rand	...	Leader
Didier Saint Melin	...	Boss
Tonio Descanvelle	...	Thug 1
Laurent Desponds	...	Thug 2
Matthieu Albertini	...	Thug 3
Vincent Nemeth	...	Pilot
Jean-Yves Bilien	...	Little Thug
Jean-Marie Paris	...	Giant Thug
Adrian Dearnell	...	Newscaster
Alfred Lot	...	Cop 1
Audrey Hamm	...	Secretary
Sebastien Migneau	...	Wheel Man
Laurent Jumeaucourt	...	Young Thug
Christian Gazio	...	Cop 2
Frédéric Vallet	...	Tractor Trailer Driver
Stefan Gudju	...	Thug 1 Wall Street
Sandrine Rigaux	...	Nurse
Cameron Watson	...	Official
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vincent Tulli	...	Thug (uncredited)

Directed by
Corey Yuen		(as Cory Yuen)

Writing credits (WGA)
Luc Besson		(written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen		(written by)

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	producer
Steve Chasman	....	producer
David Lai	....	associate producer
Alfred Lot	....	associate producer
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant producer

Original Music by
Stanley Clarke

Cinematography by
Pierre Morel

Film Editing by
Nicolas Trembasiewicz

Casting by
Nathalie Cheron

Production Design by
Hugues Tissandier

Costume Design by
Martine Rapin

Makeup Department
Elsa Beigbeder	....	makeup trainee
Anne Bergamaschi	....	head makeup artist
Josée De Luca	....	makeup artist
Céline Durand	....	hair stylist
Valerie Robin	....	makeup artist
Ghislaine Tortereau	....	head hairdresser
Bernard Tramier	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Gregory Barrau	....	assistant unit production manager
Eric Bassoff	....	post production supervisor
Jeremy Bau	....	assistant unit production manager
Maxime Bochner	....	unit production manager
Julien Bouley	....	assistant unit production manager
Olivier Chiavassa	....	production director
Gael Deledicq	....	assistant unit production manager
Arnaud Duterque	....	assistant unit production manager
Jerome Goy	....	assistant unit production manager
Bruno Guilhem	....	unit manager: playing car unit
Alexandrine Kol	....	unit production manager
Laurent Lasnon	....	unit production manager
Franck Lebreton	....	unit manager: playing car unit
David Le Gall	....	assistant production manager
Alfred Lot	....	production manager
Sandrine Mannoni	....	assistant unit production manager
Olivier Martin	....	assistant unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Julien Bectarte	....	trainee assistant director
Aurélia Bono	....	trainee assistant director
Christophe Cheysson	....	first assistant director
Stéphane Gluck	....	first assistant director: underwater unit
Jean-Emmanuel Graine	....	trainee assistant director
David Hurst	....	trainee assistant director
Louis Leterrier	....	artistic director
Stephane Moreno-Carpio	....	first assistant director
Nicolas Pillard	....	second assistant director
Mathieu Pradet	....	trainee assistant director
Pierre Saint Blanquat	....	trainee assistant director
Elisa Sánchez	....	second assistant director
Esther Sellem	....	trainee assistant director
Hans Titze	....	trainee assistant director
Corey Yuen	....	assistant director

Art Department
Pierre Bandini	....	property storeman
Jean-Pierre Battaia	....	construction manager
Evelyne Baussant	....	property buyer
Fabrice Bouchelet	....	property buyer
Lionel Callari	....	property master
Jean Castelnau	....	first assistant production designer
Jean-Jacques Chapelle	....	chargehand carpenter
Jean Chesneau	....	cars stagehand
Thierry Crépin	....	stagehand
Gerard Drolon	....	first assistant production designer
Patrice Golardelle	....	stagehand (as Patrice Colardelle)
Elie Guarguir	....	painter supervisor
Gilles Guerber-Zaza	....	sculptor (as Gilles Guerber)
Eric Guinot	....	property master: playing car unit
Jean Habay	....	stagehand
Virginie Hernvann	....	second assistant production designer
Gabriel Jamet	....	weathering painter
Alexis Jorand	....	painter
Jacques Kazandian	....	upholsterer supervisor (as Jacques Kazandjian)
Bruno Lefebvre	....	property master
Louis Leterrier	....	artistic director
Françoise Malaplate	....	weathering painter
Daniel Maltret	....	second assistant production designer
Guy Monbillard	....	property storeman
Jean-Pierre Nossereau	....	property buyer
Alain Paroutaud	....	first assistant production designer
Alain Pitrel	....	set dresser
Cedric Poisson	....	cars stagehand
Brigitte Renard	....	sculptor (as Brigitte James-Renard)
Bruno Sailord	....	property storeman (as Bruno Salord)
Jean-Louis Weber	....	painter

Sound Department
Capucine Courau	....	sound editor trainee
Anne Delacour	....	dialogue editor
Eric Ferret	....	foley mixer
Eric Ferret	....	foley recordist
Thomas Gastinel	....	boom operator
Judith Guittier	....	foley artist assistant
Alexandre Hernandez	....	assistant sound editor
François-Joseph Hors	....	re-recording mixer engineer
François-Joseph Hors	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dominique Lacour	....	sound recordist
Anne Le Campion	....	foley mixer
Anne Le Campion	....	foley recordist
Didier Lesage	....	adr mixer
Maud Lombart	....	assistant sound editor
Didier Lozahic	....	re-recording mixer engineer
Didier Lozahic	....	sound re-recording mixer
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Florent Ravalec	....	daily sound engineer
Marianne Roussy	....	daily sound engineer
Vincent Tulli	....	sound designer
Vincent Tulli	....	sound editor
Stéphane Vizet	....	daily sound engineer
Ken Yasumoto	....	sound designer
Ken Yasumoto	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects technician
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects technician (as Gregoire Delage)
Claude Demetrau	....	special effects technician
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Pascal Fauvelle	....	special effects technician
Max Garnier	....	special effects technician
Dominique Granger	....	special effects unit manager
Sara Helminger	....	special effects technician
Jean-Claude Houbart	....	special effects technician
Julien Huber	....	special effects technician
Jean Miel	....	special effects technician
Jérome Miel	....	special effects technician
François Philippi	....	special effects technician
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Virginie Allal	....	production assistant: Eclair Numerique
Thierry Barnay	....	data transfer: Eclair Numerique
Odile Beraud	....	scanning & film recording coordination
Billy	....	2k operator
Pierre Blain	....	Inferno artist
Laurent Borenstein	....	CGI artist: Mikros Images
Ronald Boullet	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Arnaud Chelet	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Alain Chene	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Arno Clerc	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Rosana D'Andrea	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Olivier Debert	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Jacques Delzescaux	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Yann Doray	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Roxane Fechner	....	coordinator: Eclair Numerique
Thierry Flament	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Thibaut Granier	....	digital compositor
Thibo Granier	....	2D effects: Mikros Images
Christophe Keichinger	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Arassou Kichenassamy	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Marc Latil	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Joyce Menger	....	production: Eclair Numerique
David Montoya	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Frederic Moreau	....	production: Eclair Numerique (as Fred Moreau)
Francois-Xavier Nallet	....	CGI artist: Mikros Images
Mourad Rennou	....	scanning & film recording assistant
Nicolas Rey	....	CGI artist: Mikros Images
Stephane Sanchez	....	CGI artist: Mikros Images
Philippe Soeiro	....	main titles designer
Philippe Soeiro	....	supervision: Eclair Numerique
Gérard Soirant	....	scanning & film recording supervisor
Melodie Stevens	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Morgan Varona	....	digital artist: Eclair Numerique
Fabrice Visserot	....	CGI artist: Eclair Numerique

Stunts
Don Abbatiello	....	stunt driver
Jean-Charles Andrieux	....	stunts
Francis Auguy	....	assistant car stunt coordinator
Gilles Bannier	....	stunt security coordinator
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Joseph Beddelem	....	stunts
Christian Bernier	....	stunts
Vincent Bersoulle	....	stunts
Sybille Blouin	....	stunts
Carlos Bonelli	....	stunts
Michel Bouis	....	stunts
Alain Brochery	....	stunts
William Cagnard	....	stunts
Alexis Charrier	....	stunt security assistant
Ken Chung	....	stunts
Gilles Ciamin	....	stunts
Frederic Ciccione	....	parachutist stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Carle David	....	stunts (as David Carle)
William David	....	car stunts
Bruno De Lucas	....	stunts
Yannick Derrien	....	stunts
Jean-Jacques Desplanque	....	stunts
Christelle Droy	....	stunts
Stephane Dutto	....	stunts
David Forax	....	stunts
Sylvain Gabet	....	stunts
Frederic Garcia	....	stunts
Alain Gaudiard	....	stunts
Pascaline Girardot	....	stunts
Albert Goldberg	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator (as Philippe Guegan)
Alain Guerillot	....	stunts
Jian Yong Guo	....	chinese stunt coordinator
Cyrille Hertel	....	stunts
Frederic Hezard	....	stunts
Marc Nghi Hoang	....	stunts
Mouloud Ikhaddelene	....	stunts
Maud Imbert	....	stunts
Michel Julienne	....	car stunt coordinator
Sid Karne	....	stunts
Marcel Labbaye	....	stunts
Emmanuel Lanzi	....	stunts
Pascal Lavanchy	....	car stunts
Janaina Lemoine	....	stunts
Sang Lin	....	stunts
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunts
Pascal López	....	stunts
Christophe Marsaud	....	car stunts
Nadege Marti	....	stunt security trainee
Patrick Médioni	....	stunts
Sandra Mo	....	stunts
Hajime Nariyoshi	....	stunts
Minh Minh Ngo	....	stunts
François Nguyen	....	stunts (as Francois N'guyen)
Valerie N'Guyen	....	stunts
Louis-Marie Nyee	....	stunts
Sébastien Peres	....	stunts
Cyril Raffaelli	....	stunts
Frederick Renard	....	stunts (as Frederic Renard)
Alain Renault	....	car stunts
Jean Francois Ronzevalle	....	parachutist stunts
Loïc Saintilan	....	car stunts (as Loic Saintillan)
Olivier Schneider	....	stunts
Geraldine Tan-Gacon	....	stunts
Dominique Tiercelin	....	car stunts
Michaël Troude	....	stunts
Christophe Vaison	....	car stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunts
Alain Valvine	....	car stunts
Daniel Vennekens	....	parachutist stunts
Patricia Vosges	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Thierry Alais	....	grip
Christian Altiparmakian	....	head gaffer electrician
François Amadei	....	daily electrician
Damien Auriol	....	grip trainee
Eric Baraillon	....	head gaffer electrician
Jean-Pierre Baronsky	....	gaffer best boy (as Jean-Pierre Baronski)
Rene Basso	....	daily grip
Luc Besson	....	camera operator: underwater unit
Eric Bleriot	....	daily electrician
Jean-Marc Bour	....	director of photography: underwater unit
Gerard Buffard	....	daily grip
Marc Castagna	....	daily grip
Serge-Antoine Croisy	....	daily electrician
Adrien Debackere	....	second assistant camera
Jean Marc Degardin	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Pascal Delaunay	....	grip
Dominique Delguste	....	director of photography: additional photography
Dominique Delguste	....	first assistant camera
Jean-Marc Dellien	....	daily electrician
Johan Dettwiller	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Florent Duroc	....	daily electrician
Jack English	....	still photographer
Jerome Epaillard	....	electrician
Tristan Favre	....	focus puller: second unit
Gilles Floquet	....	daily grip
Jan Gagnaire	....	daily grip
Vincent Gallot	....	focus puller
Pierre Garnier	....	key grip
Bruno Gibier	....	generator operator
Maxime Héraud	....	focus puller: second unit
Jean Hertel	....	daily electrician
Océane Lavergne	....	second assistant camera
Philip Lozano	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Laurent Martin	....	daily grip
Jean-Pierre Mas	....	key grip
Frank Mazauric	....	focus puller: second unit (as Francois Mazauric)
Khalid Meziane	....	electrician
Daniel Monnier	....	daily electrician
Thierry Montendre	....	daily electrician
Steve Moreau	....	second assistant camera
Marc Nove	....	daily electrician
Christian Pétron	....	director of photography: underwater unit
Jean Marc Pietri	....	daily grip
Bruno Privat	....	director of photography: second unit
Henri Renaudier	....	daily electrician
Michel Revest	....	focus puller: underwater unit
Yann Sevrin	....	daily grip
Benjamin Speyer	....	crane technician
Pierre Stetin	....	focus puller: second unit
James Swanson	....	camera operator: aerial unit (as Jim Swanson)
Pascal Szymaneck	....	focus puller: underwater unit
Laurent Tangy	....	focus puller: second unit
Laurent Tibessart	....	daily electrician
Patrice Turin	....	daily grip
Philippe Vigier	....	daily electrician

Casting Department
Olivier Carbone	....	casting: bit parts and extras
David Collado	....	casting trainee: bits parts and extras
Samia Fadli	....	bits & extras casting assistant
Juliana Reis	....	casting assistant
Marie Jo Soriano	....	casting trainee: bit parts extras

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Guillaume Berroyer	....	wardrobe
Nadia Cherouk	....	wardrobe mistress
Elodie Derrien	....	wardrobe mistress
Olivier Ligen	....	wardrobe
Karen Muller Serreau	....	wardrobe (as Karen Serreau)
Laurence Nicolas	....	wardrobe mistress
Camille Pinet	....	wardrobe
Susan Salzano	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Susana Antunes	....	post-production assistant
Catherine Athon	....	post-production coordinator
Beatrice Fraschini	....	post-production coordinator
Julius Friede	....	color grader
Christine Lucas Navarro	....	daily editor assistant
Claire Raingeval	....	assistant to editor
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Clara Vincienne	....	post-production trainee

Music Department
François Castello	....	conductor
François Castello	....	orchestrator
Stanley Clarke	....	conductor
Stanley Clarke	....	orchestrator
Ron Finn	....	music editor
Ira Hearshen	....	orchestrator
Jérôme Lateur	....	music supervisor
Didier Lozahic	....	score recordist
Mehdi Sayah	....	assistant music supervisor
Olivier Schultheiss	....	conductor
Géraldine Sérafini	....	music legal coordinator
Vincent Tulli	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Candice Abela	....	driver: Jason Statham
Alexandre Blanvillain	....	driver: pick up
Laurent Bonaventure	....	driver: pick up
Didier Brule	....	driver: tracking car
Jean-Marc Challet	....	driver: pick up
Remy Decrouy	....	driver: pick up
Hugues Delorme	....	driver: pick up
Jean De Pena	....	driver: pick up
Swann Eucharis	....	driver: pick up
Laurent Faggion	....	dailies driver
Pierre Fauverge	....	driver: Shu Qi
Eric Govignon	....	driver: Corey Yuen
Arnaus Guigny	....	driver: pick up
Mitch Harbeson	....	driver
Guillaume Leon	....	dailies driver
Michel Neugarten	....	driver: playing car unit
Sebastien Ordonez	....	driver: pick up
Jean Ragnotti	....	driver: playing car unit
Pascale Raskin	....	dailies driver
Jean Christophe Rickenbach	....	dailies driver

Other crew
Stephane Alizier	....	daily unit runner
Jean-Claude Ambah	....	caterer
Dominique Baran	....	production accountant
Jean-Claude Beineix	....	insurance
Philippe Bernabe	....	daily unit runner
Darren Bettencourt	....	personal assistant: Steven Chasman, USA
Christian Bonnichon	....	head technician: playing car unit
Gerald Borguignon	....	daily unit runner
Christophe Bourlier	....	daily unit runner
Joelle Buisson-Kondo	....	head production accountant
Aïssa Bussetta	....	runner: traffic unit (as Fabien-Aissa Busetta)
François Califano	....	runner: traffic unit
Marianne Capian	....	location scout (as Marianne Capian-Casino)
Frédéric Cauvy	....	weapons advisor
Bruce Hwang Chen	....	assistant: producer
Florent Chevillard	....	runner: traffic unit
Shumai Chou	....	personal aid: Shu Qi
Audrey Ciais	....	script trainee
Fabrice Cocu	....	caterer
Olivier Coimbra	....	location scout
Nathalie Cordey	....	administrator
Camille Courau	....	personal assistant: Luc Besson
Nicolas Criqui	....	specter conformation
Aurelia Cypres	....	daily unit runner
Vincent Darre	....	daily unit runner
Sebastien Lemenez De Kerdelleau	....	unit runner
Aleksander Dembinski	....	personal assistant: Steven Chasman, France
Serge Desfilles	....	daily unit runner
Gaetan Dinon	....	daily unit runner
Romuald Drault	....	head production accountant
Maxence Duhamel	....	creator: computer program
Veronique Duval	....	copyist
Stephane Dyvrande	....	caterer
Francois Fanelli	....	daily unit runner
Jose Ferrera	....	location scout
Murielle Ferry	....	runner: traffic unit
Cecile Fevrier	....	runner: traffic unit
Ghislain Gabriel	....	runner: traffic unit
Michel Garçon	....	daily generator operator
Marie Gennesseaux	....	assistant script supervisor (as Marie Genesseaux)
Arnaud Gervet	....	video trainee
Claudy Gibier	....	daily generator operator
Frederic Pallares Gil	....	daily unit runner
Patrick Giunta	....	runner: traffic unit
Laurence Gormezano	....	acting coach: François Berleand
Karine Gozzi	....	daily script
Benjamin Granier	....	unit runner
Alain Guarda	....	film grading
Julien Guigny	....	runner: traffic unit
Thibault Henri-Biabaud	....	runner: traffic unit
Francois Hulard	....	head technician assistant: playing car unit
Claire Iochum	....	daily unit runner
Sandrine Lacaze	....	accountant trainee
Laure Ladron de Guevara	....	production coordinator
Sandrine Lamoureux	....	personal assistant: Luc Besson
Rodolphe Lanaro	....	location manager
Francois La Rocca	....	location scout
Teddy Laroutis	....	daily unit runner
Lucie Launay	....	production secretary
Marie Leconte	....	script supervisor
Pascal Le Discot	....	caterer
Emmanuel Le Duc	....	daily unit runner
Julie Leibowitch	....	trainee operator
Christophe Lelievre	....	specters assistant
Emmanuelle Collomb Le Ruen	....	unit runner
Christophe Le Scouiller	....	caterer
Yann Letouche	....	daily unit runner (as Yann Le Touche)
Xavier Machain	....	caterer
Gabriel Malaprade	....	video trainee
Daniel Marcoux	....	copyist
Alain Maurel	....	head technician assistant: playing car unit
David Meanti	....	making-of
Kamel Mecheri	....	daily unit runner
Caroline Mendez	....	unit runner
Ronan Michel	....	unit runner
Christophe Moindreau	....	head technician assistant: playing car unit
Martine Niquet	....	production accountant
Frédéric North	....	helicopter pilot (as Fred North)
India Osborne	....	assistant: Luc Besson
Stéphane Pacheff	....	daily unit runner
Christian Pasquale	....	daily generator operator
Peggy Pere	....	aerial coordinator
Eric Pierard	....	runner: traffic unit
Isabelle Quadrato	....	accountant trainee
Philippe Reinaudo	....	technical director
Cedric Renaux	....	runner: traffic unit
Matthieu Rubin	....	assistant location manager
Catherine Saccomandi	....	caterer
Mehdi Seknaji	....	runner: traffic unit
Lionel Sigwald	....	location scout
Philippe Soeiro	....	title designer: main titles
Nathalie Solia	....	unit runner
Katia Sourzac	....	production secretary
Delphine Tejado	....	production secretary
Marc Thibault	....	caterer
Véronique Toutain	....	administrator
Quoc Tran Trong	....	specters assistant
Jean-François Tymen	....	caterer
Pascal Villanueva	....	daily generator operator
Cameron Watson	....	dialogue coach
Corey Yuen	....	action choreographer
Corey Yuen	....	action director
Morgan Zappula	....	daily unit runner
Véronique Zimmer	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Europa Corp.
• TF1 Films Production
• Current Entertainment (in association with)
• Canal+ (in association with)

Distributors

• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2002-2003) (worldwide) (all media)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Italia (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Europa Diffusion (200?) (France) (DVD)
• EuropaCorp. Japan (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2002) (Russia) (theatrical)
• RTL Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• TOBIS Film (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (200?) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Mikros Image (digital special effects)
• Éclair Numérique (digital special effects)

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems  aerial photography
• Audio Factory  sound editing
• Car Grip Films  material truck
• DCA Audiovisual  sound transfer (as DCA)
• Digital Factory  additional original score recorded and mixed at
• Digital Factory  sound editing and mixing
• Elektra Records  soundtrack published by
• Guegan Stunt and Equipment  stunt rigging
• Key Grip System  grip
• Technovision France  camera equipment provided by
• Transpalux  electrical material (as Transpalux-Maluna)
• Tri-Track Sync  adr (as Tri-Track)

Also Known As:

Le transporteur (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violent sequences and some sensuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

France | USA

Language:

English | French | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES | Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:18SG | Finland:K-15 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | India:A (cinema release) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Canada:14A | Czech Republic:12 | France:U | Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Indonesia:Dewasa

Filming Locations:

Avenue de Saissy, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivia:

Frank's car is a BMW 750i E38 (pre-facelift). The car in the movie is the only one ever produced with a manual six-speed gearbox. This information is obtained from the full-length audio commentary available on the DVD. People have made conversions using the manual gearbox from the BMW 850CSi E31 but that car is genuinely rare.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end, Lai's father and his driver suddenly reappear, although they didn't have a way to get there that quickly. The driver had lost his consciousness yet he reappeared a few moments later.

Quotes:

Frank: You don't need your mouth to pee.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Soundtrack:

Life of a Stranger

colorful action picture

`The Transporter' is pretty good for what it is - a sleek, slick, high-octane action thriller that couldn't possibly expect us to believe anything we are seeing on screen and, quite frankly, doesn't care that we don't. That attitude is probably all for the best in this case, since it allows the filmmakers to devise elaborate action and stunt sequences without having to pay the slightest heed to that fantasy killjoy known as `credibility.'

Jason Statham literally drips attitude as The Transporter, a stolid, nattily dressed former military man who spends his time delivering packages (no questions asked) all over the French Mediterranean for what turn out to be some pretty shady criminal clients. One day he discovers that the `package' he is to deliver happens to be a human being - a pretty young Chinese girl named Lai Kwan who has been dropped, bound and gagged, into the trunk of the sporty car on which he lavishes most, if not all, of the love and caring he has to offer. Yet, Frank turns out, despite his initial air of callous and self-serving indifference, to be a criminal-type with a heart of gold, and he is soon helping Ms. Kwan foil an attempt by her nefarious father to sell a crate load of Chinese immigrants into slavery. However, the plot is the least of the matter when it comes to a movie like `The Transporter.' This film is far more concerned with attitude and style than it is with its storyline, which exists merely as a vehicle on which to hang all the explosions, car chases and kickboxing fight scenes that have become the stock-in-trade for modern action pictures. The movie is well directed, well edited and quite beautifully photographed by cinematographer Pierre Morel, who gives the film's French Riviera setting a bright, sparkling sheen. In fact, Morel's camerawork here is some of the best I have seen in a film in a very long time.

In addition to Statham, who makes for a very `cool' action film hero, Francois Berleand turns in a wonderful performance as a shrewd, wisecracking police inspector who knows that Frank is up to something but who has enough faith in his own instincts to at least give the man the benefit of the doubt. Qi Shu is cute and charming as the uninvited and unwelcome `complication' that steps into Frank's smooth-running, well-ordered life.

`The Transporter' is the cinematic equivalent of junk fast food - not high in nutritional value, but quickly consumed and satisfying when you don't have the time or inclination for something more demanding. Like its cool-under-pressure protagonist, the film delivers the goods.