Nobody-27
There are fun movies, guilty pleasure movies, even silly or ridiculous films... and they can all be enjoyed, to some extent. But this one is way below any of those standards. It feels like it was written during a drunk weekend, and with no re-writing. Someone had money to burn.
I won't go into details, because they are worthless. I wanted to see action and camera work, as well as chase sequences, and even those failed. Fighting was badly coordinated, chase scenes lack sense of space and orientation and therefore believability, story is barely there, twists and plot points absolutely ridiculous, timing is off throughout... In conclusion: this film sucks in every way imaginable.
austinkunkle
Nothing will ever change my opinion about Jason Statham and his movies. The Transporter is quite possibly the best Jason Statham movie ever. Especially when it's his first movie ever. I just can't help the fact that his first movie would be,in my opinion,the number one action movie ever. I'm just glad that I saw this movie,because it's just the best. Jason Statham in this movie is where he just does a simple delivery job with his own rules. And if any of his rules were to get broken,well,there will be consequences that would need to be payed.Then for his recent delivery,he delivers a girl that he didn't even know about,and that's not even what got Jason to start fighting.NO,what started him fighting is something more personal that would contain spoilers for those who haven't seen it. But for any Jason fighting movie is a movie I will immediately love right away. But this one will always be in my first place
inspectors71
There are a number of Transporter movies out there. I just saw the first one. I wanted to know what the big deal was. There is no big deal.No deal at all.This is, quite simply, the dumbest action movie I've seen (and I anticipate there will be something dumber out there that I'll make make the mistake of wasting my time on).I've had a few kind words about Jason Statham in the past. Not gonna happen here. The Transporter is perfect for the boy kiddies in the audience, ages 10 to (God help us) 30. Well, I'm done talking about this garbage. I have things to do that aren't as exciting as The Transporter, but they are for grown ups.
jmillerdp
Jason Statham is perfectly fine, and there is good stunt choreography by also-director Corey Yuen. But, Yuen, in the director's chair, doesn't know how to shoot those fight scenes, or the car chase scenes.The cinematography, such as it is, is shaky-cam. And, it is too close up. We know that Statham can fight, so by doing the close-up stuff, and doing too much cutting, it undercuts the stuntwork, and it makes you think that they had to cut because the actor couldn't do full, uncut fight scenes.The story has okay ideas, but even in 92 minutes, the movie is narratively uneven, so it basically starts and stops at irregular intervals.The Stanley Clarke film score seems divorced from the film, like it was something he wrote separately, and the editors just kind of cut and pasted it into the movie. A disappointing effort. The franchise is being restarted in 2015, so I am hoping for better then.***** (5 Out of 10 Stars)
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