Transporter 3
posted November 25, 2008 5:23 PM
A trip worth avoiding...
The Transporter series has (incredibly) managed to reach new lows with this, the third installment of the popular and dim-witted action franchise. Once again focusing on ex-Navy Seal turned freelance courier Frank Martin (Jason Statham), the film offers plenty of action to satisfy the need for explosions and broken bones. On the other hand there are also plenty of inconsistencies and huge leaps of logic that will make even the most open-minded moviegoer scratch their head. With only Quantum of Solace to compete with at the box office, Transporter 3 should do moderate business on its opening weekend but that may quickly disappear once dreadful word of mouth sets in.
Transporter 3 is co-written by French auteur Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) who also had a hand in the previous two entries. His lack of interest in producing a quality film is apparent within the first five minutes, as the incredibly cheap look of the film is consistent across its muddled assembly of scenes; resembling a chemical leak of some kind. (We never learn what this spill is supposed to mean except that it’s very dangerous and it’s headed for European territory.) Cut to our hero, Frank, fishing with his resourceful buddy, Tarconi (Francois Berleand), who is by far the worst asset of the Transporter films. Tarconi is not only a walking cop movie cliché but his French accent is so thick; eighty percent of his English dialogue is unintelligible.
After his latest assignment literally crashes through his living room, Frank, without even flinching, receives his orders: transport a top-secret package with a mouthy Russian nympho, riding shotgun. Since Frank abides by a strict code that prohibits him from asking questions, he takes the assignment sight unseen, only later realizing his mysterious cargo is somehow linked to the chemical spill from before. For an ex-Navy Seal and trained mercenary, Frank doesn’t appear to be very smart. Then again Transporter 3 is built for action not Oscars, so things like physics and common sense don’t apply here.
Speaking of action, fight choreographer Cory Yuen, (director of the first Transporter) is also back to stage the fight sequences in Transporter 3—and they’re not half bad. The clever use of props to upstage the bad guys has been one of the highlights of the series and there are a few uses of that joyful gimmick here too. On the flip side, the ridiculously CG’ed stunts of Transporter 2 are topped on a monumental scale, something I thought wasn’t possible. In the third act, Frank is connected to a bracelet that will kill him if he distances himself from his car further than 75 feet, but when the car goes into a river it causes obvious problems. So our superhuman hero jumps into the river toward the sinking car, pops the trunk underwater and grabs a life raft. He then inflates with the air of his tires, causing the car to float to the top. I don’t consider myself an elitist when it comes to dumb action movies but there’s a difference between checking your brain at the door and pretending you don’t have a brain at all.
Distributor: Lionsgate
Cast: Jason Statham, Robert Knepper, Natalya Rudakova and Francois Berleand
Director: Olivier Megaton
Screenwriters: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
Producers: Luc Besson and Steven Chasman
Genre: Action
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 105 minutes
Release date: November 26, 2008
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Anonymous said:
this movie is a must see
November 25, 2008 8:59 PM
laaredj said:
gooooood
November 26, 2008 1:24 PM
Olioliooo said:
This movies was way better than I expected it to be, Marco you may hate all the unrealistic **** but that is what makes Transporter what it is, SO GO SEE THE MOVIE HE is a HATER! GO TRANSPORTER!
November 26, 2008 5:10 PM
Olioliooo said:
This movies was way better than I expected it to be, Marco you may hate all the unrealistic **** but that is what makes Transporter what it is, SO GO SEE THE MOVIE HE is a HATER! GO TRANSPORTER!
November 26, 2008 5:10 PM
Ananymous said:
Man critics are way to tight on the movies, think about the other movies they compare this with of course they will say it is bad, then again its a personal choice in the end, and I LOVE IT, you can make more of this movie then what you see, and the movie will give you a couple of good quotes, ex "In my profession a man is only as good as the car he drives"
November 26, 2008 5:16 PM
GO GO TRANSPORTER drdrdrdrD said:
MAN THIS MOVIE IS GREAT LOVE EVERY THING WITH THIS MOVIE!!!! MARK MY WORD Marco Cerritos YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE THIS MOVIE WE LIKE IT ALL THAT LOVE THIS MOVIE WE ARE BLOOD COLDED MANS THAT LOVE EVERY THING THAT IS NOT REALISTIC SO DONT WRITE ABOUT A MOVIE YOU DONT LIKE BECAUSE WE ARE BLOOD COLDED BITCHES SO DONT HATE!! DONT BE A HATER!!! FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 26, 2008 5:18 PM
TedB said:
Definitely a good movie for my taste if you are going to complain on every unrealistic thing like Olioliooo said then it is not for you, if you enjoy a action movie with an ace as the lead, this is A MUST SEE!
November 26, 2008 5:18 PM
GGG said:
I got only one thing to say, GO GO GO TRANSPORTER!
November 26, 2008 5:20 PM
Frank M said:
This was GOOOOOOODDDDDD better then the other two, hope they get a fourth one the only bad was that he stuck with the girl in the end that sucked!
November 26, 2008 5:21 PM
Anonymous said:
If this movie dose not make much money in theaters it will KICK ASS on making money when you sit with your friends and want a good series of good action in its own style to be rented, then you and your friends will get all three and have one of the best times criticizing, evaluating, enjoying and whatever, IT WILL BE A BLAST!!
November 26, 2008 5:26 PM
T-Bag said:
man this is a must see movie see it!!!!!!! love this movie and jason statham love this move YOU MUST SEE ME!!
November 26, 2008 5:27 PM
Cartman said:
This movie KICK ASS!
November 26, 2008 5:30 PM
Anonymous said:
The movie was way better than I thought it would be, this discussion here is good because there is no LONG ASS comments on defending the movie or whatever it is simple action packed fun.
I need something delivered, I am listening, GO go Transporter.
and love the thing about Quotes; a man is definitely only as good as the car he drives haha!
November 26, 2008 5:40 PM
this is a see movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! said:
THIS IS A SEE MOVIE SEE THIS LOVE EVERY THING WITH THIS MOVIE
......NOT LIKE THE BITCHING LITLE
TWILIGHT.....
FUC K TWILIGHT IT WAS REALLY A ****ING BAD **** AND DONT SEE IT ITS AN HATER MOVIE THE FIRST SECOND YOU WALKED IN TO THE THEATER YOU REGRET IT WHEN YOUR INSIDE!!!
.............................DONT SEE IT!!! PROMISE YOU YOU WILL NOT PEE YOUR PANTS IF YOU SEE TWILIGHT
November 26, 2008 5:40 PM
love jason said:
jas deserves more money that that little boy in twilight omg go transporter!!!! like this is a see movie you will sleep during the movie go transporter i almost peed my pants this was a awesome movie to see go go go transporter 24/7 action you cant sleep!!! see it now go go go!!!!
November 26, 2008 5:42 PM
Anonymous said:
I just want to say that Marco complains on Frank not realizing why his shotgun riding NOT Russian but Ukrainian girl is the cargo, well first he dose not realize that she is linked to the "spilling" which he never ever gets introduced to completely, and I do believe that he dose always have an idea he simply verifies it when looking at the secret bags in the back.
November 26, 2008 5:46 PM
Goodsh said:
This was some good stuff love the unique style of movie this is!!
November 26, 2008 11:25 PM
natheer said:
waiting for it for sure
November 27, 2008 3:16 AM
hiloza-teck said:
tk's
November 27, 2008 2:17 PM
Shs said:
same here cant wait to see it sounds cool!
November 27, 2008 8:53 PM
Anonymous said:
tk's ??
November 27, 2008 9:01 PM
ontorino said:
IT4S A GOOD MOVIE
November 28, 2008 4:29 AM
pepars said:
its so very nice Series movies
i love you jason statham
November 28, 2008 1:10 PM
Anonymous said:
THIS MOVIE KICKED ASS, Jason cool as always lived up to my expectations!
November 29, 2008 2:34 PM
Malinda said:
This movie was amazing. Loved it all. 10/10
November 30, 2008 12:39 AM
عبدالسلام محمد said:
this movie is the best in the series of the transporter so go on gason god bless you
December 1, 2008 3:10 AM
Anonymous said:
This movie sucked.
December 1, 2008 3:07 PM
RAB said:
THIS MOVIES WAS OFF THE CHAIN, I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE.
December 2, 2008 4:17 PM
bigmoish said:
THis movie was great, worth every minute despite the unfair ridicule by this elitest writer... just bad timing with Solace out at the same time
December 3, 2008 7:47 AM
OMG said:
this movie was really good 4 me and my brother it was sooooo goood that i couldnt sleep!!!! omg hope they make 1 more XD
December 3, 2008 4:18 PM
LOLZ said:
this movie powns own ass and i enjoyed it much!! so yea good job with the movie!!
December 3, 2008 4:19 PM
Gonhet said:
This movie RULED!!!! Special in its own category and love Jason, and critics fu ck you I mean I can see if you dont like this kind of movies but fuc k you and fu ck that because dont come here and comment with that shi t cuz everybody here loved IT!!!!!
December 3, 2008 5:07 PM
Frank Martin 2 said:
Marco Cerritos what a sad little man you are. You would be mildy amusing if you werent the 1st post on here and be so totally against a superb film.
Saw Transporter 3 the day it came out, and it was awesome, thoroughly enjoyed it. Jason Statham was excellent, great plot, great action great everything.
Makes me wonder why Marco the Clown watched this film as it is the 3rd in a trilogy that have a thread running through them, A man who drives a car fast. Only sad thing is that Marco wasnt an extra in this film, because I would have paid double to see Jason answer his critic.
Transporter rocks bring on Transporter 4.
December 8, 2008 6:47 AM
Jason Stathams Godfather said:
The other day I was in a kebab shop when I heard a group of emenent film critics talking about Transporter 3.
One of them Marco Cerritosarsenhola said that he would have written it completely differently, he would have had a horse and cart full of manure being transported from one dreary village to another, there would be the occasional milkmaid/gurner and sheep would make the whole of the film.
All the other crtitcs nodded in agreement, I suspect they are as full of manure as the cart.
This film is the best of the 3 so far, but only just as there were all excellent, 10 out of 10 roll on Transporter 4,5,6,7
December 8, 2008 6:53 AM
don shevy said:
iz 2 murch 2 say
December 8, 2008 7:20 AM
Jason Stathams Guardian Angel said:
Marco you may mock what you do not understand, and that is why I shall not be giving a reply to your comments. People like you do not exist on my radar. Jason keep doing what you are doing people love it, and you get better everytime.
GO JASON xxxx
December 8, 2008 11:55 AM
abdo said:
فيلم ترانس بورتر فى قمة الروعه وعتقد انه حيحقق نحاحات كبيرة فى هليود
December 12, 2008 2:03 AM
goldensemsem76 said:
very very good
December 12, 2008 3:51 AM
kouirsane med rida said:
i like you
December 13, 2008 6:09 AM
heardman said:
you didn't say anything about the awful commentary with the girl. SHE was the worst 'asset' of this film by far. who the F*** cares about food that much?
December 17, 2008 3:13 PM
Tbessa12 said:
هذا الفيلم سيء للغاية و اظنه مجعول للاطفال و للتفه,الشيء الوحيد الجميل في الفيلم هو المريدس و اودي دون ان ننسا الاكرانية الجميلة (من اعجبه الفيلم فليعلم انه بعيد كل البعد على عالم السنما)
December 23, 2008 1:03 AM
lala head said:
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 24, 2008 1:11 PM
I said:
Best Movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Word!!!
December 24, 2008 1:15 PM
امیرمهدی فدائی تهرانی said:
It is very good.
December 26, 2008 7:45 AM
امیرمهدی فدائی تهرانی said:
Jason Stathams is a man.No!Jason Stathams is a big man.
December 26, 2008 7:48 AM
nizar mezher said:
THIS MOVIE IS A TRUE ASS KICKER !I MEAN I'VE SEEN IT YESTERDAY AND IT WASN'T AS I EXPECTED IT WAS MUCH BETTER + THE CHIC IS EXTREMELY FOXY!SO I RECOMMEND U 2 WATCH IT.
December 26, 2008 11:56 AM
slim shaddy said:
this movie not bad but the actress was worst and ugly
December 29, 2008 3:22 AM
trance power said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFSrwWJWyk
January 13, 2009 6:02 PM
woow said:
Marco you may mock what you do not understand, and that is why I shall not be giving a reply to your comments. People like you do not exist on my radar. Jason keep doing what you are doing people love it, and you get better everytime.
www.azooz.net
February 2, 2009 2:11 PM
woow said:
Marco you may mock what you do not understand, and that is why I shall not be giving a reply to your comments. People like you do not exist on my radar. Jason keep doing what you are doing people love it, and you get better everytime.
http://www.azooz.net
February 2, 2009 2:11 PM
mehboob said:
guys all transporter are awesome greatest action films i have ever seen in my life the yes the best thing about these films is hero jeson sthathem he is man just wow i have watched his all films and he is my most favorite now. i am curiously waiting for part 4
March 10, 2009 1:44 PM
barbay said:
If this movie dose not make much money in theaters it will KICK ASS on making money when you sit with your friends and want a good series of good action in its own style to be rented, then you and your friends will get all مركز تحميل الصور three and have one of the best times criticizing, evaluating, enjoying and whatever, IT WILL BE A BLAST!!
March 24, 2009 3:11 AM
Peter said:
The idea of any good film is to take oneself 'away' from your mundane everyday life, this film like all the Transporter films does just that. Yes the story is weak, but if you want a strong story then go watch something arty ... People who like to 'kick back' and enjoy some good old fashon beat'em'up fun will enjoy this. I do wish film critics would take this into account, we dont all like arty films, we dont all like 'cartoons' for grown-ups, some of us like films that help us to escape for a while in a make beleive world of good vs bad i.e. Transporter, Taken etc. so if you want some fun and tough stuff - then watch this and don't take life too seriously for a few houra .... like I do, because tomorrow it's back to work!!!!
September 6, 2009 2:29 PM
saaa said:
kick back' and enjoy some good old fashon beat'em'up fun will enjoy this. I do wish film critics would take this into account, we dont all like arty films, we dont all like 'cartoons' for grown-ups, some of us like films that help us to escape for a while in a make beleive world of good vs bad i.e. Transporter, Taken etc. so
November 4, 2009 7:10 AM