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The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen. Luc Besson was inspired by BMW Films' "The Hire" series to create this movie. It was released in France on October 2, 2002 and in the United States on October 11, 2002. The Transporter stars Jason Statham as Frank Martin and Shu Qi as Lai Kwai. This is the first film in the series; it is followed by Transporter 2 and Transporter 3.
[edit] PlotFrank Martin is hired to deliver a package to an American gangster known only as "Wall Street" in his BMW 735i. Breaking one of his rules, Frank opens the package, it is revealed to be a young woman tied up and gagged, by the name of Lai. Initially, Frank simply delivers the package, but when "Wall Street" attempts to kill Frank, Frank returns to the delivery site. Frank injures many of "Wall Street"'s henchmen and takes Lai back to his house, where she explains that there is a large container full of Chinese people. Frank succeeds in an attempt to retrieve a truck full of immigrants. Frank is aided by a French Police inspector Tarconi. Initially, Tarconi is assigned to investigate the path of destruction that Frank is leaving, but he ends up aiding in the recovery of the containers full of human slaves. Incidentally, although two slave containers are identified, Frank only recovers one at the end of the film. In the DVD commentary, this is remarked upon and it is mentioned that the other container truck was stopped further up the road. [edit] Cast
[edit] Releases[edit] Theatrical releaseThe Transporter premiered in 2,573 theaters, grossing $9,107,816 in the United States[citation needed] and a total of $43,928,932 worldwide.[citation needed] [edit] Cut and uncut releasesIn the United States and some other countries, certain sequences of violence were either cut or toned down. The first sequence was the fight on the bus, in which scenes of Jason Statham using a knife were cut. In the second sequence: the final fight on the highway, that sees Frank Martin fighting Wall Street, after he throws Wall Street out of the truck, he is shown being crushed under the wheels of the truck in the original French version. In the PG-13 version, however, he is simply thrown out of the truck and onto the highway. The uncut fight on the bus can be seen in the "Extended Fight Sequences" on the North American DVD, with no sound, however. [edit] Home mediaThe DVD version was released on October 23, 2003. This version included fifteen minutes of extended fight scene footage, and a feature-length commentary. On August 23, 2005, the movie was released again in a "Special Delivery Edition". This version included all the features of the original release plus a new behind-the-scenes documentary, a making-of featurette, and a storyboard to film comparison. The movie was also released as a part of "The Transporter Collection", which featured the first two films in the series. On November 14, 2006 the film was released on the Blu-ray format. [edit] ReceptionThe Transporter was released to a mixed to average critical reception. Rotten Tomatoes has the film at an average rating of 53%[2] and Metacritic has it listed at 51%.[3] The consensus is that "The Transporter delivers the action at the expense of coherent storytelling."[2] Manohla Dargis, of the Los Angeles Times, complimented the action saying, "[Statham] certainly seems equipped to develop into a mid-weight alternative to Vin Diesel. That's particularly true if he keeps working with director Corey Yuen, a Hong Kong action veteran whose talent for hand-to-hand mayhem is truly something to see."[4] However, Roger Ebert took the opposite stance stating, "Too much action brings the movie to a dead standstill."[5] Eric Harrison, of the Houston Chronicle, says, "It's junk with a capital J. The sooner you realize that, the more quickly you can settle down to enjoying it."[6] [edit] See also[edit] References
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