The Transporter Trilogy (2002-08)

The Transporter (2002)

Dir. Corey Yuen and Louis Leterrier

Frank (Statham) transports packages from A to B with no questions asked. He's punctual, precise, always cool under pressure and a believer in playing by the rules - his rules, until one day the shit hits the fan and there are more than just questions flying his way.

It’s a typical Luc Besson penned comedy/action flick with a simple but fun plot, tongue in cheek action, bad European music, and a car chase or three. But strangely, for a movie about a car driving anti-hero, the car chases are some of the worst parts of it.

The most amazing thing is that it makes any sense, because the people involved didn't speak the same language off-set. It had a French production, a Taiwanese actress, an English actor and a Hong Kong co-director (Corey Yuen, the man behind both The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk films; also behind the camera but uncredited on the R2 box was Louis Leterrier).

I can't end without mentioning François Berléand, who plays Inspector Tarconi. To be honest, his French accent meant I didn't catch everything he said in English, but he was great, nevertheless.