Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he's implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.
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Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Director:
Tony Scott
Stars:
Denzel Washington,
John Travolta,
Luis Guzmán
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Director:
Renny Harlin
Stars:
Bruce Willis,
Bonnie Bedelia,
William Atherton
An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.
Director:
Clark Johnson
Stars:
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Michelle Rodriguez
John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon Gruber in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.
Director:
John McTiernan
Stars:
Bruce Willis,
Jeremy Irons,
Samuel L. Jackson
Former cop, Brian O'Conner is finally arrested after letting his leader escape the law. To avoid the consequences, he must now work with an old college friend and help the police arrest a local drug exporter.
Frank Martin is the best in the business. The ex-Special Forces operative hires himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise. Very simple, he delivers, no questions asked. Frank has relocated from the French Mediterranean to Miami, Florida, where as a favor to a friend, Frank is driving for the wealthy Billings family. There's very little that can surprise The Transporter, but young Jack Billings has done just that; Frank has unexpectedly bonded with Jack, age 6, who he drives to and from school. But when Jack is kidnapped, Frank must use his battle-tested combat skills to retrieve the boy and thwart the kidnappers' master plan to release a virus that will kill anyone with whom it comes in contact. Written by
Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
The large knife in the trunk of the car is an Emerson Kandahar custom knife. See more »
Goofs
During the opening scene showing Frank's Audi A8 we can see the W12 badge on the grille of the car. The W12 A8 has characteristic quadrilateral exhausts, but when we see the back of the car it features standard round exhausts of a regular A8. See more »
Quotes
Frank Martin:
What's the first rule when entering a man's car?
Jack Billings:
[takes his feet off the seat]
Respect a man's car, a man respects you.
Frank Martin:
Rule number two?
Jack Billings:
Greet the man. Good afternoon, Frank.
Frank Martin:
Good afternoon, Jack.
Jack Billings:
Can we play the game now?
Frank Martin:
I would think your brain would be too tired after a whole day of school.
Jack Billings:
You're just afraid I'm gonna win.
Frank Martin:
I'm afraid you're gonna be too worn out to do your homework.
Jack Billings:
It's Friday, I don't *have* any homework.
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, the actors names appear to be hanging from the ceiling of the parking garage. See more »
"Can You Handle It?"
(Eraserhead Mix)
Performed by Shake Down
(Mandrax, Seb K & M. Kelly)
Produced by Mandrax, Seb K
(c) Basic Editions
(p) 2005 Tracks Productions See more »
Firstly, this film is never going to win any awards, but who cares when it is this much fun? Jason Statham gives us a likable turn as Frank Martin, and the rest of the cast aren't bad either.
The plot is complete and utter nonsense but is interesting. The stunts are completely over the top, but great fun to watch and very inventive (watermelon boxing gloves!). The film never takes itself too seriously and remains tongue in cheek the whole way through. Yes, it's all silly implausible nonsense, but remains very entertaining silly nonsense. Worth a watch if you want a mindlessly fun action movie. If you want something more intelligent, you'll have to look elsewhere, but I've seen far stupider films than this.
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Firstly, this film is never going to win any awards, but who cares when it is this much fun? Jason Statham gives us a likable turn as Frank Martin, and the rest of the cast aren't bad either.
The plot is complete and utter nonsense but is interesting. The stunts are completely over the top, but great fun to watch and very inventive (watermelon boxing gloves!). The film never takes itself too seriously and remains tongue in cheek the whole way through. Yes, it's all silly implausible nonsense, but remains very entertaining silly nonsense. Worth a watch if you want a mindlessly fun action movie. If you want something more intelligent, you'll have to look elsewhere, but I've seen far stupider films than this.