Now, this movie was never very original, not by a long shot. Martin must now protect himself and the woman who has also revealed that Bettencourt is trafficking people, so there's that too. Alas the car has the bound and gagged female inside. This obviously forces Martin to return to Bettencourt's estate and take vengeance by killing some of his men and stealing a car. Bettencourt (Matt Schulze) tricked him and tried to whack him because Martin broke the rules, he opened the package (kinda understandable actually). Midway through this job the package explodes and almost kills him. Upon delivering the package to the client he is offered another job. He is somewhat shocked but carries on with his delivery. Eventually, after much deep thought, he opens the package and discovers a bound and gagged female. Whilst delivering a package he notices it moving. He has three rules no names, no alterations to the deal, and don't look inside the package. Ex-military man Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a transporter, a transporter of anything no questions asked. Yes Asian action was no secret back then (although it wasn't huge outside of Asia) but this was Asian action with French flair. Meanwhile, we all get to look forward to this Statham-free Transporter Prequel Trilogy, a five-word combination that robs strawberries of their color and teaches children not to laugh.Written and produced by iconic French action director Luc Besson, this was his second attempt to bring Asian action to the mainstream in Europe (and kinda crack into the US on a personal level). Maybe it will go the Ninja 2 route and make the first film completely obsolete. It looks like there's going to be a Mechanic 2. Statham is ready to go and German director Dennis Gansel (director of Gansel & Hretel: Hitch Wunters) is in talks to helm the film. If so, I take back everything I just said.Įither way, it's happening. Unless the whole film is about that character's awesome record player. Of all the Statham movies to sequelize, this has to be the most boring possible choice. Take him out of the picture, which Jason Statham does in the first film, and you have nothing left. The plot revolves mostly around Statham's protege, played by Ben Foster. There's basically nothing to Statham's character. I've said there's no "stock" Jason Statham film in the past, but I might be wrong when it comes to The Mechanic. What's curious is the film Statham has agreed to make: The Mechanic 2. Someone else can drive a car really fast while wearing fancy suits and letting bad guys cover their body in oil. So Statham won't be in Transporter 4 (or 5 or 6). But it's hard to believe they were so focused on that idea that they never even asked if he was interested. The new trilogy is supposed to follow the adventures of a younger Transporter as sort of an origin story. But Statham will not appear in any of these films. Actually, it's a Transporter 4, 5, and 6. For instance, Luc Besson totally has a Transporter 4 in the works. Aside from the fact that each of his films will likely involve action at some point, it's difficult to predict what kind of movies Jason Statham will appear in next.
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