Fresh
"Transporter 2" is cheap, shiny, indefensible junk, a Hot Wheels hot rod encased in a glossy plastic blister pack. But come on -- you know you want it.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Transporter 2
The best in the business is back in the game.
2005 · 1h 28m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Louis Leterrier
Overview
Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.
Director and cast
- Louis Leterrier Director
- Jason Statham as Frank Martin
- Amber Valletta as Audrey Billings
- Kate Nauta as Lola
- Alessandro Gassmann as Gianni Chellini
- François Berléand as Inspector Tarconi
- Robert Small as Government Doctor
- Matthew Modine as Jefferson Billings
- Jason Flemyng as Dimitri
- Hunter Clary as Jack Billings
- Keith David as Stappleton
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
Much like a James Bond movie, only more playful and entertaining than that series has managed in many years, Transporter 2 isn't a continuation of the last one, it's another action enterprise unto itself.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Rotten
In essence, it's more of the same.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Besson doesn't fiddle with the first movie's formula -- impossible car chases punctuated by impossible martial arts sequences.
Matt Singer, Village Voice
Rotten
Careens wildly off course before finally running out of gas.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
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