Moviegoing cats will be jealous as Frank has obviously been issued way more than nine lives.Ĭomic relief consists of a visit from jovial French police inspector Tarconi (Francois Berleand) who, as in first pic, begrudgingly admires Frank’s discipline and professionalism even if he’s deduced the Brit’s not living entirely off his military pension. Mano-a-mano fistfight on a pilotless private jet spiraling in free fall (for a really long time) is ridiculous but fun to watch. And, after some very muscular research - including a chase between a jet ski and a bus - Frank learns that Gianni is a very bad man, whose real target is much bigger than one little boy.Įach set piece ups the ante, with Frank’s technique for removing an explosive device from the chassis of his car particularly resourceful. ![]() When Jack is abducted, the authorities suspect Frank must have been in on it. The plan is to inject Jack with a deadly custom-made virus, exchanging the antidote for a hefty ransom from the Billings’ even heftier personal fortune. They’re working for aggressively fit baddie Gianni (Alessandro Gassman). But psychopathic hellcat Lola (Kate Nauta) and Russian virologist Dimitri (Jason Flemyng, with a Boris Badenov accent) have neutralized the receptionist and real doc and taken their places. On Saturday morning Frank drives Jack to his annual medical checkup so Audrey can set up a surprise birthday party. Jeff is out of touch with his son, but viewers are given enough clues to know that Audrey’s a great mom and Frank’s as good at handling kids as he is at out-maneuvering any and all comers from the latest multiethnic sale at Thugs R Us.įrank promises little Jack he’ll never let anybody hurt him. Frank’s sensitivity and powers-of-observation are demonstrated when, having picked Jack up from school, he tactfully drives past the boy’s parents to conceal their argument-in-progress from the likeable tyke.Īudrey and Jeff are semi-reconciled after a year’s separation. anti-drug czar Jefferson Billings (Matthew Modine) and his trophy wife Audrey (Amber Valetta). Frank’s sheer lethal coolness is nicely established in first five minutes, when he removes his freshly dry-cleaned suit jacket before laying to waste a quartet of formidable would-be car-jackers.įrank’s filling in for a chauffeur buddy, and his cargo for the last month has been young Jack Billings (Hunter Clary), the only son of U.S. Jason Statham is back as dapper and taciturn title character Frank Martin, an ex-Special Forces operative turned driver-for-hire who transports things for a fee with rigor and discretion. ![]() ![]() Nobody who actually enjoyed 2002’s “The Transporter” is likely to feel let down by current effort. Scripter Luc Besson’s mind may mimic the “shuffle” function on an iPod, but the playlist that emerges here has a good beat and your eyes can dance to it.
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