alanbobet Review of Transporter 3

Transporter 3 (2008)

Good but not great sequel to previous Transporter films.

[6/10 · 25 November 2008]

I just returned from seeing a midnight preview screening of the new Transporter 3 film starring Jason Stratham as Frank Martin, the transporter. Although I enjoyed the film somewhat, I personally found it an okay but not great sequel to the previous two Transporter films. Jason Stratham is great as always as Frank Martin and so is Francois Berleand as Martin's good friend, Inspector Tarconi, who has more screen time in this sequel than in the previous film. Unfortunately the bad guys and the femme fatal in this sequel are really not up to stuff compared to the two previous films in the franchise. Robert Knepper(Prison Break) makes a very weak villain in this sequel and is seriously no match as a menace neither physically or intellectually to Stratham, especially in the disappointing final fight confrontation scene at the end. Also lead actress Natalya Rudakova as Valentina, can't act and is totally annoying in this film with no chemistry either sexual or otherwise with Stratham. Compared to Ms. Rudakova, Olga Kurylenko of QUANTUM OF SOLACE is a much better and sexier actress. Jeroen Krabbe(The Living Daylights) is totally wasted in his role as Valentina's important executive father. There are very few fight scenes between Stratham and the baddies in this film and those fight scenes are way too sped up and incoherently edited just like in QUANTUM OF SOLACE. The car chase sequences are well done at least and there's a lot of them in the film. Unfortunately director Megaton tries to return to the "seriousness" of the first Transporter film and that's a big mistake, since there are very few fight and action scenes with Stratham in this 100 minute film, the longest in the franchise. It's not really a bad film and a okay time filler, but it's the weakest of all three Transporter films.