Despite being helmed by the most incompetent director of action in recent memory, Transporter 3 still manages to be the ideal kind of mindless fun this franchise excels at. It's too long and boasts the most convoluted plot of the three but it's balanced out by doubling down on the camp like never before for some hilarious highs.
These films really know how to use Jason Statham so he remains faultless here. Transporters in particular give him the ability to be in on the joke without actually acknowledging it. Fights which have him gradually losing most of his clothes are exactly the kind of self-aware silliness expected of these and his buddy cop dynamic with François Berléand is a big highlight.
No one sabotages the work of talented stuntmen and choreographers like Oliver Megaton. The flashes, excessive amount of cuts and hyperactive editing all threaten to derail this one, especially the editing which decides to speed up the car chases and rob them of any sense of momentum. It just about gets away with this cause the slapstick tone makes these misguided choices a little more natural.
These films really know how to use Jason Statham so he remains faultless here. Transporters in particular give him the ability to be in on the joke without actually acknowledging it. Fights which have him gradually losing most of his clothes are exactly the kind of self-aware silliness expected of these and his buddy cop dynamic with François Berléand is a big highlight.
No one sabotages the work of talented stuntmen and choreographers like Oliver Megaton. The flashes, excessive amount of cuts and hyperactive editing all threaten to derail this one, especially the editing which decides to speed up the car chases and rob them of any sense of momentum. It just about gets away with this cause the slapstick tone makes these misguided choices a little more natural.