Transporter 2 (2005)

Director:

Louis Leterrier

Writers (WGA):

Luc Besson (written by) &
Robert Mark Kamen (written by) ...

Release Date:

2 septiembre 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Frase comercial:

The Best In The Business Is Back In The Game.

Plot:

Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he's implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.

Plot Keywords:

Helicopter | Crushed Head | Female Nudity | Kumdo | Car

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Disappointing sequel

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 29	8:00 PM	FX
Tue. July 29	10:06 PM	FX

Cast

Jason Statham	...	Frank Martin
Alessandro Gassman	...	Gianni Chellini
Amber Valletta	...	Audrey Billings
Kate Nauta	...	Lola
Matthew Modine	...	Jefferson Billings
Jason Flemyng	...	Dimitri
Keith David	...	Stappleton
Hunter Clary	...	Jack Billings
Shannon Briggs	...	Max
François Berléand	...	Inspector Tarconi
Raymond Tong	...	Rastaman
George Kapetan	...	Dr. Sonovitch
Jeff Chase	...	Vasily
Gregg Weiner	...	Tipov
Gregg Davis	...	Techie at Billings

También conocida como:

Transporteur II, Le (France)
Transportador 2, El (Argentina) [es]
Transporter 2 (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 intense sequences of violent action, sexual content, partial nudity and brief language.

Duración:

87 min

País:

France | USA

Idioma:

English | French | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:R (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Indonesia:Dewasa | Singapore:PG (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Saskatchewan) | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (cut version) | Sweden:11 | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:18SG | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Norway:15 | Ireland:15A | Iceland:16 | Canada:14A (Nova Scotia)

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivialidades:

Only Nokia mobile phones are seen. Among them, the phone used by Frank in the car is the 8910 model, which was discontinued at least a couple of years before the release of the film. The 8910 cannot be used in the United States because it only works on 900 and 1800 GSM bands. There are only two GSM bands in the US, 850 and 1900. The other phone (when Frank opens the glove box to reveal 2-3 more 8910's) is a Nokia 6620.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Jamaican taxi driver hides in the yellow convertible during the fighting scene in the garage, you can clearly identify it as a Porsche 911 Turbo Convertible. However, when he meets his friends at the end and shows his brand new Porsche taxi, it is a normal 911 convertible (different bumper, headlights and rear) with the turbo rear wing.

Quotes:

Frank Martin: I haven't figured it all out yet.
Gianni: Perhaps I can help you! What part are you a little... how you say, "thick" on?
Frank Martin: You. Why?
Gianni: Oh. That's the easy part. It’s a business deal... pure and simple.

Movie Connections:

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Soundtrack:

Painful

Disappointing sequel

The Transporter franchise suffers from some serious engine failure in this slickly produced sequel and only just makes it over the finishing line. The original had a thin premise and an anorexic plot but delivered brilliantly choreographed fight scenes and down-played gun violence.

For number 2 the action is relocated from the French Riviera to Miami, a city often featured in bad sequel movies (2 Fast 2 Furious, Bad Boys II, Police Academy 5). Frank Martin (a skin-headed, forever grimacing Jason Statham) no longer takes dodgy package from A to B, instead he's temping as a chauffeur for a wealthy family. But when the kid is snatched by stereotyped Columbian villain he springs back into action, kicking ass in his own special way.

It turns out that the kid has been injected with a deadly virus. And everyone he breathes on will catch it. And so on and so on. An interesting plot device that soon crumbles into a massive pile of plot holes.

The action doesn't have the same edge as it did before. I can appreciate far-fetched action films as long as they stay within relative distance of reality. Transporter 2 goes way beyond reality in well into stupidity, turning Frank Martin from delivery man into indestructible super-hero. After a while you'll realize this man can do anything and will always walk out of the worst scenario alive. It totally kills the excitement.

And as if the plot wasn't flimsy enough, the narrative just completely shatters and will leave you disorientated and lost among the brawling and battling. Characters come and go with no explanation, sub-plots are abandoned and the film is totally void of a denouement or climax. There's no satisfaction in the silly story being wrapped up.

All Transporter 2 really does is showcase a bunch of totally far-fetched fight scenes, while failing at everything else that could have made the film a contender. Even the relentlessly silly Danny the Dog did better than this.

Even though it's made by a European director and producer and funded with European money, something that gave the first such a unique feel, this feels an awful lot like a Hollywood trash flick. It's a shame the series had to stumble so soon. Since the end hints a third, one can only hope that Leterrier and Besson get their act together. What began as a series made in the style of Taxi, Ronin and Kiss of the Dragon has ended up tumbling into world where movies like Stealth and SWAT live. And that ain't good.

Oh, and I'm tired of hearing about the movie's so-called homo-eroticism. Like I just said, this film is made by Europeans who are not as homophobic as the rest of the world and see nothing wrong with a man visiting another man for a holiday. Frank Martin is not gay.