Starring:
 Jason Statham
 Shu Qi

Directed by:
 Corey Yuen

Running Time:  102 minutes

Overall Crave Factor

With the world longing for a new action hero we've seen countless movies in the last little while attempting to produce what we are all craving. Vin Diesel has been able to put his mark on the action genre along with others like Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson also trying to break onto the scene. Enter Jason Statham, a British actor who’s fairly new to the scene and has co-starred along side some of today’s most popular stars. Most recently he’s been in Snatch and The One.

In his first starring role, Statham is Frank Martin, The Transporter. An ex-military agent who delivers packages, no questions asked, for anyone with the right amount of cash. He’s a die-hard, live by the rules type of man until one delivery goes wrong and all the “rules” go out the window.

During this particular delivery Frank blows out a tire and pulls over to change it. When he opens the trunk to find the spare he realizes that there is a person in the package. Being the nice guy that he is, he buys a drink at a rest stop for whoever is in the duffel bag. When he opens the bag, he finds a beautiful girl, Lai (Shu Qi). This is where the movie falls apart.

At this point you would expect to be cast into a complicated edge-of-your-seat storyline. Unfortunately, this is one of those movies that while looking for the storyline they accidentally bypassed it. That’s no big deal, though, to any true action junky. The action/fighting sequences make up for this minor detail.

There are some pretty unique fight sequences in this movie that will get your adrenaline pumping. The opening car chase scene is outstanding. The dialog is fairly sharp-witted and delivered quite well by the cast, except maybe Qi who is hard to understand at times.

Overall, if you’re looking for a flick to kill an hour and a half some afternoon or evening The Transporter is it. I’d say Jason Statham has made his mark and, hopefully, we’ll see a lot more of him.