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- The Transporter Refueled has little to offer beyond a handful of decent action sequences, leaving this reboot's title feeling more like wishful thinking than a restatement of purpose.
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The Transporter Refueled. Action. 96 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2015. Peter Sobczynski. September 3, 2015. 5 min read. Now that the 2015 summer movie derby is coming to an end this weekend, Jason Statham can be named one of its biggest winners.
- Life After Stath
- Verdict
By Chris Tilly
Updated: Sep 1, 2015 5:45 pm
Posted: Sep 1, 2015 3:00 pm
Can The Transporter franchise survive without Jason Statham? The original trilogy of films – released between 2002 and 2008 – heavily relied on his unique brand of charisma, deadpan delivery, and no-nonsense fighting style.
The character of lethal courier-for-hire Frank Martin became synonymous with ‘The Stath’ so much so that it just looked wrong when he was replaced by Chris Vance for the TV show.
But now the franchise is getting a shiny new reboot, with Ed Skrein – the original Daario Naharis in Game of Thrones and soon to be seen as Ajax in Deadpool – taking on the role. And while Skrein isn’t quite the celluloid force of nature that Statham is, he’s nevertheless a likeable presence that brings a few new dimensions to the character.
Producer Luc Besson is hoping that this reboot will be the first entry in a new trilogy, and he might just get his way. The new movie fills in some blanks about the character, builds on the mythology, and gives Frank a likeable partner-in-crime in the shape of his wise-cracking Dad. The result is a film that’s as good as its predecessors, and sugge...
- Chris Tilly
The Transporter Refueled has little to offer beyond a handful of decent action sequences, leaving this reboot's title feeling more like wishful thinking than a restatement of purpose. Read...
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- Camille Delamarre
- PG-13
- Ed Skrein
Sep 3, 2015 · Refuelled but not reinvigorated: The first Transporter film in seven years is moderately entertaining and reliably ludicrous in all the predictable ways, but the film’s new sharp-dressed driver...
Sep 3, 2015 · In The Transporter Refueled, the key scene involves a high speed chase on an airport runway and a series of stunning jumps an Audi is probably not designed to make.
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Sep 2, 2015 · Arriving seven years after the final installment of the trilogy originally starring Jason Statham, this latest version, inexplicably set in 2010, features a younger, slighter Frank Martin as played...
With Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol, Gabriella Wright. In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.
