Release Year: 2005 Rating: PG-13 Duration: 88 minutes Director: Louis Leterrier Producer: Luc Besson, Steven Chasman, Terry Miller Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox
Retired in Miami, ex-Special Forces operative, Frank Martin, makes a living driving for the wealthy Billings family. He's a huge favorite with their two small boys, but when the kids are kidnapped and injected with a potentially fatal virus, Frank defies the FBI and works relentlessly to get the boys to safety and discover the kidnapper's master plan.
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Alessandro Gassman as Gianni Amber Valletta as Audrey Billings François Berléand as Tarconi George Kapetan as Dr. Sonovitch Gregg Davis as Techie at Billings Gregg Weiner as Tipov Hunter Clary as Jack Billings Jason Flemyng as Dimitri Jason Statham as Frank Martin Jeff Chase as Vasily Kate Nauta as Lola Keith David as Stappleton Matthew Modine as Mr. Billings Raymond Tong as Rastaman Shannon Briggs as Max
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S.W.A.T Team Member: Who the fuck are you?
Tarconi: I'm ze cook!
I'd forgotten how much fun James Bond can be. Sure, Jason Statham, in a repeat performance as the driver in TRANSPORTER 2, isn't actually playing Bond, but he might as well be. And his performance is so exhilarating and fresh that the Broccoli Family, owner of the Bond moniker, should take a serious look at both Statham and this film if they want to breathe some much needed life into an increasingly shopworn franchise. Watching Statham work is almost exhausting, since he literally throws so much of himself into his acting. Frequently Statham seems to be channeling Jackie Chan playing James Bond as a Spider-man type of comic book superhero.