The 2002 original at least had legendary fight choreographer Corey Yuen on board there’s nothing here as bizarre and bold as that film’s fight scenes. He takes on a new client, the enigmatic Anna (Loan Chabanol), and finds that she’s got a master plan that goes far beyond having Frank take her from point “A” to point “B,” including vengeance against the Russian flesh-peddler Yuri (played by Yuri Kolokolnikov) who’s kept her in sleazy servitude for years.Īlso Read: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne to Join Luc Besson Sci-Fi Saga 'Valerian'ĭirected by Camille Delamarre, “The Transporter Refuelled” is a fairly rote affair all the fight scenes are cut too swiftly, shot too closely and designed too awkwardly to have much actual impact beyond the cracks and thuds on the soundtrack. He takes any cargo, anywhere, no questions asked with a guarantee of steady work behind the wheel.

“The Transporter” (Skrein), works a specific set of jobs in Europe with his highly-specialized skills. Miller, 'Transporter Legacy's' Ed Skrein (Exclusive)īacked by producer Luc Besson, who also gave us the originals, this film has the same set-up: Frank Martin, a.k.a. The first three films were low-budget B-movies at best - and in our franchise-frazzled age, even they get the chance to be rebuilt as moneymakers with nothing more than the toxically tedious fumes of name recognition in their tank.Īlso Read: Ryan Reynolds' 'Deadpool' Eyes 'Silicon Valley's' T.J. The action’s accent on Russian rogues, lethal ladies and Rivera-set car chases makes “The Transporter Refueled” feel less like a film and more like the world’s most violent Vanity Fair fashion spread, all poses and pouts instead of the two-fisted, rough life of the originals. The lumpy, funny, custom-cut Statham is now replaced by the leaner, less fun off-the-rack Ed Skrein. An ill-advised attempt to push-start a reboot of the Euro-action franchise that put Jason Statham on the map in 2002, “The Transporter Refueled” is not nearly as charming or crunchy as the originals.

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