Dr Midnight
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I hyped it some time ago in this thread shortly after the trailer came out. Well, I've finally gotten around to seeing THE TRANSPORTER.
Pretty solid little action movie, and well worth the rent if you like your HK-flavored incredible action. Unstoppable one-man army versus an ocean of mooks, a few heavy-hitters. Lots of kung fu, guns, stunts, explosions. Jason Statham is pretty damned good in his role as the one-man army in question. He plays an interesting character (that loses some layers after the second act) and looks the part of the absolutely cool guy you do not aim a gun at.
Some nice choreography, and some very clever stuff, including a brilliant scene involving improvising when there's oil everywhere and a nice scene in a bus. One pretty decent chase scene early on, and a great one later that suffered for having ripped off RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK a little less than shamelessly. The first chase has a terrific moment on a bridge that pleased my inner GM greatly. I hadn't seen a good car chase since I rented Jackie Chan's WHO AM I? a few years back, so this was welcome. Ahhh.
The last time I got all hyped for a decent looking action trailer that I later rented was THE MUSKETEER... which turned out to be maybe the worst piece of crap I ever thought could be halfway non-crappy. THE TRANSPORTER kinda put things to right with me. As Hong Kong action-style movies that aren't from China go, this one's way up at the top.
I give the official Doc Midnight recommendation: if you can love a movie for its action- or incredibly attractive female lead- I think you'll like it. Go throw down some rent dollars, punk, and stay out of my way until I remember I'm an overweight, underfit american... which will be sometime tonight, maybe nine-ish. Till then I'm DEADLY I TELL YOU.
Pretty solid little action movie, and well worth the rent if you like your HK-flavored incredible action. Unstoppable one-man army versus an ocean of mooks, a few heavy-hitters. Lots of kung fu, guns, stunts, explosions. Jason Statham is pretty damned good in his role as the one-man army in question. He plays an interesting character (that loses some layers after the second act) and looks the part of the absolutely cool guy you do not aim a gun at.
Some nice choreography, and some very clever stuff, including a brilliant scene involving improvising when there's oil everywhere and a nice scene in a bus. One pretty decent chase scene early on, and a great one later that suffered for having ripped off RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK a little less than shamelessly. The first chase has a terrific moment on a bridge that pleased my inner GM greatly. I hadn't seen a good car chase since I rented Jackie Chan's WHO AM I? a few years back, so this was welcome. Ahhh.
The last time I got all hyped for a decent looking action trailer that I later rented was THE MUSKETEER... which turned out to be maybe the worst piece of crap I ever thought could be halfway non-crappy. THE TRANSPORTER kinda put things to right with me. As Hong Kong action-style movies that aren't from China go, this one's way up at the top.
I give the official Doc Midnight recommendation: if you can love a movie for its action- or incredibly attractive female lead- I think you'll like it. Go throw down some rent dollars, punk, and stay out of my way until I remember I'm an overweight, underfit american... which will be sometime tonight, maybe nine-ish. Till then I'm DEADLY I TELL YOU.
