chowderhead

The movie was needlessly complicated and stupid but mindless in trying to entertain. Many parts did not make sense. And the whole part about
was STUPID and unlikely to unfold in the way it did i.e. kidnapping, etc.

The dumbest part was a minor point but I remember it vividly.
. Yeah ok.

Venom

horrible movie.

ipkevin

The fights were quite spectacular and Statham performed them EXTREMELY well. Better than Keanu did with his 12 months of training, quite frankly. Watch that scene where takes down the mansion full of thugs. His timing is PERFECT. He almost moves like a veteran Hong Kong action star. The uncut scenes on the DVD are even more impressive.

Also, Statham had his shirt off so that they could do the oil trick. The oil trick WAS the point. It was pretty cool. I'm not saying they weren't trying to appeal to the chicks (so what really? If you get right down to it, most entertainment movies are entirely built to pander to some audience), but that particular scene had a good reason for him to go bare chested.

But yeah, awful, stupid, pointless story that does ultimately make the film less enjoyable to watch.

adamblast

I thought it was the best brainless English-language Hong-Kong action flick in ages. Awesome fun.

Jonny2k1

I thought it was an alright movie, fairly entertaining to watch but definitely nothing that was ground breaking or even remotely well written.

mwj

I liked The Transporter. The actress, Shu Qi, was hot. It was fun and entertaining, if not very realistic. Realism in action movies is pretty subjective. xXx was awful IMO and not just because it featured relentless self promoter and all around no-talent blockhead, Vin Diesel. It was a wanna-be Bond action movie with no charm, action set-pieces which made me admire the stuntmen not the movie, and nothing else redeeming except Asia Argento.

Kaffe_02

I loved that one part where the car rolled over and exploaded. I was on the floor at that point

Alien Redrum

I didn't watch the Transporter for character development or the answer to the mystery of life.

fumanstan

I didn't either and felt it was still lacking. I didn't hate it like the original poster, but i certainly wasn't impressed.

Face/Off

So I guess you won't be there opening night for Transporter 2 then?

Applejack

Is there really going to be such a thing?!?!?

Zoinks.

Face/Off

There's talk of a sequel. And Statham said he'd be game.

RichC2

I've never hated a movie... when It gets that bad I tune it out

That said, Transporter was a really bad movie, a true disappointment because it coulda been decent.

FuzzyBallz

If it weren't for the fact that I was gonna catch another bad movie, Formula 51, I'd have walked out of The Transporter. I think I felt asleep half way through 'cause the plot, action (or lack of), and lack of hot chicks was just too unbearable.

Joel

The movie is so-so for me. I like Shu Qi, but not in this movie.

Giles

Even though I found the film mediocre at best I am very curious to rent this from Netflix and see the unrated fight scenes to see how the film was edited for the US theatrical PG-13 version.

ylomnstr

The people that hated this movie because it was so "fake" are the same people that went to see Godzilla 2000 and came out of the movie saying "That movie was so unreal! There's now way Godzilla could have outrun the apache helicopters around those buildings!" Yet they seem to get over the fact that the whole movie was based on A GIANT LIZARD RUNNING WILD THROUGH MANHATTAN! Just relax and try to enjoy a movie that doesn't have the best plot in the world. I enjoyed The Transporter a lot.

thejammy

SunMonkey

Godzilla 2000 was the Japanese/Toho release and there were no Apache chases. You are thinking of Godzilla released by Sony in 1998.

Anyway, all I have to say is two wrongs don't make a right.

Peep

I agree. I thought some of the action scenes were great and , Shu Qi is sex on wheels!

The only thing I really disliked about the movie was the score, which I found very distracting.

Deckard-10

I watched this last night and thought it was a decent (check your brain at the door) action flick. &nbsp Statham did a great job with the fights and Shu Qi was......

At least it made more sense than Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever!

Goldberg74

I saw it in the theater, bought the DVD, so I guess I liked the movie.

But I agree, Shu Qi nearly bumped Keanue as the worst actor in a movie... but not quite.

If there were a TP2, I'd go see it.

The thing that made me want to see the film was the fact that Luc Besson had a hand in it (albeit he was listed an Executive Producer).

Kudama

I loved it.

This was closer to Bean Bandit from Gunsmith Cats (manga) than anything I've ever seen, than even the Bean Bandit anime.

If you don’t like ridiculous (and, maybe, just maybe super unrealistic) action, pick up Tom Clancy. Otherwise, avoid the movies that are made for those of us that love exaggeration and cartoons.

Geofferson

I watched this last night on HBO HD and thought it was decent. I wouldn't care to see it twice, but was entertained.

DVDho78DTS

That is almost the same thing I posted 5 months ago above.