Transporter 2

Transporter 2, 2005
Director: Louis Letterier
Cast: Jason Statham, Amber Valetta, Kate Nauta



Transporter in short: Frank Martin is the best in the business. The ex-Special Forces operative hires himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods--human or otherwise. Very simple, he delivers, no questions asked. Frank has relocated from the French Mediterranean to Miami, Florida, where as a favor to a friend, Frank is driving for the wealthy Billings family. There's very little that can surprise The Transporter, but young Jack Billings has done just that; Frank has unexpectedly bonded with Jack, age 6, who he drives to and from school. But when Jack is kidnapped, Frank must use his battle-tested combat skills to retrieve the boy and thwart the kidnappers' master plan to release a virus that will kill anyone with whom it comes in contact.
Stage: Home TV selection of a casual Friday


Preps: None in perticular. Don't even remember the first part. But I am a fan of Statham.



Reality: Is as clear as any well done action movie. It has all that recent movies from Jolie for instance, have. The action, the lady with the guns and shooting all around, the fuss around a chase or two (making an hour long chase and a superfiction of this chase as a multiplier of what we all used to dream of (driving this, getting chased, chasing someone, escaping).. the movie has all the entities of a good action movie and a good result to follow.
The plot is easy to follow and the story is well handled. Like we are used from others, like MI, or Matrix, or some cop drama movies. However, it is not really special in any other department but music. The music reminds me of the daring pieces in the Matrix, really strong and supportive to the action scenes. They will make an impression on you too, regarding the energy, the velocity and the impact they need to keep to keep the pace with the tempo the viewer desires.
But.. nothing more in this movie. We can all stand an hour and a half of watching a decent action. This is a decent action, nothing more. And nothing less.





My personal rating: 5,0 (decent action, but nothing really remarkable)


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Carriers, 2009

Carriers, 2009
Directors: Alex Pastor, David Pastor
Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo


Stage: Home theatre


Carriers in short: Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.

Preps: None in perticular - one of the ones that remain to be watched some day and on a day like that seemed a cool selection. But I don't know the cast, or anything about the movie.

Reality: Bljah, yuk. Something that's trying to top some good ones in this topic - for instance Outbreak - well.. it fails in an instant. No dynamics, no action, just a plain getaway from the virus and struggle for life. Cast is awful, dialogs trivial, well, I did stare at this piece till the end, however, I didn't enjoy it even a bit. So in my opinion - total waste of 1,5 hours. The good thing about the movie is that it doesn't last a long time :)

A shame that the director exploits the topic which is really modern in sense of all of us watching the world wondering when something of that kind is about to happen. Unfortunately the operational part of the movie, where you turn the idea into something worth seeing, fails from the first until the last minute.


My personal rating: 1,0 (1 for the modern topic and being short, not anything else. Don't watch it - a definite waste of time!)



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