The trilogy maker of Luc Besson's Transporter series, with Jason Statham returning as hero Frank Martin.
Frank is pressured into transporting Valentina (Natalya Rudakova), the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency from Marseilles, through Stuttgart, Budapest, and through to Odessa, on the Black Sea.
Along the way, with the help of Inspector Tarconi (François Berléand), Frank has to contend with the people who forced him to take the job, agents sent by Vasilev to intercept him, and the general non cooperation of Valentina.
I apologise, we feel bad, but there's no trailer available. ~Ed.
Add Transporter 3's Frank Martin to the list that includes Batman, Indiana Jones and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sadly, that's not a roll call of cinema's greatest alpha-males; it's a list of tough characters that were ruined by annoying sidekicks. Frank's latest assignment is to stay in a car with a drunk Ukrainian girl whose English is as warped as Borat's. Her plea to "feel the sex again, before I die," will one day win an award for Worst Line Ever. Thankfully the rest of the film is distractingly noisy, violent and fun.
Early on, our duo has explosive devices attached to their arms that will detonate if they stray too far from their vehicle. In the modern-day action film, spatial awareness is a bit of a rarity, so most audiences will welcome the gimmick. The premise is assisted by outstanding stunt work and fight choreography. Cars smash through walls with gleeful abandon and things go 'boom' as often as possible. Unfortunately, this just highlights how poor the script is.
Plot-holes are rife, the ending's awful and the dialogue - mostly spoken via cellphone – has all been heard before. The inevitable Transporter 4 should just scrap conversation altogether, because it's purely the action sequences that are keeping this series alive.
By Daniel McClelland, Flicks.co.nz
I quite enjoyed this but couldnt get into the girl & wondered why they put her in & chose her as the lead actress. there was no chemistry between her & jason statham & she really can't act. also i think she is a bit young for him in the movie. I would give her a negative star rating but overall the rest is pretty good for an action flick & i just enjoy seeing jason statham. I think he's a fine actor & I like the transporter series.
thats pretty much it really. There were a few exciting bits, but most are predictable. I wanted to back hand the girl sooooooo bad..lol..
I enjoyed it, fast & crazy, fun film. Yeah the girl was crap but you get to want to slap her so it ain't all bad lol Lighten up! He's hot no matter how terrible his lines are!
Bitterly disappointed. Natalya Rudakova is crap crap crap. The storyline had potential but didn’t develop enough. Please, don’t bother seeing this. Not even Jason Statham could save it!
Dear, . clue up and learn to spell. P.S is there a lama version.
A perfectly acceptable brainless action thriller.
Incoherent and inconsistent, this is a step back for Statham in his quest to become more than a cult figure.
Easily the worst in a trilogy that has been notable mainly for the presence of its everyman action star, Transporter 3 is a nonsensical, choppily edited bore, with awful dialogue.
Though the car chases have grown more banal as the franchise has started to run on fumes, the smackdowns have retained their zing.
Fairly entertaining brainless action... enough to keep the audience occupied, but nothing to get too excited about.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 26th Mar 2009.
Release date: March 26th 2009.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
