Sidenote: Having a Martin family member at risk is probably the worst decision made by his movie. Just another day for the transporter then! This relationship becomes Frank’s downfall when he is blackmailed by a group of would-be thieves – who kidnap his father – into helping them bring down a Russian human trafficking operation and stealing a boatload of cash. Unlike the original films, which had some great interplay between Transporter Jason Statham and François Berléand’s Inspector Tarconi, here we get a relationship between the transporter and his father (Ray Stevenson). This time round ex-special forces mercenary Frank Martin is still employed to transport classified packages for private clients. Taking the reigns from Jason Statham and Chris Vance (who played Frank Martin on TV), Ed Skrein takes on the titular role in a reboot of the series, with a new, considerably younger and less experienced hero.
My only worry was that no-one connected to the original films, apart from Luc Besson, had any part of this film… But then that was also the case with the series, and I really enjoyed that! And that’s what we get with The Transporter Refueled. So, unlike some out there, I was not afraid to see the film series rebooted with a new star and a new story. I not going to hide the fact I’m a huge Transporter fan, from the very first movie to the more recent, if little seen here in the UK, TV show, I’ve enjoyed each and every entry in the franchise. Stars: Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson, Gabriella Wright, Tatiana Pajkovic, Wenxia Yu, Radivoje Bukvic, Noémie Lenoir, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Samir Guesmi, Anatole Taubman | Written by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Luc Besson | Directed by Camille Delamarre
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