The plot is basic but engaging and the action is swift and brutal but believable. He drives a souped-up, high spec, black BMW which he drives like a badass, but again only when required. We meet Martin who is a disciplined, calm and collected, suit-wearing professional who only speaks when necessary. The first half of this movie is easily the better half as we are given a very likeable action thriller that is clearly very Besson-esque. With that being said there is enough to like here for sure. And Statham drew intrigue because here was an action man who wasn't your standard handsome A-list movie star with big muscles he was British and looked and sounded more like a villain.with muscles. The Asian action blend and influence from director Corey Yuen was seen as fresh at the time. The fact that Besson was involved helped as he was seen as more of a cult director at the time. Now, this movie was never very original, not by a long shot. Martin must now protect himself and the woman who has also revealed that Bettencourt is trafficking people, so there's that too. Alas the car has the bound and gagged female inside. This obviously forces Martin to return to Bettencourt's estate and take vengeance by killing some of his men and stealing a car. Bettencourt (Matt Schulze) tricked him and tried to whack him because Martin broke the rules, he opened the package (kinda understandable actually). Midway through this job the package explodes and almost kills him. Upon delivering the package to the client he is offered another job. He is somewhat shocked but carries on with his delivery. Eventually, after much deep thought, he opens the package and discovers a bound and gagged female. Whilst delivering a package he notices it moving. He has three rules no names, no alterations to the deal, and don't look inside the package.
Ex-military man Frank Martin (Jason Statham) is a transporter, a transporter of anything no questions asked. Yes Asian action was no secret back then (although it wasn't huge outside of Asia) but this was Asian action with French flair.
Written and produced by iconic French action director Luc Besson, this was his second attempt to bring Asian action to the mainstream in Europe (and kinda crack into the US on a personal level).
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