THE TRANSPORTER 2

 

The Transporter 2 is, of course, the sequel to the earlier-reviewed The Transporter. It again stars action movie hero Jason Statham as a "transporter" named Frank. This time he's a chauffeur for a U.S. diplomat's family whose main job is driving their young son around. Of course, the young son gets kidnapped under Frank's watch and it's--of course!--up to Frank to get him back. There's a bit more to the "plot" than that, but, let's face it, the main reason to watch these flicks is to watch Jason Statham kick ass & take names (and, as in the first flick, does plenty of THAT!)! The bad guys in this flick seem to be a bit more, shall we say, cartoonish than in the first Transporter--like, for instance, there's a sexy female assassin who kills people while sporting sexy skimpy lingerie (which is, of course, one of my most favorite parts about the flick!)--and then there's, of course, the kid. Quite frankly, I don't think putting little kids in action flicks is a very good idea. I mean, does anyone recall the Arnold Schwarzenegger box office fiasco that was Last Action Hero? (I would've said Kindergarten Cop myself, but, for some reason, there's a lot of people who seemingly enjoy that damn movie!) In any case, do I feel Transporter 2 is "better" than the first one? Well, let's just say they both have their good points and leave it at that, okay? A sidenote: The director of this flick actually stated that the character Frank was gay (even though he had a sex scene with his female co-star in the first one). However, he later backtracked I guess because nobody is ready to have a full-on "gay" action hero. What does anyone else think?