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The Transporter is a 2002 French and American action film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen. The screenplay was written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, with Besson also serving as producer. Pierre Morel handled the cinematography, while Stanley Clarke composed the music. The cast includes Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, and François Berléand. Production was led by EuropaCorp, TF1, and Canal+, with filming taking place in Marseille, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, and Saint-Tropez.
The narrative is set in Paris and Nice and focuses on organized crime and a carrier. The film runs for 92 minutes and was released in English. It carries a PG-13 rating and has a tagline stating, "Rules are made to be broken." The movie was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix.
Financially, the film had a budget of 21,000,000 and generated revenue of 43,900,000. It received a 6.8 rating on IMDb based on 338,583 votes. Other assessments include a Metascore of 51 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 53%.
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6.7Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Frank Martin
- Shu Qi as Lai
- François Berléand as Tarconi
- Matt Schulze as Wall Street
- Ric Young as Mr Kwai
- Doug Rand as Leader
Themes
- martial arts
- transporter
- france
- human trafficking
- organized crime
- police chase
- gunfight
- explosion
- young woman
- getaway driver
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
336,692 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
53%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Louis Leterrier Corey Yuen
- Screenplay by
- Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen
- Produced by
- Luc Besson Stephen Chasman
- Starring
- Jason Statham Shu Qi François Berléand Matt Schulze
- Cinematography
- Pierre Morel
- Edited by
- Nicolas Trembasiewicz
- Music by
- Stanley Clarke Alexandre Azaria
- Production companies
- EuropaCorp TF1 Films Production Current Entertainment Canal+
- Distributed by
- EuropaCorp Distribution (France) 20th Century Fox (Worldwide)
- Release dates
- 2 October 2002 ( 2002-10-02 ) (Los Angeles) 11 October 2002 ( 2002-10-11 ) (United States) 23 October 2002 ( 2002-10-23 ) (France)
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20.5 million
- Box office
- $43.9 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 English-language French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen from a screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first installment in the Transporter film series and stars Jason Statham in the title role, alongside Shu Qi, François Berléand, and Matt Schulze. In the film, Frank Martin, a British mercenary driver living in France, finds himself involved in a human trafficking plot.
The Transporter premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on October 2, 2002, and was first theatrically released in the United States on October 11, 2002, by 20th Century Fox, in France on 23 October by EuropaCorp, and in the UK on January 17, 2003. It received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its action sequences and Statham's performance. It grossed $43.9 million worldwide and was followed by a sequel, Transporter 2, in 2005.
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