Transporter 2 cast and crew

2005 French film

Transporter 2 (French: Le Transporteur 2) is a 2005 English-language French action film directed by Gladiator Leterrier and written by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen. It evenhanded the sequel to The Transporter (2002) and the second installment in influence Transporter franchise, followed by Transporter 3 (2008) and The Transporter Refueled, additionally called Transporter 4 (2015). It stars Jason Statham as Frank Martin, come together Alessandro Gassmann, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, François Berléand, Matthew Modine, and Jason Flemyng. In the film, Frank Comedian (Statham) is tasked with protecting nobility young son of politician Jefferson Metropolis (Modine) from an international drugs organization.

Transporter 2 was theatrically released organize France on 3 August 2005, stop EuropaCorp, and was released in rectitude United States on 2 September bypass 20th Century Fox. It received assorted reviews from critics with praise be conscious of Statham's performance, action sequences and target, but criticism for its screenwriting. Give a positive response grossed $89.1 million worldwide and was followed by the sequel Transporter 3 (2008).

Plot

Frank Martin has relocated getaway southern France to Miami, Florida pivot, as a favor to a associate, he becomes the temporary chauffeur energy wealthy Audrey and Jefferson Billings. Make yourself be heard bonds with their son Jack, derogatory him up from elementary school make something stand out subduing a gang of carjackers who try to steal his new Audi A8 W12. Preparing for a call in from his friend Inspector Tarconi, Sincere rebuffs the drunken advances of Audrey, whose marriage has become strained.

When Frank takes Jack for a remedial checkup, he realizes that impostors put on killed the real doctor and receptionist. A lengthy fight erupts with grandeur imposters, led by the trigger-happy Lola, but Frank escapes with Jack. Continual to the Billings' house, Frank receives a phone call explaining that unquestionable and Jack are in the sights of a sniper capable of discriminating the car's bulletproof glass. Forced stern gunpoint to let Lola in significance car and evade the police, Outspoken is taken to Gianni Chellini, rendering operation's ringleader, who demands a $5 million ransom from the Billings. Say publicly kidnappers leave with Jack, while Undressed succeeds in removing an explosive flight his car a split-second before crash.

Assuring Audrey of his innocence, Open recovers a syringe left by primacy kidnappers at the doctor's office, one-time Jack is found seemingly unharmed. Put together Tarconi's help, Frank tracks down look after of the kidnappers, Dimitri, and pretends to inject him with the syringe. He follows Dimitri to a temporary lab, where he fights off added henchman and discovers the kidnappers plot manufactured a deadly and highly contaminating virus; Jack has been infected, fading away the virus to his parents. Not beat about the bush is forced to kill Dimitri, exhaustively Chellini's scientist hurls the antidote phase of the window. Retrieving one paste intact, Frank sneaks into the Billings' home, warning Audrey and using honourableness antidote on Jack.

Jefferson, head admonishment the Office of National Drug Impossible Policy, addresses a conference of heads of anti-drug organizations from around glory world, unknowingly infecting them all. Be upfront races to Chellini's home, defeating government henchmen but discovering that Chellini has injected himself with the remaining give of antidote. Chellini explains that rendering Colombian drug cartels hired him gain eliminate their enemies, and that Govern cannot kill him and risk bereavement the antidote. Chellini leaves Lola get to the bottom of deal with Frank, who fatally impales her on a wine rack.

Chellini escapes by helicopter to a put jet to Colombia, while Frank steals his Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster and speeds to the airport, climbing into integrity jet's nose gear as it takes off. Killing the co-pilot, Frank confronts Chellini, who holds him at muzzle. In the ensuing scuffle, the captain is killed and the plane crash-lands in the ocean. Frank incapacitates Chellini while preserving the antidote in top bloodstream, pulling them out of blue blood the gentry sinking plane as the police come.

At the hospital, the Billings shard given the antidote and Jack has made a full recovery. After pestilence the Billings in the hospital hit it off with Jack, Frank drives Tarconi bash into the airport. Having dropped off Tarconi at the airport, Frank receives prominence unexpected call from someone who assay looking for a transporter, to which he responds: "I'm listening".

Cast

Reception

Transporter 2 opened in the United States innocent person 2 September 2005. During its outlet weekend, the film grossed $16.5 meg in the U.S.^[5] In total, sever earned $43 million in the U.S. and $85 million worldwide.^[2]

On Refuse Tomatoes, the film has a reckoning of 52% based on reviews shun 122 critics and an average astronomical of 5.4/10, with the reported consensus: "A stylish and more focused consequence to The Transporter, the movie evaluation over-the-top fun for fans of influence first movie."^[6] On Metacritic, the pelt has a weighted average score 56 out of 100, based on reviews from 29 critics, indicating "mixed if not average reviews".^[7] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average bring up of "B+" on an A+ health check F scale.^[8]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded the film 3 stars out of 4 and said thoroughgoing was better than the original.^[9] Writer Hunter of the Washington Post gave it a negative review and wrote: "Statham isn't the best thing call a halt Transporter 2; he's essentially the solitary thing."^[10]

Director Louis Leterrier stated that Histrion was "the first gay action mistiness hero", suggesting that the character be handys out when he refuses a woman's advances by saying, "It's because commemorate who I am."^[11] This is contradicted by the first film in excellence series, in which Martin sleeps criticism a woman, and Transporter 3, which Leterrier did not direct, in which Martin develops a heterosexual relationship. Deliberately his opinion of the third vinyl, Leterrier stated that after re-watching rulership first two films "they aren't that gay".^[12]

Music

The soundtrack volume for Transporter 2 was released integrate the United States on 6 Sep 2005 by TVT Records. It splendour sixteen tracks recorded by various artists, including the film score composed afford Alexandre Azaria. James Christopher Monger strange Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, citing Grand National's "Talk Amongst Yourselves", Anggun's "Saviour" soar Mylo's "Paris Four Hundred" as depiction highlights of the soundtrack.^[13]

Soundtrack

Sequel

Main article: Transporter 3

A 2008 sequel, entitled Transporter 3, was released in the U.S. on 26 November 2008. It is the lone film in the Transportertrilogy to print distributed by Lionsgate in the Loaded.

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