Transporter 2

MacLeod
MacLeod Posts: 14,358
edited February 2006 in Music & Movies
Just saw this tonight and it kicked ****! Jason Statham is cool as hell!

The action was great and so were the fight scenes.

Dont expect too much realism though, this is one of those movies where the hero mows thru hundreds of bad guys without so much as a scratch but if you dont mind some fantasy its a great movie!

The ending battle with the bad guy is kind of a let down but overall it works.

Acting isnt too bad. No Oscar nominees in there but that isnt what its about. The plot is believable enough so that you can follow it but again, thats not what its about. Its about a cool as ice hero that kicks the **** out of all the bad guys and then drives off in his cool car.

If youre too leary to see it in the theaters it is definitely worth a rental if youre into action flicks at all.

I give it 7.5 out of 10!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited September 2005
    Was there a transporter 1?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2005
    Yup, didnt make much of a splash though.

    The first half of Transporter 1 was freaking awesome but it started going downhill and the ending left you going, "huh?"

    Id still recommend it as a rental just for the first half.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,722
    edited September 2005
    I enjoyed the first Transporter, but as Mac said, the last bit of it wasn't up to the rest, which was too bad because it could have been a great flick.
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited September 2005
    I rented the first one 3 times and never got through the whole thing, I kept falling asleep ,it just could'nt keep my attention. I hope the 2nd one is better
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited September 2005
    I like Jason Statham as an actor. Great in Snatch and great in both of these movies. I wish he'd get more roles. He's awesome.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2005
    Ditto. I think he's cool as ****. Doesnt look like a pretty boy but more like a manly man like Clint Eastwood or John Wayne.

    Plus I like the way he plays this character. No snappy one liners or any cheesy puns, just a great look on his face like "now Im gonna have to mess you up.....youd better not wrinkle my suit". I love it!
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited September 2005
    I liked him in the Italian Job as well...
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  • millerman 3732
    millerman 3732 Posts: 1,488
    edited September 2005
    snatch is still the best
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited September 2005
    Yep, hooray for snatch. Also the title of one of my favorite movies.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited September 2005
    Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrells! An excellent movies also. Just bought that one this weekend.

    Snatch is also great. "Our problem hear is that your guns say REPLICA......where mine says .50 DESERT EAGLE".
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2006
    Saw Transporter 2 tonight. It was horrible. WAAAYYY over the top. Bad, bad storyline. Ridiculously implausible. Leave it on the shelf at Blockflustered.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited January 2006
    I watched it and enjoyed it. Over the top, unbelievable action but fun, just like the first one.

    Movies like these, I expect them to deliver only one thing, entertainment, and it delivered. I don't go in expecting good acting, a great story or 100% believability.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited January 2006
    Exactly. You know this aint gonna be an oscar worthy performance. Just balls to the wall action and whippin' ****! If I want realism, Ill watch Law and Order.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2006
    I really liked the first one. This one I liked, but not quite as much. They took unbelievable to a whole new level in this one. The first one had lots of unbelievable over-the-top scenes, but they were easy to look past. This one had some that were so outrageous you just had to laugh. It's a fine line :)

    Still a good time.
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  • Grimster74
    Grimster74 Posts: 2,576
    edited January 2006
    Haven't seen anything mentioned yet but how is the soundtrack. I know the first one was pretty kick ****.
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  • BjornB17
    BjornB17 Posts: 752
    edited January 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    Exactly. You know this aint gonna be an oscar worthy performance. Just balls to the wall action and whippin' ****! If I want realism, Ill watch Law and Order.

    If I want realism, i just go and stand outside and watch people walk around and go about their lives.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,772
    edited January 2006
    This was a "fun" movie. Awesome driving and tons of action...

    But some things were incredibly...unbelieveable...

    Like making a bomb hit a crane... haha yeah... right...
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited January 2006
    Yeah, I agree with that one. While Im all for uberbadasses that can do no wrong, flipping the car in mid air in time to pluck off a bomb with a crane hook was maybe a little over the top.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited January 2006
    One expects an action movie to be over the top, that's why they're called action movies. But when it's taken too far, it becomes cartoonish, IMO. In this movie, the main character should have been wearing a cape.


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    I'm surprised no one mentioned the awful storyline. Why did the bad guy decide to "transport" the antidote by injecting himself with it? And how was the antidote extracted from him? And since the father was contagious and went to the meeting, didn't he infect those in attendance, thus fufilling the bad guy's diabolical plot? Should we assume that the attendees got the antidote in time? If so, how? Oh, and the end when the plane plunged into the sea from 30,000 feet in the air and remained intact while the fight scene continued to take place underwater????? C'mon, fellas.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,772
    edited January 2006
    Yeah... they were really trying to make you accept stuff way out there... and when I say way out there...

    Im talking about a green crayon being called a yellow one out there... its just wrong
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  • crazy
    crazy Posts: 443
    edited January 2006
    I saw the movie 2 days ago and really loved it - the sound effects were amazing (given that this is a Polk forum!). I agree that there were 3 scenes which were way over the top and the movie could have done without - but otherwise the movie was great and the 2 cars (Audi and Lambo) were amazing.
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2006
    watched it last night. over-the-top so much so that instead of being considered an action flick, perhaps they should label it 'science-fiction'. still fun and cool. what did that audi go through? concrete walls, piping, 50' drops and still come out unscathed? i did like all the surround music goin' on.

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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2006
    one last comment, there were NO hot chicks to be found in this one.

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  • BjornB17
    BjornB17 Posts: 752
    edited January 2006
    BIZILL wrote:
    one last comment, there were NO hot chicks to be found in this one.

    agreed
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2006
    okay, one more comment, again....my sound cut out on me like 8 times. there'd be a moment of silence, then i'd rewind and play again and it did not happen. there was no clipping of amp or anything. didn't even have it turned up loud. even happened in dialogue scenes. scratched rental dvd? anyone else? dude at my work said he had the same probs with his transporter 2.

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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited January 2006
    BjornB17 wrote:
    agreed
    well, there was that bad chick with the body that of a 12 year old boy.

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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited January 2006
    My sub POPPED when the car landed after doing it's amazing spiral, knock the bomb off the bottom of the car, and land on the wheels without destroying the car stunt. :rolleyes: :confused: That was the only part that made me really go, "What the Hell?!!!"
    Enjoyable action, driving and fighting. Nice to see a Lambo in action as well. I like it, and will check it out again one day.
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited January 2006
    BIZILL wrote:
    one last comment, there were NO hot chicks to be found in this one.

    I have not seen the 2nd one. Who is the leading female in the 2nd one?
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2006
    There's a "bad guy" girl, Kate Nauta, who's been in nothing else ever. Then there's "the mom", Amber Valletta, who's been in one or two things.
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  • kingtut
    kingtut Posts: 813
    edited January 2006
    Thanks bobman. You'd think that they cast some pretty actress in an action movie.
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