Transporter 2 (2005)

Directed by

Louis Leterrier

Genre

action film, thriller film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3,991 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A professional driver and former special forces operative takes a job protecting the young son of a high-profile politician. When the boy is kidnapped by a powerful drug cartel, he uses his driving and combat skills to get him back.

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What happens

Transporter 2 (French: Le Transporteur 2) is a 2005 English-language French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen. It is the sequel to The Transporter (2002) and the second installment in the Transporter film series, followed by Transporter 3 (2008) and The Transporter Refueled. It stars Jason Statham as Frank Martin, with Alessandro Gassmann, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, François Berléand, Matthew Modine, and Jason Flemyng. In the film, Frank Martin (Statham) is tasked with protecting the young son of politician Jefferson Billings (Modine) from an international drugs cartel. Transporter 2 was theatrically released in France on August 3, 2005, by EuropaCorp, and was released in the United States on September 2, 2005, by 20th Century Fox. It received mixed reviews from critics with praise for Statham's performance, action sequences and direction, but criticism for its screenwriting. It grossed $89.1 million worldwide and was followed by the sequel Transporter 3 (2008). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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