The leader of the pack is Anna (Loan Chabanol), a chilly beauty. Here are evil men involved with human trafficking, forcing young women into prostitution.įast forward some 15 years to Monaco and a long-simmering revenge plot, in which those women caught in modern slavery will try to destroy their masters and take all their money. The Transporter Refueled opens with a brief scene that establishes the villains.

so, focus on the drive, here, and forget the destination. The Transporter Refueled spins the sort of yarn that sees a suave former agent kidnapped more than once, and by female characters who seem to have stepped out of Hello Kitty! There are Russian gangsters from central casting and plot complications that just won't cease …. Director Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) knows how to make things blow up good.įinally, the story - and yeah, alas - this part is the great equalizer. Skrein is more an unknown quantity, though not for long.)Īs for the second question, the stunts here in Transporter Refueled seem more complex, the crashes more mind-boggling and the fights more balletic, so it seems safe to say that the new film is up to par on the action front. (If there's a bit less testosterone in the air, consider that Statham had the advantage of establishing that mad macho thing in two Guy Ritchie movies - Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - prior to becoming the Transporter. In answer to your first question: Yes, Ed Skrein (Game of Thrones) steps nicely into the role held by Jason Statham for those first three movies in the Transporter franchise. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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