Logic, Sense and Physics Take a Back Seat in the 'Transporter 3' Trailer
Filed under: Action, Lionsgate Films, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
How do you follow films like The Transporter and Transporter 2? Um, you hire non-stop bad-ass Jason Statham to star in Transporter 3? (Yep.) The third entry in the hyper-kinetic action series comes from Lionsgate (whereas the first two came from Fox) and of course the producers found a way to get Mr. Statham back for Part 3 -- AND they found a way for him to fight with his shirt off. (Marketing class tells us this brings females to the theater.)The first film dealt with an oddly superhuman courier who is forced to kick much ass when he's double-crossed by some villains. The second film ... pretty much the same, although the action bits were upgraded from slightly absurd to full-on Looney Tunes. Part 3? Yeah, our favorite "package" deliverer is forced to go on a mission, only if he wanders too far from his car, a giant wrist-bomb will go off. Apologies to my film professors, but that's just enough of a plot to get me interested in an action movie.
Transporter 3 opens on November 26, and LG has just released the final trailer. Here it is, and thanks to TrailerAddict.com for hooking us up with the embeddables:
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10-11-2008 @ 9:34PM
MCW said...
I haven't watched any of the Transporter films fully, despite being a fan of Statham, but I must say, this trailer makes me think I should give them a try.
I really enjoy the train jumping seen here, and Robert Knepper is in it?! Cool enough for me.
Thank you for posting this trailer Mr. Weinberg.
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10-11-2008 @ 10:58PM
Slappy said...
Hi MCW: The Transporter films are GREAT if you can suspend your disbelief and just enjoy them. If you are a literal person or demand that things "make sense" you are going to be really disappointed.
Also, 'Crank' was almost as good as the Transporters.
10-25-2008 @ 9:58PM
Nyx said...
the transporter series is action at its best. If you want a thriller go see the Bourne series but Jason Statham is so british and badass you don't care if it's going to work out as physically impossible. Why do they have a sci-fi industry for heaven's sake! This is terrific stuff for pure kicks and fast,furious action. I also greatly appreciate he's a gentleman at the appropriate times - lends a strength of another kind (as a woman I enjoy that almost as much as his cut bod) and it gives Frank more layers which are needed in some of the less well made action flicks we see.
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