Better than The Transporter but not as much fun as Crank.
Slick, silly and oddly enjoyable.
Simon West’s brainless remake.
Simon West, directing, should have done something to fix the ending, a tit-for-tat flourish that isn’t worthy of the relationship he and the actors have constructed. Even with this misstep, though, it’s comfortably his best film since Con Air.
On the Stath-o-meter, nothing so delirious as Crank, but a marked improvement on the Transporters.
Less silly and more vicious than The Transporter, our bullet-skulled action hero’s latest actioner is engineered to do exactly what you want: smash, crash and gurn. Another B-movie franchise for The Stath? Quite possibly.
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General release. Check local listings for show times.
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