Transporter 2 Early Review

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So last night I was invited to the critics screening of The Transporter 2, so off I went with my good friend and council CheapyD.

I will start by saying this, If didnt like the first one you probably wont like this one. Although I liked 2 better.

And most importantly if you like realism in your films, then please stop reading now, save your money and go rent Enchanted April, no one likes you anyway.

Now to the Movie, whats it about, short story short, Mean looking bald guy kicks the crap about of a bunch of generic terrorist mercenary badguys. Thrown in some Biological weapons and a Kidnapped child revenge plot device and there you have it the perfect way to shut off your brain for 90 minutes.

Don't get me wrong really enjoyed this movie, I've had a busy work week and my brain needed the rest. Its fun, its violent, the fight scenes look great and so do the chase scenes. Jason Statham is best movie superhero this side Batman to appear in a movie this summer. The stunts are unbeliveable, gravity and physics be damned. Sometimes to a fault, but it is always fun to watch.

Bottom Line: B (score is out of 100)
 
Is this one very Euro/French-action like the first one?
 
I liked your comments about realism. I couldn't even suspend my disbelief for the commercial. Especially at the part when he leaps over two crashing cars.
 
I liked the first one, but the trailer to the second turned me off.

The car jump across the building looked like Cheapass CGI to me. I can't stand Cheapass CGI, it throws me out of the movie. Please tell me they fixed it up a bit.

I thought the Island was a great flick, but the flying bike sequence looked so fake it was annoying.
 
How does it get a letter ranking on a numerical scale? :whistle2:k...

:p

I really wanna see this one.

[quote name='Wombat5277']So last night I was invited to the critics screening of The Transporter 2, so off I went with my good friend and council CheapyD.

I will start by saying this, If didnt like the first one you probably wont like this one. Although I liked 2 better.

And most importantly if you like realism in your films, then please stop reading now, save your money and go rent Enchanted April, no one likes you anyway.

Now to the Movie, whats it about, short story short, Mean looking bald guy kicks the crap about of a bunch of generic terrorist mercenary badguys. Thrown in some Biological weapons and a Kidnapped child revenge plot device and there you have it the perfect way to shut off your brain for 90 minutes.

Don't get me wrong really enjoyed this movie, I've had a busy work week and my brain needed the rest. Its fun, its violent, the fight scenes look great and so do the chase scenes. Jason Statham is best movie superhero this side Batman to appear in a movie this summer. The stunts are unbeliveable, gravity and physis be damned. Sometimes to a fault, but it is always fun to watch.

Bottom Line: B (score is out of 100)[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='Kayden']How does it get a letter ranking on a numerical scale? :whistle2:k...

:p

I really wanna see this one.[/QUOTE]

Whats a numerical ranking scale? :)
 
[quote name='Kayden']How does it get a letter ranking on a numerical scale? :whistle2:k...

:p

I really wanna see this one.[/QUOTE]


that makes too of us...when does it open?
 
Is this one of those movies where every single action seen is shown in the trailer? I HATE that.

Same thing with comedies. The only 2 or 3 good jokes in the entire movie they use in the trailer.
 
I got a free ticket with my Transporter DVD, so I'm going to see it regardless.

I liked the first one, so it would only be dissapointing if the fight scenes were less creative in the sequel.

That one car stunt does look fake as hell though.
 
[quote name='Megalith']I got a free ticket with my Transporter DVD, so I'm going to see it regardless.

I liked the first one, so it would only be dissapointing if the fight scenes were less creative in the sequel.

That one car stunt does look fake as hell though.[/QUOTE]


The whole movie is fake as hell I mean how the hell does a guy jump above two cars that end up crashing into each other. Yeah I didn't like the first one and I guess I won't like the second one either but I saw a clip of a fight scene with a fire hose and that looked pretty cool but still not a fan of the movie
 
The fight scenes are definitely creative and look quite good.
I hate action movies in which the camera is too tight on the fights and you can't see whats going on (ala Batman Begins). This movie does not have that problem at all.

There is only one other (obvious) CGI scene that I can think of. I don't think it will be a factor in your enjoyment of the movie.

However, as Wombat mentioned, if you like your action movies to contain realism, I would look elsewhere.
 
[quote name='CheapyD']The fight scenes are definitely creative and look quite good.
I hate action movies in which the camera is too tight on the fights and you can't see whats going on (ala Batman Begins). This movie does not have that problem at all. [/QUOTE]

Cool. I had that same problem with Batman Begins. It seems like directors who can't stage a good fight always get in too close. I thought Tarintino did a great job with Kill Bill in capturing the action.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']The only film I have seen Jason Statham in was The One with Jet Li. I thought he was pretty cool in it.[/QUOTE]

Watch snatch and lock, stock & two smoking barrels he's hilarious in them and they are awesome movies
 
[quote name='Mex25']Watch snatch and lock, stock & two smoking barrels he's hilarious in them and they are awesome movies[/QUOTE]
I second the recommendation for Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels, that's the first movie I ever saw him in.
 
[quote name='rallen']
I thought the Island was a great flick, but the flying bike sequence looked so fake it was annoying.[/QUOTE]
maybe you should check out "Parts: The Clonus Horror"
 
i just rented the nest and i might have to check this out, i love super ridiculous and amazingly coreagraphed fight scenes. its weird, im actully intrested in this movie, but had no intrest in the first, is it similar? is it marketed differently?
 
The first Transporter is a huge guilty pleasure of mine. The plot sucked, but it was Jason kicking asses left and right. :drool: Bring on t3h Transporter.
 
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i just wish she was in the 2nd one... but i'll still go see it

the first one kicked seven kinds of eurotrash-terrorist ass
 
[quote name='punqsux']i just rented the nest and i might have to check this out, i love super ridiculous and amazingly coreagraphed fight scenes. its weird, im actully intrested in this movie, but had no intrest in the first, is it similar? is it marketed differently?[/QUOTE]

Just got back from seeing it. It was actually really good. Of course there was alot of unbelievable and impossible shit in there, but hey, I liked it. The first one has an amazingly slow start, but does get good. This one is nonstop action throughout the whole movie.

Anyone who liked the first one will love this one.
 
This movie was fucking awesome. There is a bit of "no fucking way" action, but it doesn't really hurt the movie. And that blonde chick is fucking nasty.
 
[quote name='punqsux']i just rented the nest and i might have to check this out, i love super ridiculous and amazingly coreagraphed fight scenes. its weird, im actully intrested in this movie, but had no intrest in the first, is it similar? is it marketed differently?[/QUOTE]

I don't know, but I was interested in the first and immensely dissapointed. I won't be watching 2 any time soon.
 
I tried to like the first movie, but it was . . . too French for me.

I plan on checking the new one out, but I'll probably wait to rent it on DVD.
 
[quote name='punqsux']i just rented the nest and i might have to check this out, i love super ridiculous and amazingly coreagraphed fight scenes. its weird, im actully intrested in this movie, but had no intrest in the first, is it similar? is it marketed differently?[/QUOTE]

I dunno... I saw a preview for the second one while going to see War of the Worlds and I've wanted to see it ever since. I think I just wound up going to the first one because some hot girl wanted to... Now THAT is effective marketing. :lol:

The first one was a bit far fetched, but still entirely possible. The second one has stunts that just cant be done. ****spoilers****





 There are only a couple that really stand out. One, theres a bomb on the bottom of his car and he flies his car off a bunch of crates, does a barrel roll, and uses a crane hook to scrape the bomb off the bottom of the car. Next one, he runs into the middle of traffic and two cars are about to hit him. He jumps up and they hit right under him. Not that unnbelievable, but from the looks of it, the hood popping up should have torn his leg off. The last one that really stands out is when hes fighting the 'nurse' from the preview. They're fighting in a room with beaded drapes and she swings all around the room on them. I found this one the most detracting. She goes flying across the room upside down, catches a drape with her foot and then just flips right side up.******

As for the choreography.... :shock: =P~ ****




He fights a group of about 10 guys with katanas and axes in a car garage and winds up slapping the piss outta them with a 6' steam pipe. Theres also another fight with about 6 guys that he fights with a fire hose. While he's hitting them with it, hes also wrapping it around the pipes and duct work. When he gets them all tied up, he turns the water on and they all go flying. :lol: ****


The only really lame part I found in the movie was the main villan. Hes introduced in a fight scene training with 5ish people and hes beating the crap outta them. It sets him up to be really bad ass throughout the whole movie. However, the end fight is weak. ****



they're on an airplane and (shock) the pilot gets shot! Talk about plot twists.... :roll: Anyways, they essentially hug eachother as the plane goes down and they roll around as the plane flips around and crashes. Very anti climactic****

What freakin color makes stuff invisible unless highlighted?
 
[quote name='Kayden']What freakin color makes stuff invisible unless highlighted?[/QUOTE]

Dark Slate Gray would be a little better, but still readable.
 
[quote name='Kayden'] I think I just wound up going to the first one because some hot girl wanted to... Now THAT is effective marketing. :lol:[/QUOTE]
damn, i must have missed where they were passing out the hot girls to go see the movie =o\ i think the worst movie i saw because of a girl (this wasnt a date, but such a bad movie) was dreamcatcher, holy crap, i never let her live down picking that movie...
 
[quote name='Kayden']And that blonde chick is fucking nasty.[/QUOTE]

If by 'fucking nasty' you mean really fucking hot, then I'd have to agree.
 
I really hated the first movie. The main reason was, the fight scenes seemed to move too slowly. There were just WAY too many instances of a bad guy standing there or moving really slow until the main guy finished his fancy little ass kicking move.

Do the fight scenes in the second look better?
 
I saw the trailer on T.V. The CG looked like claymation.
 
[quote name='Trakan']If by 'fucking nasty' you mean really fucking hot, then I'd have to agree.[/QUOTE]

Icky... her boobs were.... well.... gross/not there. She wouldn't be bad looking if she got some boobs and gained about 5 pounds. Was the mom Cameron Diaz? She looked like shit.

QUOTE=punqsux]damn, i must have missed where they were passing out the hot girls to go see the movie =o\ i think the worst movie i saw because of a girl (this wasnt a date, but such a bad movie) was dreamcatcher, holy crap, i never let her live down picking that movie...[/QUOTE]

:shock: Dreamcatcher was awesome!
 
I thought the first Transporter sucked, but I must applaud the auction sequences. They were choreographed and it was evident, but they were extremely well choreographed that it made them entertaining. I hated the plot of the first movie and there were plot holes and coninuity issues throughout. For instance, when the mafia or whatever the bad guys were int he first movie attack his home and he must flea with the girl (the hot Asian chick) through his escape hatch into the water, all they is oxygen tanks, but in the next scene where they come out of the water at some other home, thye are both wearing complete wet suits. You can't tell me that they managed to pull those wet suits out of nowhere or even in the water and put them in the water. It's just minor issues like this through out the first that really inconvenienced me and really turned me off from the film. That's probably going to bother me with the second as well as I can already see it happening just by the trailer where he jumps over the two cars crashing. The film is worth a look just for Jason Statham and/or the action sequences, since both are just badass, but like Wombat put it, get ready to turn off your brain if you plan on enjoying these films.

6/10
 
[quote name='Kayden']Icky... her boobs were.... well.... gross/not there. She wouldn't be bad looking if she got some boobs and gained about 5 pounds. Was the mom Cameron Diaz? She looked like shit. [/QUOTE]

The Mom was eh. The other chick was hot though.
 
[quote name='Kayden']
:shock: Dreamcatcher was awesome![/QUOTE]
dreamcatcher is the worst movie ever made. this is comming from someone who has seen every episode of MST3K...
 
[quote name='punqsux']damn, i must have missed where they were passing out the hot girls to go see the movie =o\ i think the worst movie i saw because of a girl (this wasnt a date, but such a bad movie) was dreamcatcher, holy crap, i never let her live down picking that movie...[/QUOTE]
You think DreamCatcher was bad, try 'The House of sand and fog'. Worst movie EVER. Even more so than The Hulk which both ironically had Jennifer Conelley starring in. Hmm :D The only reason why I didn;t walk out was becuase I was watching it with the women. After we left the theater, we were both in agreement that the movie sucked major ass and that we were even on picking bad movies (I picked 'The Hulk') :lol:

P.S. Who ever made the trailer for House of sand and fog should get a fucking raise. Most misleading trailer EVER.
 
[quote name='CappyCobra']You think DreamCatcher was bad, try 'The House of sand and fog'. Worst movie EVER. Even more so than The Hulk which both ironically had Jennifer Conelley starring in.[/QUOTE]

I only caught a bit of The House of Sand and Fog, and I have to say that it was extremely good -- which wasn't what I was expecting.

And I'm in the minority of thinking that Hulk was, pardon the pun, incredible. One of the better comic book films out there.
 
Apparently 5 bullets from a crappy little TMP type gun can make a helicopter explode.

This movie was so corny, but for some reason i enjoyed every minute of it.
 
[quote name='projecteightysix']This movie was so corny, but for some reason i enjoyed every minute of it.[/QUOTE]

That's why I hated the first one.
 
[quote name='projecteightysix']Apparently 5 bullets from a crappy little TMP type gun can make a helicopter explode.[/QUOTE]
5 bullets? steven segal can do it in 3 shots (see: exit wounds; bridge scene)
 
The movie's setting was in Florida this time around. I thought it was pretty good except for those few scenes that leave you with a taste of wtf (not what but why). I enjoyed it if you don't see it in the theatres it would at least be a good rental. But I wouldn't pass up the chance to watch this one if I had it. On the other hand if given the choice to watch Master and Commander(again) I'd have to say :puke:
 
I finally caught it, and thought...the movie blew.

First all, bad CGI was all over the place. People in the audience were laughing at the airplane sequence at the end of the film. It looked like Plan 9 From Outer Space bad.

This action sequence was so bad, so rediculous, that it didn't even make sense. Speaking of sence, what were they trying to imply with the iPod sequence? The script was so disjointed I couldn't even tell.

This movie has a plot written by a man with a crippled sense of reality. Things such as unused antedotes, instant hallway bombs, flying cars that are also resistant to hitting parking structure support stansions, firehoses that are heavy enough to knock someone out yet not heavy enough to hurt the person kicking it, the Transporter carries a handy set of shrinkwrapped clothes should his get sullied, Tarentino style naughty nurse ninjas only have bad aim when shooting at the Transporter, the Transporter can dodge bullets like Neo, it's easy to flip the girl in front of you on a jetski over your head so you can drive, crashing hard drives are accompanied by fleeting moments of unexplained spark showers, 18 wheelers stop on a dime, parking structure outer walls are soft enough not to damage the front end of a Mercedes, there is always a way into the fuselage of a 12 passenger jet from the landing gear, Lamborghinis explode on impact with city signs, G forces are all in your mind if you happen to be engaged in mid-air combat with a Columbian mercinary, widespread airbourne pathogens are expeditiously cured when it suits the plot do so, over a dozen guys with melee weapons to be feared can miss at the same time, scared teeneage girls wont pull triggers, its easier to comply with the demands of insane mercinaries with snipers trained on you than it is to back out of a driveway, Miami PD helecopters are made from paper Mache and it takes only a few 35mm rounds to make them explode, and French chef operatives can easily hack into, use, and get a way with using police computer resources without missing their flight home.

Save your money on this one. The first was about 10 times better.
 
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