Friday, September 02, 2005

Friday Movie Review: Transporter 2

If you're in the mood for a good chick-flick then catch Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardner. Am unaware as to how many sweet women are treated horribly by rotten, uncaring men, or as to the total number of terminal diseases they must brave, surrounded by weeping girlfriends who tell them how wonderful they are. Ralph Fiennes cries. A lot. For your basic low-brow action-adventure cartoon, there's:

"Few bad movies are more aggravating than a sequel that betrays everything which made its predecessor entertaining."-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE

"Interesting for the two or three people tracking the zeitgeist, but not terribly interesting for anyone else."-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL

"The Transporter films are pure garbage; ones that don’t quite reach the bottom of the chute since the XXX flicks will cushion their fall."-- Erik Childress, EFILMCRITIC.COM

"Takes itself far too seriously, yet it's hard not to laugh at how ludicrous it is"-- Edward Douglas, COMINGSOON.NET

"Those hooked by the opening schoolgirl punch-out will stay with it and viewers rolling their eyes at that delirious fun probably never should have paid their 10 bucks anyway."-- Dan Fienberg, ZAP2IT.COM

"If you’re looking for a believable plot, throw that thought right out the window with one of the bad guys."-- Stefan Halley, HERO REALM

"Stylish thriller positing Jason Statham as a James Bond candidate."-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE

"stylistically cool...sit back and enjoy the ride. "-- Jeffrey Lyles, GAZETTE(MD)

"sure to delight 13-year-old boys everywhere — and no one else."-- Matt McKillop, FILMCRITIC.COM

"If I'd wanted to see a videogame in a movie theater, I would have brought my own."-- Scott Nash, THREE MOVIE BUFFS

"The Transporter 2 is a martial arts-obsessed action movie inadvertently reconceived as cartoonish parody."-- Nicholas Schager, SLANT MAGAZINE

"stomping through each scene wearing his Blues Brothers suit and a scowl, Statham has a very commanding screen presence"-- Willie Waffle, WAFFLEMOVIES.COM

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