John’s Movie Musings

Jason Statham is a pretty decent action star.  He’s no Arnold or Sly, but within this era’s complete lack of manliness, he definitely brings a healthy dose of manergy.  Unfortunately, most of his movies are crap.

Transporter 3 stands out for the sheer fact they made three of these.  Now I’m not dissing action flicks.   They are the White Castle of our cinema diet.  Necessary to maintain sanity and appreciation of quality.  The Transporter series has a shocking longevity because Jason Statham also stars in the Crank movies, basically playing the same character.  Before Transporter 3 there’s a trailer for Crank 2 which only makes me try to figure out where that one fits in the timeline of this whole universe.

So what’s wrong with Transporter 3?  First off, there’s a transporter not named Scotty.  Yeah, that’s a shout out to all the Trekkies before their beloved series gets raped by the cast of Dawson’s Creek this summer.

Secondly, the lead actress does a fantastic job of pretending to be a robot.  Unfortunately, she’s all human which only means I saw better acting from the plastic model in Lars and the Real Girl.

One good thing?  It’s better than Transporter 2.

Grade: C-