Supercool hero in a blisteringly roasty-toasty image. Filling in for the family chauffeur, the "professional driver" (euphem.) gets swept up in the kidnapping of the darling little boy of an anti-drug czar. A trickle of schmaltz, a torrent of slapsticky action. With Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Alessandro Gassman, Kate Nauta, …
The glorified delivery man has been coerced into chauffeuring a freckled Ukrainian redhead to Budapest and beyond, strapped with an irremovable bracelet that will explode if he strays seventy-five feet from his Audi. Jason Statham offers himself up as an alternative to the rougher James Bond of Daniel Craig, together …
Aw, was it really too much to hope that they would just call it The Transporter Recast? Maybe Reskinned? Phooey. Anyway, pouty-lipped, chiseled-face Ed Skrein takes over for Jason Statham (age 48) in the have-car, will-deliver action series. And Camille Delamarre (Brick Mansions) takes over the director's chair from Olivier …
According to writer-director Guy Ritchie, armored car heists have become more common than convenience store robberies, so much so that it’s a wonder anyone would consider a career in money transport. Given the forced tenor of their chatter, there is little doubt that the two armored car drivers that greet …