Taglines: Rules are made to be broken.
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary “transporter” who moves goods–human or otherwise–from one place to another. No questions asked. Carrying out mysterious and sometimes dangerous tasks in his tricked-out BMW, Frank adheres to a strict set of rules, which he never breaks.
Rule One: Never change the deal.
Rule Two: No names–Frank doesn’t want to know whom he’s working for, or what he’s transporting.
Rule Three: never look in the package.
Frank’s newest transport seems no different from the countless ones he’s done in the past. He’s been hired by an American known only as “Wall Street” to make a delivery; but when Frank stops along the route, he notices his package is moving.
Violating Rule Three, Frank looks inside the bag, finding its contents to be a beautiful, gagged woman. Frank’s steadfast adherence to his other two rules–which make up his basic code of survival–also quickly fails, hurtling him and his new companion on a road leading to shocking secrets, deadly complications, and the last thing that Frank ever expected to come to believe: that rules are made to be broken.
The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 English-language French action thriller film directed by Corey Yuen and Louis Leterrier (who is credited as artistic director on the project), and written by Luc Besson, who was inspired by BMW Films’ The Hire series. The film stars Jason Statham as Frank Martin, a driver for hire – a mercenary “transporter” who will deliver anything, anywhere – no questions asked – for the right price. It also stars Shu Qi as Lai Kwai.
It is the first installment in the Transporter franchise, succeeded by two sequels, Transporter 2 and Transporter 3, a reboot, The Transporter Refueled and a television series premiered in 2012 on October 11 in Germany on RTL and on December 6 in France on M6.
The Transporter (2002)
Directed by: Luc Besson, Corey Yuen
Starring: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, François Berléand, Ric Young, Doug Rand, Didier Saint Melin, Matthieu Albertini, Laurent Desponds, Didier Saint Melin, Vincent Nemeth
Screenplay by: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Production Design by: Hugues Tissandier
Cinematography by: Pierre Morel
Film Editing by: Nicolas Trembasiewicz
costume Design by: Martine Rapin
Makeup Department: Elsa Beigbeder
Music by: Stanley Clarke
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violent sequences and some sensuality.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: October 11, 2002
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