Transporter 2 (Action)

Cast: Jason Statham, Amber Valetta, Alessandro Gassman, and Kate Nauta

Direction: Louis Leterrier

Showing at Kumari

Kathmandu:

Welcome to the hair-spiking action flick, that almost compensates for the deficit in its original version. The British hunk is back and he’s armoured with little more of his saviour fare to play a more plausible Samaritan. What’s more, it’s not merely his fisticuffs and the splendid stunts, but his strong convictions on principles! Trasporter he’s been before, and a good one at that, but this count under a different guise and with a different mission.

Well, we have Frank Martin, Jason Statham an former Special Forces operative chaffering for a wealthy Billings family who has, for some indefinite reason, deigned to switch over from his BMW to an Audi. His routine assignment includes transporting the Billing’s kid to and back from school. All goes well, until one day the kid is to be taken to a doctor for an appointment only to get trapped in a vicious trap of baddies who’re all set to wreak havoc on drug-free America.

The alarm bells rings loud and clear for our invincible hero to save the child and the future of America. And it’s time when to fasten your seat belts and experience the jolts that comes almost interminably between fireworks and explosions.

The kid is inflicted with a fatally contagious virus that would stop the anti-drug politicos, who are attending a conference, from thwarting their nefarious plans. It’s at this point of time, the Trasporter is shouldered with more than just what responsibility he’d earlier taken upon himself. With an entire entourage of dastardly villains and the venomous vixen (Kate Nauta), it’s time for the hero to demonstrate some more skill than just being a dexterous driver, especially, when the baddies have shed their scruples to do just about anything to stop ‘em politicos. But, a man of principles that he is, Frank never makes a promise that he can’t keep. Besides the nail-biting action sequences that form the intrinsic part of the flick, it’s the subtle manipulation of the relationship that Frank shares with the Kid and his mom Amber Valetta. He doesn’t stumble off his righteous conscience and sticks to what he thinks are his duty, even when Amber can do almost anything to get him in bed!

Apart from it all, the screenplay never lets the flavour of the adrenaline-packed movie lose its essence.