Frank Martin is a former Special Forces officer who lives on the French Mediterranean and has a lucrative second career as a underworld courier for hire. Martin is hired to make a delivery to a wealthy but unscrupulous American known as Wall Street, but after taking possession of the package he realizes that whatever is inside happens to be alive. Martin opens the bag to discover a beautiful Asian woman, Lai, who is bound and gagged. Lai briefly escapes, but Martin captures her, and delivers her to Wall Street as promised. However, after being given a parcel to deliver by Wall Street, Martin finds out what Wall Street is up to - in partnership with Lai's father Mr. Kwai, Wall Street is part of a scheme to smuggle Asian illegal aliens into France. Martin's conscience gets the better of him, and he sets out to rescue Lai and put Wall Street and Mr. Kwai out of business; however, as if this wasn't enough of a challenge, Martin discovers a French detective, Tarconi has gotten wind of his illegal business.
If there's one thing I could say about this film, it's that the action never stops. From beginning to end, it's action packed with lots of great fight scenes, gun battles, car chases and explosions. The plot is not the best and a little far fetched, but with an action thriller such as this, believability isn't the goal. The most amazing part (which boosted my rating) is the fact that Jason Statham did his own stunts including all of the crazy driving - wow. If you want to watch a supremely confident guy kick butt and take names, this is your film.
Rating: 3 of 5 stars
Would I watch it again: No
Starring: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze
I typically watch movies on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while riding the ACE Train from Tracy to Santa Clara. The opinions expressed are those of me, myself and I.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment