The Transporter (2002) [PG-13]

Featuring:
Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze

Written by:
Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen

Directed by:
Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen


Release Date:
October 2, 2002

Original Title:
The Transporter

Alternate Titles:
Kurýr
The Transporter 1
The Transporter 1 (2002)
Transporter
Transporter 1
玩命速递
非常人贩

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Canal+
Current Entertainment
EuropaCorp
TF1 Films Production

Production Countries:
France | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  BE: 16  BR: 12  CA: 14A  CZ: 12+  DE: 16  ES: 18  FI: K-16  FR: 12|16  GB: 15  HU: 16  IE: 15  KR: 15  NL: 12  PL: 16  RO: 18  RU: 16+  SE: 15  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 92

Rules are made to be broken.

Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.

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.

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Rankings and Honors

The Transporter (2002) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes 53%
Metacritic 51/100

ADR Mixer:
Didier Lesage

ADR Recordist:
Didier Lesage

Additional Second Assistant Director:
Jean-Baptiste Pouilloux

Assistant Director:
Louis Leterrier

Assistant Director Trainee:
David Hurst
Aurélia Bono
Julien Bectarte
Jean-Emmanuel Graine
Mathieu Pradet
Pierre Saint Blanquat
Esther Sellem
Hans Titze

Assistant Foley Artist:
Judith Guittier

Assistant Script:
Marie Gennesseaux

Assistant Sound Editor:
Alexandre Hernandez
Maud Lombart

Assistant Unit Manager:
Olivier Martin
Jeremy Bau
Julien Bouley
Arnaud Duterque
Gatien Nida
Gaël Deledicq
Sandrine Mannoni
Grégory Barrau
Jerome Goy

Associate Producer:
David Lai Tai-Wai

Boom Operator:
Thomas Gastinel

CG Artist:
Nicolas Rey

Casting:
Nathalie Chéron

Costume Designer:
Martine Rapin

Dialogue Coach:
Cameron Watson

Dialogue Editor:
Anne Delacour

Digital Compositor:
Thibaut Granier

Director:
Corey Yuen Kwai
Louis Leterrier

Director of Photography:
Pierre Morel

Editor:
Nicolas Trembasiewicz

Fight Choreographer:
Corey Yuen Kwai

First Assistant Director:
Christophe Cheysson
Stéphane Moreno Carpio
Stéphane Gluck

Foley Mixer:
Eric Ferret
Anne Le Campion

Foley Recordist:
Eric Ferret
Anne Le Campion

Hair Department Head:
Ghislaine Tortereau

Hairstylist:
Celine Durand

Makeup Artist:
Josée de Luca

Makeup Department Head:
Anne Bergamaschi

Music Editor:
Ron Finn

Music Supervisor:
Jérôme Lateur

Orchestrator:
Ira Hearshen

Original Music Composer:
Stanley Clarke

Post Production Supervisor:
Eric Bassoff

Producer:
Luc Besson
Steven Chasman

Production Assistant:
Mehdi Sayah

Production Design:
Hugues Tissandier

Production Director:
Olivier Chiavassa

Production Manager:
Alfred Lot

Screenplay:
Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen

Script:
Karine Gozzi
Audrey Ciais

Script Supervisor:
Marie Leconte

Second Assistant Director:
Nicolas Pillard

Set Costumer:
Susan Salzano

Sound Designer:
Ken Yasumoto
Vincent Tulli

Sound Editor:
Ken Yasumoto

Sound Mixer:
Dominique Lacour

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Didier Lozahic
François-Joseph Hors

Still Photographer:
Jack English

Stunt Coordinator:
Corey Yuen Kwai
Philippe Guégan
Michel Julienne
Guo Jianyong
Gilles Bannier
Francis Auguy

Stunt Driver:
Don Abbatiello
Charlie Estepp

Stunts:
Sybille Blouin
François Nguyen
Patricia Vosges
Sandra Mo
Maud Imbert
Valerie N'Guyen
Olivier Schneider
Mouloud Ikhaddelene
Pascaline Girardot
Carlos Bonelli
Christophe Vaison
Minh Minh Ngo
Frederic Garcia
Michel Bouis
Joseph Beddelem
Jean Francois Ronzevalle
Nadege Marti
Pascal Guégan
Albert Goldberg
Frederic Ciccione
Gilles Ciamin
Frederick Renard
Cyril Raffaelli
Marcel Labbaye
Gilles Conseil
Christophe Marsaud
Marc Hoang
Carle David
Michaël Troude
William Cagnard
Jörgtom Buttelmann
Sang Lin
Loïc Saintilan
Sébastien Peres
Alain Barbier
Daniel Vennekens
Frédéric Vallet
Janaina Lemoine
Emmanuel Lanzi
Alain Renault
Jean-Charles Andrieux
Dominique Tiercelin
Cyrille Hertel
Alain Gaudiard
Yannick Derrien
Alain Valvine
Christelle Droy
Patrick Médioni
Pascal Lopez
Grégory Loffredo
Stephane Dutto
Vincent Bersoullé
Christian Bergner
Philippe Morel
Alain Guerillot
Jean-Jacques Desplanque
William David
Ken Chung
Geraldine Tan-Gacon
Pascal Lavanchy
David Forax
Louis-Marie Nyee
Hajime Nariyoshi
Frederic Hezard
Sylvain Gabet
Alain Brochery

Unit Manager:
Bruno Guilhem
Franck Lebreton

Unit Production Manager:
Alexandrine Kol
Laurent Lasnon
Maxime Bochner

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Roxane Fechner

Visual Effects Producer:
Frédéric Moreau
Joyce Menger

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