The Transporter
The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 English-language French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen from a screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first installment in the Transporter franchise and stars Jason Statham in the title role, alongside Shu Qi, François Berléand and Matt Schulze. In the film, Frank Martin, a British mercenary driver living in France, finds himself involved in a human trafficking plot.
Plot
Frank Martin, a former highly decorated special operations soldier, is a highly skilled driver for illicit jobs in southern France who follows three strict rules: never change the deal, no names, and never open the package.
More details
| author | Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Nice Paris |
| director | Corey Yuen Louis Leterrier |
| editor | Nicolas Trembasiewicz |
| events | carrier organized crime |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | arrest automatic weapons avignon bank robber bomb car bombing cassis chinese immigrant crush drive evading police fight flat tire france frank martin gag getaway driver held at gunpoint human trafficker kidnap missile move partner in crime police inspector police officer police station safe house seclude ship southern france special operations trap underwater passage wall street |
| musicBy | Stanley Clarke |
| producer | Luc Besson Stephen Chasman |
| recordedAt | Aix-en-Provence Cannes Marseille Nice Paris Saint-Tropez |
| theme | chase human trafficking |