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TRANSPORTER 3 In Motion!! Same Stars, New Director!!

who cares by the_arashikage	Feb 25th, 2008 10:55:04 PM
not that great of a franchise
Frist by Series7	Feb 25th, 2008 10:56:00 PM
AWesome. Can't wait
Damnit by Series7	Feb 25th, 2008 10:56:15 PM
I CARE!
Used to respect Jason Statham... by Premiere Warlord Bush	Feb 25th, 2008 10:56:24 PM
Not anymore. It's been downhill since Snatch...
Stanley Clarke's score by gringostar	Feb 25th, 2008 10:57:05 PM

The second was horrible. by Shermdawg	Feb 25th, 2008 10:58:09 PM

Stanley Clarke's score by gringostar	Feb 25th, 2008 10:58:56 PM
was so terrible that it ruined the first one for me! never saw 2, probably won't bother with 3. (sorry about the double post... I hit enter by accident)
I am just by Series7	Feb 25th, 2008 10:59:06 PM
Excited that Shoot'em up 2 doesn't seem to be coming up everywhere. The Transporter is so much better, and Jason Statham is so much cooler in this role then Clive Boring. Plus Jason can actually fight. I wouldn't mind if Statham just came out with a new Crank or transporter every year and didn't do anything else. Any word on Crank 2?
THE SECOND ONE WAS FANTASTIC! by UMAGA	Feb 25th, 2008 10:59:34 PM
IT WAS SO AWESOME IT GAVE ME A BLOWJOB THAT CAUSED MY NUTSACK TO EXPLODE IN A BURST OF FLAMES. The first one sucked..and caused medisease.
Ewww. Gross. by Kid Idioteque	Feb 25th, 2008 10:59:46 PM
1 = passable. Barely. 2 = major suckage. Crank = second worst film I've ever seen. Someone needs to stop Jason Statham before he singlehandedly ruins the medium, forever.
Its weird, I used to love Statham by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Feb 25th, 2008 11:05:12 PM
The Transporters' sure helped that man crush. Crank helped put the nail in the coffin.
I'm in for a third... by Aloy	Feb 25th, 2008 11:12:16 PM
...although I gotta say that I like the setups with all his fussy precision more than the big action endings. Still.... there's a place for this.
by Philo	Feb 25th, 2008 11:12:23 PM
Stathams OK, a lot better than most of the action hero clones kicking about right now. The dude can actually act (a bit) for gods sake!!! Chaos was a fairly decent movie despite Wesley Snipes and the two not having a punch up.
Why GODD WHYYYY!!! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 25th, 2008 11:18:53 PM
WHYYY!
I'm fucking Jason Statham by beetlegeuse	Feb 25th, 2008 11:19:07 PM
but I'm imagining that it's Matt Damon
Hell, Yeah. All Hail Jason Statham. by kenichi tanaka	Feb 25th, 2008 11:19:09 PM
Oh, man. I've been waiting for this news for quite some time. Jason Statham is an awesome action star and I'm glad that JS is doing a third. It was inevitable. After all, they had to make this series a trilogy. Besides, between Transporter and the Bourne series, we already have an American version of the James Bond franchise.
He's an awesome stuntman by skywalkerfamily	Feb 25th, 2008 11:29:16 PM
But his acting. Woof.
Transporter 3: Beer Run. by thebearovingian	Feb 25th, 2008 11:38:08 PM
This could be better than making up Indy titles.
what ? by slkboxrman	Feb 25th, 2008 11:48:22 PM
cant wait for transporter 3, the first 2 movies were both awesome...and to call crank a bad movie is just lame...i cant wait to see what they do with the sequel..i think there are endless possibilities for the transporter series, although i think at this point they should lose the frenchman.....one movie im sure statham wishes he never made was "in the name of the king"
Cory Yuen directed the first Transporter by AnarchyWorldsEnd	Feb 25th, 2008 11:53:12 PM
Just an FYI ;)
Stratham needs to break through by aversiontherapy2	Feb 26th, 2008 12:06:34 AM
These films are enjoyable but he's capable of bigger, if only he'd been cast in Hitman, and the script was different, and the director, and other things.
Robert Knepper love! by TheMcflyFarm	Feb 26th, 2008 12:15:07 AM
If you ever watched Prison Break you would know that he is one of the greatest actors ever. He should do more serious or high profile stuff.
AnarchyWorldsEnd... by GenPion	Feb 26th, 2008 12:19:37 AM
Cory Yuen directed all the action in the first film. Louis Leterrier was the artistic director, and he also helmed the second one himself.
OLIVER MEGATRON WILL DO YOUR TAXES! by DOGSOUP	Feb 26th, 2008 12:21:12 AM
"Yesss, there might just be a deduction for being a HUMAN INSECT!!"
Megatron directs! by Tourist	Feb 26th, 2008 12:22:53 AM

robert knepper by slkboxrman	Feb 26th, 2008 12:24:56 AM
he is awesome on prison break, he does need bigger movie roles....last movie he was in was HITMAN btw..but he typically gets crap roles like in that species dvd movie..anyone else remember him from the one episode he did on startrek next gen ?
Transporter 3 : Transportererer by otm shank	Feb 26th, 2008 12:28:34 AM
Dude, it's been done. I like Statham, but there's more original prospects out there.
Better than Crank!! Yeah, you know it! by superduper3000	Feb 26th, 2008 12:35:03 AM
It's a shame that Jason S. isn't a bigger action star than he is, as the guy obviously has what it takes to bring even the most mundane thing to live better than anyone in his generation. For the record, the last five minutes of CRANK were pretty bad-ass, even if the rest of the movie was blah. Anyone disagree? http://tinyurl.com/2wxo67
What's with all the Crank hatin'? by Magma Suit	Feb 26th, 2008 12:43:49 AM
That movie RULED!
Hey SuperDudper, justify In the Name of the King by DOGSOUP	Feb 26th, 2008 12:54:04 AM
Do it, I dare you, I double-dog dare you.
yeah, leave crank alone... by Tourist	Feb 26th, 2008 01:00:14 AM
...At least it wasn't Shoot Em Up. Thats how you make a piece of crap thats also unwatchable.
Transporter 3: The REAL Hitman by Cinenima	Feb 26th, 2008 01:16:58 AM
I gotta tell you though, as much as I loved the first Transporter (althought that old asian george takai cloned fat-headed F*** couldn't act his way into c list porn), the 2nd movie was hidious. When the sequel sucks, the 3rd is usually somewhere in the middle. Although Ocean's 13 really did it's best to worse than its sequal.
I'd pay to see Jason Statham bitch-slap -- by Boris Baddenov	Feb 26th, 2008 01:37:25 AM
Javier Bardem's side-parted Buster Brown hairdo right off his "No Country For Old Men" head, eh?
Transporter - the James Doohan Story. by skywalkerfamily	Feb 26th, 2008 01:42:27 AM
I think the next Transporter should be about Geordi, and Barclay and Data.
I understand the man needs work, but Jesus... by thedarklinglord	Feb 26th, 2008 02:26:15 AM
The first Transporter was decent, mostly because the action scenes had a kind of Jackie Chan energy about them (minus the imagination, of course). The plot was pretty laughable and the ending was about as anticlimactic as you can get - it seriously felt like they were running low on film so they decided, "Okay, we'll just wrap it up here." The Transporter 2 was fucking retarded. It was like XXX and XXX2 got together for inbreeding and out came Transporter 2. It was THAT bad. Everything about the movie sucked. Crank had an equally implausible plot, but it was pretty much ideal for an nonsensical action movie: he needs to keep adrenaline pumping to stay alive, so let's have 90 minutes of non-stop carnage. Only, we didn't get that, did we? The action kept getting bogged down by the moronic story and lame attempts at characterization. Oh, and the public sex thing? You know, that would have only been remotely interesteding if we got to see titties and ass - and NOT Jason's. It wasn't the most horrible piece of shit I've ever had to sit through, but it seemed like a colossal waste of cheesy action movie potential. We need Transporter 3 about as badly as we need Ghosts of Mars 2, okay? Someone give Statham some decent scripts or go ahead and relegate him to low budget direct-to-video shit alongside Snipes and be done with it.
YYEESSSS!! by avenger147	Feb 26th, 2008 03:02:03 AM
I enjoyed the 1st 2 so this should be good!
Megaton is still a pretty cool surname by Maniaq	Feb 26th, 2008 03:37:20 AM
sure Megatron would happen to be so much cooler but a megaton is a helluva lotta weight to be throwing around, nonetheless I thought 1 & 2 had been done by different directors - they were so different, right down to one sucking and the other being absultely fucking awesome (except for Stratham's American accent, which always sucks in every film) but waddayaknow it was the same guy! maybe Megaton can breathe some much-needed new life into this franchise? I agree the finicky perfectionist nature of Transporter was where the character got a lot of his charm and was especially important to the chemistry between the leads in the first. Those few scenes of character were better than an entire film's worth of action and stunts in the second one - which struck me as a poor man's Man On Fire, which was not that good by any stretch
Awww, HELL NO!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	Feb 26th, 2008 03:46:09 AM
Not another one of those craptastic borefests. CRANK sucked major balls, too. Statham used to be cool...prior to all those godawful movies.
Bring back Shu Qi and you have my $$$$$ by Monkey_King	Feb 26th, 2008 04:06:47 AM
Shu Qi sex and Statham = $$$$$$$
I'm waiting for CRANK 2 by Mike_D	Feb 26th, 2008 05:08:23 AM
dammit.
Transporter was great, Transporter 2, meh by Dr_Zoidberg	Feb 26th, 2008 05:41:36 AM
Loved the style of the first one, all the action scenes had energy and, dare I say it, wit. The film was ridiculous, funny and exciting. The music was great, gave it some personality, I hated the overblown score on the second film. Sequel had some moments, but there was too much 'plot' and bullshit.
Read in an interview recently... by Knuckleduster	Feb 26th, 2008 07:03:05 AM
... that Statham would like to be in more Michael Mann or Martin Scorsese-type films. Transporter 3 and Crank 2 are obviously the way to get there. Keep up the good work, Jason. War 2 is only a couple of months away.
Can Jasan Stratham say no to anything? by rbatty024	Feb 26th, 2008 07:06:04 AM
I enjoyed Stratham when I only knew him as "The Guy Ritchie Guy." Now he's in every B-movie there is. In the Name of the King, really?
Jason Statham should... by Captain RawBeard	Feb 26th, 2008 07:16:32 AM
... be a bigger star than he is. I enjoyed both Transporters, although I do agree the first film had some ropey acting and a duff ending, and the sequel's story wasnt that great. But Crank was Great, Yes it was a dumb non-stop action film with tiny bits of filler in between but thats all it was and it didnt pretend to be anything different. Can't wait for the sequel.
More like the first movie by NeoMyers	Feb 26th, 2008 07:18:28 AM
Transporter 2 was like a video game. It's not like the first one was realistic, but I hope they get back to that feel and all the weird music that would come out of nowhere.
Make or Break For This Franchise by cowboyone	Feb 26th, 2008 07:36:33 AM
I like Statham and I think the franchise "has legs," but part three better have a decent script ... and hopefully this second unit director has chops. Big gamble in my estimation.
I guarantee it won't suck as much as WAR by turketron	Feb 26th, 2008 07:36:56 AM
Or Rush Hour 3... now THERE is a shitty action movie, whose shittyness is exponentiated by the fact that it apparently had a $140 mil budget. Transporter 1 I really enjoyed, not so much with Transporter 2, but I didn't hate it. It was just stupid. Now, War... THAT is an extremely shitty Jason Statham movie. Jet Li and Jason Statham together... what could go wrong? EVERYTHING. What a miserable pile of month old diseased diarrhea that shit was. I wouldn't be so pissed if I hadn't seen it in a theater.
Maybe I'm nuts... by DocPazuzu	Feb 26th, 2008 07:55:28 AM
...but there's just something about the Transporter flicks that I like. Sure, they're awful and retarded, but they're just so gleefully and gloriously retarded that I can't help but love them as guilty pleasures. Shoot Em Up on the other hand, was garbage with no redeeming features at all. It was so self-aware and smug that I wanted to put my foot through the screen. Fuck that poseur shit.
I'm with Maniaq by Datascream	Feb 26th, 2008 08:27:20 AM
Megaton is a pretty badass name.
I WANT SHU QI BACK! by Osmosis Jones	Feb 26th, 2008 09:52:03 AM
GORGEOUS woman.
A third one? by Forsakyn	Feb 26th, 2008 10:05:13 AM
First one - passable. Second one - great comedy (seriously, if you're not laughing throughout the live action cartoon sequel that defies logic and physics more than any other cartoon something is wrong with you)... A third one - how can they possibly top the silly second one? As far as you Crank haters - to each their own. I really liked that movie - it didn't take itself seriously, it was inventive, and it was fun. Shoot 'em up, on the other hand, sucked - they got it all wrong.
Shu Qi = by Motoko Kusanagi	Feb 26th, 2008 10:06:00 AM
overrated
Oh, and Giamatti in Shoot 'Em Up... by Forsakyn	Feb 26th, 2008 10:08:29 AM
Was not a pussy with a gun. If anything he showed balls throughout the movie. A smart quip from the good guy to the bad guy only works if it makes sense - that didn't remotely make sense. If anything Giamatti's character was never scared, even charging Owen without a gun. Anyhow, it wasn't a good movie even if it had lacked that dumb line from Owen to Giamatti. Not even good gratuitous nudity from Monica.
Mistake by rookie116	Feb 26th, 2008 10:11:56 AM
Louis Leterrier did not direct the first one... it was by a Hong Kong director. More specifically, the director of Dead or Alive movie.
Fill-in-name-of-movie + fill-in-sequel-number + by kabong	Feb 26th, 2008 10:22:22 AM
remake.
I'm actually really excited about this by Spandau Belly	Feb 26th, 2008 10:45:31 AM
I've wanted a Transporter 3 for quite some time. This character can go anywhere and do anything. There's no situation too absurd for the Transporter. I don't see why the Transporter couldn't become a low-rent DTV-style James Bond producing 20+ wacky movies. Bring 'em on!
Hulk by reTARDIS	Feb 26th, 2008 11:07:24 AM
forget the transporter...can we assume that the Incredible Hulk is gonna suck being as we haven't gotten anything but Norton holding a vile? and this thing comes out in like 5 months?
Dead wrong, Major. by ikkyu	Feb 26th, 2008 11:46:01 AM
Jones (among others) is correct: Qi Shu is heart-stoppingly gorgeous, however you spell her.
In fact... by ikkyu	Feb 26th, 2008 11:47:19 AM
...she's almost worth sitting through Transporter 2 for - a movie which otherwise has no discernible redeeming feature.
There's no situation too absurd for the Transporter. by turketron	Feb 26th, 2008 11:54:43 AM
Well said, Spandau Belly. I totally agree. The absurdity of the action sequences is something I look forward to. The parachuting onto a moving 18 wheeler in the first movie. The oil fight in the first movie. Deflecting a missile with a dinner tray (a scene that was in trailers but not the actual movie) in the first movie. The ridiculous sequence where he ramps the car and hits a crane hook in mid-air to dislodge a bomb underneath the car in Transporter 2. I love that ridiculoid shit.
Keep giving Robert Knepper work by AlwaysThere	Feb 26th, 2008 12:10:21 PM
This man deserves it.
How about a Transporter/Transformer movie!? by Borgnine JR	Feb 26th, 2008 03:13:31 PM
Statham drives around in Optimus Prime and then gets in a comedy oil fight with Starscream. Or put him in Michael J. Fox's time travelin' Delorian. Then in KITT. Then the Mach 5. Now I see a real franchise shaping up.
Will this one involve the laws of physics! by C.K. Lamoo	Feb 26th, 2008 04:14:08 PM
Because that last one sure didn't.
Transporter Rules by Toby___Wong	Feb 26th, 2008 05:26:33 PM
The name Transporter is synonymous for kicking ass. Keep them sequels coming. Transporter 1 was very cool. Transporter 2 was full adrenaline. Only minor point in part 2 was the ultra ugly blond skank.
I would have liked Crank.... by crayon	Feb 26th, 2008 05:34:57 PM
if it played it a little more serious and dark.. Course it's intentions were obviously supposed to be like a video game, but I just can't say that angle was for me.
"Now, Jason Statham, I direct you to destroy that accursed Optim by MrMysteryGuest	Feb 26th, 2008 06:43:16 PM

Optimus Prime!" Dammit! These talkbacks need more room! by MrMysteryGuest	Feb 26th, 2008 06:44:20 PM

Dammit, Harry, your talkbacks ruin long funny jokes! by MrMysteryGuest	Feb 26th, 2008 06:47:55 PM

Second one was great. by GibsonUSA	Feb 26th, 2008 09:20:12 PM
Statham was literally dodging bullets.
No love for Shoot 'em up, DocP? by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 26th, 2008 09:23:55 PM
I liked the smug self-awareness and over the top dark humor. I don't know, maybe that says something about my maturity.
I agree Forsakyn by 'Cholera's Ghost	Feb 26th, 2008 09:27:44 PM
Giamatti was ballsy mofo in that movie. It made a lot more sense when Owen goes "what's up doc?" whilst chewing a carrot. Oh yeah: "Eat your vegetables." Dumb as hell line. Made me laugh. As did the "Oh, that is just TWISTED. That is SICK!" line.
I Want Better Villains!!! by Fan180	Feb 26th, 2008 09:29:03 PM
While I enjoyed the last two and look forward to a third, I think action films need better villains. Instead of having these random, faceless henchmen they should put in more memorable bad guys like Kill Bill, and Smokin Aces had. If they can't fight make them smart and unconventional like Kevin Spacey in Seven. If they can fight make them deadly like Ray Park or Cyril Raffaelli(Diehard, Kiss Of The Dragon) If the villains don't pose a serious threat to the hero it will look like Power Rangers.
Throw in Ewan McGregor by Smerdyakov	Feb 26th, 2008 11:27:32 PM
and call it Transporter Vs Trainspotter.
MPAA Bastards killed my Transporter! by Fist Dirtbox	Feb 27th, 2008 03:35:49 PM
It's true, it's true! Hunt around online and you'll find that the US release versions of both movies got toned down substantially. The full-strength versions are a lot more fun, and the export version of Transporter 2 even has enhanced (errr finished is probably closer to the truth) CG fx. And for the record, Crank is a comedy- That was its directors stated intention anyway. PS. Shoot-'Em-Up failed badly, it was so... obvious and calculated.

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