🎬 THE TRANSPORTER (2025)

 

Starring Jason Statham and Scarlett Johansson

The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 English-language action thriller directed by Cory Yuen from a screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first installment in The Transporter franchise and stars Jason Statham as Frank Martin, alongside Shu Qi, François Berléand, Matt Schulze, and Ric Young. In the film, Frank, a British mercenary driver living in France, becomes involved in a human trafficking scheme.

The Transporter was inspired by the short film series The Hire. The Transporter premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on October 2, 2002, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 11 by 20th Century Fox, and in France on October 23 by EuropaCorp. It received mixed reviews, with praise for its action sequences, but criticism for its plot. It grossed $43.9 million worldwide and was followed by the sequel Transporter 2 (2005).

🛻 The Transporter Film Series (Mainline):

1. The Transporter (2002)

   • Starring: Jason Statham

   • Plot: Frank Martin breaks his own rules when he discovers his latest package is a kidnapped woman, leading him into a dangerous human trafficking ring.

2. Transporter 2 (2005)

   • Frank is in Miami, where he’s hired to chauffeur a young boy who gets kidnapped, drawing him into a criminal plot involving a deadly virus

3. Transporter 3 (2008)

   • Frank is forced to transport a kidnapped woman across Europe while being tracked via an explosive bracelet.

4. The Transporter Refueled (2015)

   • A reboot of the series with Ed Skrein taking over as Frank Martin. It was poorly received and didn’t lead to more sequels.

🧨 What Made It Popular

• High-octane car chases

• Hand-to-hand combat choreography

• Jason Statham’s iconic, stoic lead performance

• Sleek European settings and stylized action

📺 Spin-offs

• Transporter: The Series (2012–2014): A TV show starring Chris Vance as Frank Martin, aired in Europe and North America.

There has been no official confirmation of The Transporter 5, though rumors and fan trailers continue to circulate.