Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.
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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. —Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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- Rules are made to be broken
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- Rated PG-13 for violent sequences and some sensuality
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- TriviaWhen Lai is flipping through the pictures at Frank's house, the photo of the little boy with the monkey really is Jason Statham.
- GoofsLai is tied to a chair (hands and feet). She is able to get to the car by tiptoeing. How does she then open the door, drag herself and the chair into the car and close the door behind her? Not to mention the fact that someone as careful as Frank steals the car without noticing a woman tied to an office chair in the back seat.
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Frank Martin: Rule #1. Never change the deal.
- Alternate versionsJapanese two-disc DVD set features a full bitrate DTS 6.1 sound mix, and restores the bus fight and motorway fights in full.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Knoc-Turn'Al Feat. Samuel Christian: Muzik (2002)
- SoundtracksThe Case
(D.J. Pone & Drixxxe)
Performed by D.J. Pone & Drixxxe
Recorded and Mixed at Digital Factory by Bruno Fourrier
Assisted by Fabrice Sauré (as Fabrice Saure)
©EuropaCorp. (SACEM) / Eastory / B.M.G. Publishing (SACEM)
(p)2002 EuropaCorp.
Top review
Die Hard IV Do Not Think, and You Will Have an Enjoyable Action Movie
Nearby Nice, Frank Martin (Jason Statham) transports and delivers illegal cargoes. His business is supported by three basic rule: Rule no. 1 The deal is never to be changed; Rule No. 2 No names; and Rule No. 3 Never watch the cargo. The day he breaks his own rules, he realizes he is transporting a Chinese girl, Lai (Qi Shu), and he gets in many troubles due to his fault. This movie is pure action having all the usual clichés: car chasing, explosions, fights when nobody uses guns, the lead actor gets some kind of involvement with the victim etc. But the choreography is excellent and the action scenes are great. Jason Statham recalls Bruce Willis in `Die Hard'. If the viewer do not think, he will have an enjoyable entertainment. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): `Carga Explosiva' (Explosive Cargo')
Title (Brazil): `Carga Explosiva' (Explosive Cargo')
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- Mar 7, 2004
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- Transporter
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- $21,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,296,447
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,107,816
- Oct 13, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $43,928,932
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- DTS-ES(original version)
- Dolby Digital EX(original version)
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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