The Transporter Refueled

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The Transporter Refueled
"The Transporter Refueled" poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Camille Delamarre
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  • Adam Cooper
  • Bill Collage
  • Luc Besson
Based on Characters
by Luc Besson
Robert Mark Kamen
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Music by Alexandre Azaria
Cinematography Christophe Collette
Edited by Julien Rey
Production
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Distributed by Relativity Media (U.S.)
EuropaCorp (France)
Fundamental Films (China)
Release dates
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  • 4 September 2015 (2015-09-04) (United States)
  • 9 September 2015 (2015-09-09) (France)
Running time
 96 minutes[1]
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  • France
Language English
Budget $25 million[2]
Box office $72.6 million[3]

The Transporter Refueled (French: Le Transporteur : Héritage) is a 2015 French action thriller film directed by Camille Delamarre and written by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Luc Besson. It is the fourth film in the Transporter franchise and the first film to be distributed by EuropaCorp in North America, but features a new cast, with Ed Skrein replacing Jason Statham as the title role of Frank Martin. It is the first installment of a planned Transporter reboot trilogy.

Filming began on 1 August 2014, in Paris, France. The film was released on 4 September 2015 in the United States and 9 September in France.

Plot

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Former special-operations mercenary Frank Martin is living a less perilous lifestyle than he had previously, transporting classified packages for questionable people. Then he took the contract from Anna following his 3 rules of no names, no questions and no renegotiations. According to the contract, he should be near the bank for her and her two packages. However, he finds himself thrust into danger again when prostitute Anna and her accomplices Gina, Maria, and Qiao orchestrate a bank robbery and kidnap Martin's father to confront and kill Arkady Karasov, a human trafficker who had victimized Anna years earlier. Anna's whole team robbed the friends of Arkady and framed his friends against him.

Cast

  • Ed Skrein as Frank Martin, a former mercenary turned contract driver, known mainly as the Transporter.
  • Ray Stevenson as Frank Martin Sr., a retired secret agent and Frank's father.
  • Loan Chabanol as Anna, one of four runaway sex slaves who wants to take revenge on Karasov from an event 15 years prior to the events of the film.
  • Gabriella Wright as Gina
  • Tatjana Pajković as Maria
  • Wenxia Yu as Qiao
  • Radivoje Bukvić as Arkady Karasov
  • Noémie Lenoir as Maissa
  • Yuri Kolokolnikov as Yuri
  • Lenn Kudrjawizki as Leo Imasov
  • Samir Guesmi as Inspector Bectaoui
  • Anatole Taubman as Stanislav Turgin

Production

At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, a new trilogy was announced with EuropaCorp and China's Fundamental Films co-producing and distributing the titles.[4][5] The films will likely be budgeted between €25 million and €30 million each and at least one will be shot in China.[6] Luc Besson will co-finance, distribute, produce and write all the films.[7] The franchise was rebooted after negotiations with Jason Statham fell through.

EuropaCorp wanted Statham to sign a three contract deal, without revealing the script first. English actor Ed Skrein replaced Statham as Frank Martin in the fourth installment of the series.[8] In March 2015, the title was changed from The Transporter Legacy to The Transporter Refueled.

Principal photography of the film began on 1 August 2014, in Paris, France.[9][10][11][12]

Release

The film was previously set to be released on 6 March 2015.[9] On 5 November 2014, EuropaCorp moved the film for a 19 June 2015 release.[13] On 1 April 2015, EuropaCorp again moved the film back to a 4 September 2015.[14]

Reception

Box office

The Transporter Refueled grossed US$72.6 million worldwide,[15] with its largest territory being China with US$18.3 million.[16]

In its opening weekend in North America, the film grossed $7.4 million, finishing 4th at the box office. It was also 4th on its opening weekend in China, grossing CN¥69.8 million.[17]

Critical response

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Transporter Refueled has received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 16%, based on 94 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Transporter Refueled has little to offer beyond a handful of decent action sequences, leaving this reboot's title feeling more like wishful thinking than a restatement of purpose."[18] On Metacritic the film has a score of 32 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[19] On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.[20]

IGN awarded it a score of 7.0 out of 10, saying, "The shadow of Jason Statham loomed large over this reboot, but Ed Skrein nails it, meaning the franchise is in safe hands."[21]

References

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  2. ↑ http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-transporter-refueled-walk-in-the-woods-labor-day-weekend-1201583719/
  3. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transporter4.htm
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  21. ↑ http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/09/01/the-transporter-refueled-review

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