(And judging by the frequency with which he seems to get kidnapped, not a moment too soon.) ( Ray Stevenson), a self-professed salesman who has not-so-secretly just retired from espionage work.
Fortunately, Frank is ultimately a passenger on this particular ride, with the real attractions being the crashes, the physics-defying brawls, and the nonstop, almost endearingly shameless product placements, with Evian, American Express and especially Audi getting as much screentime as the film’s nominal star.Īlso, photocopying several pages from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” the film joins Frank with his vinegary father, Frank Sr. Attempting to make up in pursed-lipped handsomeness what he lacks in charisma and hulking machismo, Skrein isn’t exactly a like-for-like replacement. With longtime star Jason Statham sitting this one out, Ed Skrein (“Game of Thrones”) takes on the role of Frank Martin, the fastest, fightingest Uber driver in Europe. The rare stupid genre film that’s at least somewhat aware of its own transcendent stupidity, yet not aware enough to wink at it or try to explain it away, “The Transporter Refueled” will likely rack up modest figures over a sleepy Labor Day weekend, but those who show up will find one of the most enjoyable bad movies of the year. Both are fourth installments in franchises that scarcely seemed able to support a third both feature recast, taciturn leads who must safeguard four scantily clad women on a dangerous road trip and both express single-minded devotion - in their own radically different fashions - to stripping the action movie of its pretensions and excess fat.
Camille Delamarre’s “The Transporter Refueled” is absolutely none of those things, and yet the two films share an unlikely number of similarities. George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” is a visionary action movie of truly uncommon grace, intelligence and detail-oriented craftsmanship.
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