Rules are made to be broken.
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
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Contemporary, unpretentious, classical in form and resolved.
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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- Robon TMDB · Jun 20238/10
Jason Statham's breakout movie. And it's the perfect vehicle for him. Let's face it in almost every movie Statham is just Statham, but that's ok, it's exactly what we want to see. This is basically Luc Besson's version of a Jackie Chan movie. And it really does work. Ok, the BMW bridge jump was nothing short of cringeworthy, but the rest of the movie is enjoyable enough that we can forgive that...just.
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · May 20217/10
Fun action-thriller with Statham in his element. The car chases and fights were decent but would've been made better if not for the choppy editing. But all in all this was entertaining even though I've seen it a few times over the years. **3.75/5**
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Cast
- Jason StathamFrank Martin
- Shu QiLai
- François BerléandTarconi
- Matt SchulzeWall Street
- Ric YoungMr Kwai
- Doug RandLeader
- Didier Saint MelinBoss
- Tonio DescanvelleThug 1
- Laurent DespondsThug 2
- Matthieu AlbertiniThug 3
Crew
- Corey YuenDirector
- Louis LeterrierDirector
- Luc BessonScreenplay
- Robert Mark KamenScreenplay
- Pierre MorelDirector of Photography
- Stanley ClarkeOriginal Music Composer
- Nicolas TrembasiewiczEditor
- Luc BessonProducer
- Steven ChasmanProducer
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