REVIEW : Transporter Refueled (2015)

On the left, Daario Naharis the First; on the right, Frank Martin Jr.

Guys, we've found Daario Naharis the First. Seems like he decided to take a bit of a career change along with a different name.

Then again, I guess it's kindda still the same job, just in a drastically different world.

It's 2010 in the French Riviera, and Frank Martin (Ed Skrein) gets hired as a getaway driver/muscle by a prostitute, Anna (Loan Chabanol), who is out to enact vengeance on her Russian pimp, Arkady Karasov (Radivoje Bukvić), along with three other girls who have suffered the same abuse and exploitation as her. Frank doesn't agree to it at first, since it wasn't exactly the deal he signed up for, but then the senior Frank Martin (Ray Stevenson) who's supposed to be a "sales representative" for "Evian water" (read between the lines here people), gets kidnapped, so Junior here is out to save the day. Rejoice.

It's a stupid plot, but it's your typical action-no-brainer-plot.

I actually really like the actions scenes in this movie, which is pretty rare for me these days unless you're Mad Max: Fury Road. They're well-paced and don't feel too drawn-out, and they're creative. You have Frank beating thugs in a narrow hallway with cabinet drawers, with a battleaxe, with his bare hands and the wheels of an unmanned car casually rolling behind him. Basically just very creative ways to kill people.

And then you planes, and yachts, and Frank riding a jet-ski in a suit before driving it onto land and hurling his body through the windows of an SUV. Good stuff I tell you.

See, what did I tell you. Same job, different universe

But the thing is, movies like this really demands that  you suspend what you know about the world, and all the logic and common sense that governs the world. Sure, when there's a bunch of people wanting to beat you up, they'll totally take turns. Sure, crash into a bunch of things and there won't even be a single scratch on your car. Sure, your bank absolutely knows in real-time when unauthorised transfers occur, and will even be able to pinpoint the exact location on your yacht where this is being carried out.

Suuuuuure, this is totally still 2010. /s

With all that said, so long as you know what you're in for, you probably won't end up hating this film.

#DealWithIt

 TL;DR : A convoluted Audi commercial in disguise.

I rate it : 4.5/10 stars

Should you watch it? Mmm, sure. Why not? Watch it, then proceed to forget all about it.

TRANSPORTER REFUELED (2015)

Genre : Action

Runtime : 96 mins

Director : Camille Delamarre

Cast : Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol