Rating (1 to 10) : 5
Summary: Frank is a professional transporter – someone who transports people or things, no questions asked. One shipment causes problems when he breaks his own rules.
Frank is an ex-special forces soldier who lives on the southern coast of France making a living as a transporter. He transports people or items, no matter how legal or illegal they may be, for a fee. He isn’t just a smuggler of sorts. He is also a professional driver and can get out of tight spots at high speeds in his modified BMW 740 and evade police pursuit in the crowded urban areas of France, as witnessed in the opening scene of the movie (BTW, BMW couldn’t have produced a better ad for their car than the opening scene – it even beats the chase scenes from “Ronin”).
Frank has three rules: (1) Never change the deal; (2) No names; (3) Never open the package. He gets a job to transport an item in a bag to a destination. While traveling, he gets a flat tire and while getting the spare from the trunk, he realizes that the package is a person in a bag. He breaks his own rule and opens the package to offer a drink. That leads to a series of events that results in the recipient of the package trying to kill him and Frank on the run…with the “package”, Lai (Qi Shu). Frank unexpectedly ends up in the middle of a crime operation and he tries to foil it, assisted by a dispirited local detective named Tarconi.
This is the premise of this action movie, one filled with explosions, improbable fight scenes, and an incredible car chase. There’s more to the movie than just action scenes juxtaposed to catch the viewer’s eyes; behind all the visual eye-candy, there is a plot, however thin it may be. So this film isn’t just a “pure action/no plot” B-movie but one step up, equivalent to “Jurassic Park”, another movie with great action scenes centered around a weak plot. I won’t go any further about the story because it’s too thin to get into without giving it away.
Why you should or should not see this movie:
If you like an action movie that doesn’t bog you down with things like a good plot or a tight script, this is for you. But be forewarned, this is not at the same level as “Speed” or “Die Hard”.