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Transporter 2
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6.3Professional driver, and former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policy director and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.
Cast
- Jason Statham as Frank Martin
- Amber Valletta as Audrey Billings
- Alessandro Gassmann as Gianni Chellini
- Kate Nauta as Lola
- Matthew Modine as Jefferson Billings
- Jason Flemyng as Dimitri
Themes
- martial arts
- chauffeur
- miami, florida
- workaholic
- war on drugs
- kidnapping
- conference
- sequel
- u.s. marshal
- young boy
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
224,388 votes
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 2005
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Louis Leterrier
- Written by
- Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen
- Based on
- Characters, by Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
- Produced by
- Luc Besson Steve Chasman
- Starring
- Jason Statham Alessandro Gassmann Amber Valletta Kate Nauta François Berléand Keith David Hunter Cleary Shannon Briggs Matthew Modine Jason Flemyng
- Cinematography
- Mitchell Amundsen
- Edited by
- Christine Lucas-Navarro Vincent Tabaillon
- Music by
- Alexandre Azaria
- Production companies
- EuropaCorp TF1 Films Production Current Entertainment Canal+ TPS Star
- Distributed by
- EuropaCorp Distribution (France) 20th Century Fox (Worldwide)
- Release dates
- 3 August 2005 ( 2005-08-03 ) (France) 2 September 2005 ( 2005-09-02 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 87 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $32 million
- Box office
- $89.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 87
- FilmAffinity ID
- 283264
- Image
- Transporter the mission.svg
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- publication date
- 2005-09-02
- title
- Transporter 2
- review score
- 56/100
- Commons category
- Le Transporteur 2
- capital cost
- 32000000
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Transporter 2 (French: Le Transporteur 2) is a 2005 English-language French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen. It is the sequel to The Transporter (2002) and the second installment in the Transporter film series, followed by Transporter 3 (2008) and The Transporter Refueled. It stars Jason Statham as Frank Martin, with Alessandro Gassmann, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, François Berléand, Matthew Modine, and Jason Flemyng. In the film, Frank Martin (Statham) is tasked with protecting the young son of politician Jefferson Billings (Modine) from an international drugs cartel.
Transporter 2 was theatrically released in France on August 3, 2005, by EuropaCorp, and was released in the United States on September 2, 2005, by 20th Century Fox. It received mixed reviews from critics with praise for Statham's performance, action sequences and direction, but criticism for its screenwriting. It grossed $89.1 million worldwide and was followed by the sequel Transporter 3 (2008).