Frank’s beloved Audi gets several spectacular run-outs, the best of which takes place in an airport terminal. But The Transporter is less about plot and plausibility and more about cars and action, and director Camille Delamarre - who previously helmed Brick Mansions and edited Taken 2 and The Transporter 3 - delivers on both fronts. Carried out by her beautiful cohorts, it's filled with twists and turns, and builds to a far-fetched but surprisingly satisfying conclusion. Play That plot is masterminded by the mysterious and manipulative Anna (Loan Chabanol) and inspired – somewhat tenuously – by The Three Musketeers. It also means that the stakes are raised, as once the plot kicks into gear and Dad gets kidnapped, Frank Jr is no longer simply just delivering a package for money, but rather endeavouring to save his father’s life. The interplay between the two makes for some of the movie’s most entertaining scenes, and even if the frequent ‘Junior’ jokes were done much better in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Skrein and Stevenson nevertheless have undeniable chemistry and make a winning double act. (Ray Stevenson), who claims to be a sales rep for Evian, but who is clearly a spy easing himself into retirement. The big change this time around is that we also meet his Dad Frank Sr. Following a brief prologue in which the Russian villain of the piece takes control of prostitution on the French Riviera in a flurry of bullets, we’re re-introduced to Frank Martin, a man of few words, whose transportation business has three simple rules: No names.

And while Skrein isn’t quite the celluloid force of nature that Statham is, he’s nevertheless a likeable presence that brings a few new dimensions to the character. Play But now the franchise is getting a shiny new reboot, with Ed Skrein – the original Daario Naharis in Game of Thrones and soon to be seen as Ajax in Deadpool – taking on the role.

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