20 Action Movie Sequels Since 2000 That Don't Suck

13. Transporter 3

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Reasons to be grateful for The Transporter: it gave expert Hong Kong choreographer Corey Yuen a Hollywood gig and established Jason Statham as a leading man.

The pair reunited for this sequel, which has a shot at being the most demented entry in the franchise. Wearing a bracelet that will explode if he gets more than 75 feet from his car, Statham has to travel across Europe to deliver a package, and in the process gets involved in the usual martial arts standoffs and car chases.

The standout is the climactic sequence, shot in real time without models and CGI, where Statham drives his car onto a moving train. Expect The Transporter Refueled, which doesn't feature Statham as Frank Martin (and was made by the director of Brick Mansions), to be considerably less dumb fun. 

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'