I gave “The Transporter” a shot, after my brother weighed in on how amazing it was. It wasn’t. I would call it, if you will, the flip-side to “Goodbye Dragon Inn.” A lot happens in this film, but you don’t care, whereas in that film, as I understand it, nothing happens, and you don’t care.
Maybe that reveals something about pure cinema–the purest product provokes the most sincere and deeply existential apathy.
as everyone knows i have very low standards, especially when it comes to martial-arts related over-the-top action movies (luc besson’s involvement is usually a bonus). and even i couldn’t stomach this piece of shit. for context: i managed to enjoy “kiss of the dragon”. on the plus side this film may have killed off any chance of the annoying jason statham becoming a star.
I cared about Goodbye, Dragon Inn goddamnit!