The Transporter series started out with former special operative Frank Martin offering his package delivery services. His unique business consisted of a set of rules that were to be followed during any job. He had a policy of not exchanging names, and only wanted to know the package destination, weight, and size—that’s all.
Unlike in the previous two Transporter films, this time Martin is forced into a job that he initially tried to reject. Instead of taking the work, he recommends another transporter to deliver the package. To his surprise, Martin learns that his replacement has failed when he comes crashing into his living room, Audi and all.
The action in Transporter 3 far exceeds that of the last two movies. In this film, there’s much more action and less talk. There was even a T-shirt printed for the film crew that reads: “Less talk. More action.”
Driving stunts were executed by the same stuntmen who have been driving in the Bond movies for the last decade. Unlike the majority of action films that employ mostly computer-generated images (CGI), Transporter 3 features real stunts such as landing a car on top of a train.
As with the other Transporter films, the car scenes are really the backbone. And the combat scenes definitely stepped it up a notch from the previous installments. Fighting sequences went from seconds to minutes in length, and they have become a more distinguished part of this Transporter. The fight scene choreographer was Cory Yuen, who worked with martial artist Jet Li before moving on to choreograph scenes in Western movies.
