The Transporter Refueled ( a film of wonder and action)

 

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The Transporter Refueled
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Camille Delamarre
Produced by	Luc Besson Mark Gao
Written by	Luc Besson Bill Collage Adam Cooper
Based on	Characters by Luc Besson Robert Mark Kamen
Starring	Ed Skrein Ray Stevenson Loan Chabanol Gabriella Wright Tatjana Pajković Wenxia Yu Radivoje Bukvić Lenn Kudrjawizki Anatole Taubman Noémie Lenoir
Music by	Alexandre Azaria
Cinematography	Christophe Collette
Edited by	Julien Rey
Production companies	Belga Films Canal+ EuropaCorp Fundamental Films OCS TF1 TF1 Films TMC
Distributed by	EuropaCorp (Worldwide)
Release dates	4 September 2015 (United States) 9 September 2015 (France)
Running time	96 minutes[1]
Country	France China
Language	English
Budget	$22 million[2]
Box office	$23.3 million[3]

The Transporter Refueled (known as Le Transporteur Héritage in France) is an action thriller film directed by Camille Delamarre and written by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, and Luc Besson. It is the fourth film in the Transporter franchise and the first film to be distributed by EuropaCorp in North America, but features a new cast, with Ed Skrein replacing Jason Statham as the title role of Frank Martin.
Filming began on 1 August 2014, in Paris, France. The film was released on 4 September 2015 in the United States and 9 September in France.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Production
• 4 Release
• 5 Reception
  • 5.1 Box office
  • 5.2 Critical response
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Plot

This section requires expansion. (September 2015)

Former special-operations mercenary Frank Martin is living a less perilous lifestyle than he had previously, transporting classified packages for questionable people. However, he finds himself thrust into danger again when prostitute Anna and her accomplices Gina, Maria, and Qiao orchestrate a bank robbery and kidnap Martin's father to confront and kill Arkady Karasov, a human trafficker who had victimized Anna years earlier.

Cast

• Ed Skrein as Frank Martin, known as the Transporter
• Ray Stevenson as Frank Martin Sr., Frank's father
• Loan Chabanol as Anna
• Gabriella Wright as Gina
• Tatjana Pajković as Maria
• Wenxia Yu as Qiao
• Radivoje Bukvić as Arkady Karasov
• Noémie Lenoir as Maissa
• Yuri Kolokolnikov as Yuri
• Lenn Kudrjawizki as Leo Imasov
• Samir Guesmi as Inspector Bectaoui
• Anatole Taubman as Stanislav Turgin

Production

At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, a new trilogy was announced with EuropaCorp and China's Fundamental Films co-producing and distributing the titles.^[4][5] The films will likely be budgeted between €25 million and €30 million each and at least one will be shot in China.^[6] Luc Besson will co-finance, distribute, produce and write all the films.^[7] English actor Ed Skrein replaced Jason Statham as Frank Martin in the fourth installment of the series.^[8] In March 2015, the title was changed from The Transporter Legacy to The Transporter Refueled.
Principal photography of the film began on 1 August 2014, in Paris, France.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Release

The film was previously set to be released on 6 March 2015.^[9] On 5 November 2014, EuropaCorp moved the film for a 19 June 2015 release.^[13] On 1 April 2015, EuropaCorp again moved the film back to a 4 September 2015.^[14]

Reception

Box office

As of September 13, 2015, The Transporter Refueled has grossed $13.3 million in North America and $10 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $23.3 million, against a budget of $22 million.^[3]

Critical response

This section requires expansion. (September 2015)

The Transporter Refueled has received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 16%, based on 79 reviews, with an average rating of 3.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Transporter Refueled has little to offer beyond a handful of decent action sequences, leaving this reboot's title feeling more like wishful thinking than a restatement of purpose."^[15] On Metacritic the film has a score of 32 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[16] On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.^[17]
IGN awarded it a score of 7.0 out of 10, saying, "The shadow of Jason Statham loomed large over this reboot, but Ed Skrein nails it, meaning the franchise is in safe hands."^[18]