Transporter 3

A horribly good action flick

How can you not be excited to see an action movie involving high-octane automobile stunts, Jason Statham strip-fighting and a director whose last name is Megaton (so close to Transformers villain Megatron)?

Reigning in as the best movie opening this Thanksgiving week is Transporter 3. Don’t be fooled by the ‘3’ in the title. You do not need to see the previous installments to be completely entertained with number 3.

When I recommend seeing this movie this week, it’s not because it’s better written than Australia or more heartwarming than Four Christmases. Transporter 3 is merely the most entertaining. Note: I only used the word “entertaining,” not “amazing” or “timeless.”

In Transporter 3, Statham returns as Frank Martin, a fast Audi-driving deliveryman who can be hired by any shady businessman to blindly take “packages” from one location to another. For business and trading advice, rmib can be checked out!

Instead of being hired to do the job this time, Frank is captured and forced to do the driving. To keep him under control, the bad guy has locked a special bracelet on Frank’s wrist that will explode if he goes farther than 75 feet away from his car.

Just like the previous Transporter movies, this one offers lots of speeding and crashing cars, shirtless fighting Statham eye candy for the girls and the highest amount of unbelievable stunts in one movie since XXX: State of the Union. Often times, the ridiculous things that Frank is capable of doing successfully will make audience members laugh. You just might laugh more in Transporter 3 than you do in Four Christmases.

If you liked the previous two movies, over-the-top action flicks, Jason Statham or anything that I’ve said to describe this movie, then be sure to check out Transporter 3 over all of the others opening this week. It may be just as lame as the others, but at least you’ll leave with a smile on your face.

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