The comparison to Christopher Nolan’s breakout doesn’t do Adam Cooper’s film any favors.
It ends up with blurry action that often looks digitally faked and a fractious plot that’s stuck over-explaining itself.
The Transporter is now but a blank slate serving the characters and mayhem surrounding him, a walking metaphor for a franchise that’s run out of gas.
It doesn’t take long to realize that Ridley Scott’s adaptation is only aiming for certain forms of credibility, and callously eschewing others.
Unfortunately, Steve Pink’s directorial debut isn’t nearly as innovative or cool as Steve Jobs’s line of hi-tech doodads.
For foot fetishists, the highlight of this DVD is the bloopers section that shows Ashley going for Marky-Kate’s foot with her mouth.
It’s depressing that New York Minute’s ideology is being pitched toward impressionable youth.