Transporter 3 2008

Critics score:
37 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ben Lyons, At the Movies: A mindless, silly waste of time. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: To chart the differences between Transporter 3 and its two predecessors is as pointless as trying to parse its flimsy plot. Read more

Mark Rahner, Seattle Times: Another enjoyable if not particularly memorable installment. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: With Jason Bourne and a rebooted James Bond bringing the action genre back down to earth, Jason Statham's dashing wheelman has stepped into the vacuum and given audiences the shallow, dopey, gadget-heavy, anti-realistic thrills they deserve. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: More with these sequels is always less. The proportions haven't been right since 2002. Read more

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune: It's hard not to smile. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Transporter 3 is so bad it's good, and it knows it. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Makes good on its formula with no pretensions. Read more

Laremy Legel, Film.com: Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: His misadventures are fun for us, too, as long as Megaton keeps the focus where it belongs: on the car chases and Corey Yuen-choreographed fight scenes. But then romance intrudes and ruins everything. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: If things get much more dismal for the Transporter, he'll be running pizzas for Domino's. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: The director of the third Transporter movie has given himself the name 'Olivier Megaton.' Too easy, you say? Very well. Make your own 'bomb' joke. Read more

David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer: An action franchise in motion tends to stay in motion, long after logic or box office should bring it to a screeching halt. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The most frustrating entry into a series that has never set the bar terribly high. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Although Megaton's CGI fight scenes are as chopped up and incomprehensible as the current norm, he mostly avoids the Queasy-Cam and uses a stable camera while only the action moves. How about that. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: The Transporter movies are considered by many to be a guilty pleasure, and maybe I'd feel that way, too, if I ever felt any guilt at the movies. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: The weakest in the series and a rare disappointment from French action movie producer Luc Besson. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The franchise takes a good turn in Transporter 3. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: If you're going to a no-frills action film, though, at least you want the action to be entertaining, which is where Transporter 3 falls down. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: You know a series is in trouble when it begins mocking its own premise. Frank's obsessive rules about who, what and how he transports stuff are ruthlessly violated. Read more

Stephen Garrett, Time Out: Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: The flashy editing gets on one's wick and no one's going to win an Oscar - but, really, who's complaining? This is straight-up fisticuff fun. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: Somehow Statham comes out of this improbable thriller with his dignity intact. With classic action-hero qualities and dry wit, he seems woefully under-employed as a deliveryman. Read more

John Anderson, Variety: [An] anemic sequel. Read more

Jim Ridley, Village Voice: Here's all fans need to know: Yes, Statham strips to the waist multiple times; yes, two dozen hopelessly outnumbered kung fu goons take on our lone hero one by one; and yes, he manages to outpace his Audi by bicycling through a congested sweatshop. Read more

Mike Mayo, Washington Post: For those who believe that more is better, Transporter 3 is the best of the unapologetically ridiculous series. Read more