Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin in the sequel to Transporter, cleverly titled Transporter 2. Take away the 7 Series BMW and put another finely tuned German automobile in its place, an Audi A8, and replace the French Mediterranean with Miami and you got a whole new movie, with a whole new plot.

Frank Martin is now the chauffer or driver if you will for the prosperous Billings family. The main duty of this job is to be the personal escort for their six year old son, Jack. Surprisingly the two really seem to bond, which doesn’t make nice for the people who are inevitably to kidnap young Jack. One of whom is a psychotic woman, who seems to be the most ruthless of people even Frank Martin has met. The rest of the movie follows Martin trying to get young Jack back while at the same time trying to thwart the plan of the kidnappers who ultimately plan to release a virus that will kill anything and anyone it gets in contact with.

On paper this movie seems a little bit far fetched, but let me tell you, that’s not the half of it. This movie is out there, there is so much for lack of a better word, phoney occurrences throughout the duration of this picture it’s hard to take it seriously. That being said, I didn’t take it seriously and I turned out to really enjoy it for what it was, an action packed movie with a plot that had more holes in it than Swiss cheese, and realism that compares to Last Action Hero.

The aforementioned first instalment was a surprise action hit that managed to be clever and fast paced. I think a little bit of cleverness has been lost on the sequel, but the fast paced action apparently wasn’t enough in the first instalment and Transporter 2 seems to be a sequel on speed, with plenty of over the top stunts and a plot in general. This isn’t to say it wasn’t entertaining because it was, whether it was aiming a car with precision through the air as if though it were a bullet, or a completely inebriated hit woman exchanging banter with Martin, Transporter 2 as unrealistic and improbable as it is left me satisfied.

Video

Presented in 1080p 2.35:1 aspect ratio, Transporter 2 is yet another home run for Fox. This film looked very good, making a repeat viewing much easier then it should have been. Colors were bright, maybe too bright but that didn’t hurt the amount of impressive detail shown on screen. Softness as well as grain were no where to be seen, although I must say the flesh tones of this film did not look realistic. The overall brightness of the film gives the flesh tones an orange glow, giving it more of an enhanced look, which I hate to see. Besides this issue, Transporter 2 still offers one great transfer.

Audio

Like most Fox releases we are given a terrific DTS HD 5.1 Master Lossless Audio. Transporter 2 offers a good amount of action and boy does it sound good. Fox again uses every channel effective especially during action sequences. Both bass and rear channel support were terrifically used during these scenes. The fire fight in the dentist office is worth noting, as it demonstrates the havoc released from the speakers. For a 5.1 track it does not get any better then this, another superb job done by Fox.

Special Features

Unfortunately we are given nothing more then a theatrical trailer, truly disappointing.

Final Thoughts

I think it’s oblivious where I stand regarding the realism of this movie, but as previously mentioned I looked past that, and enjoyed it for what it was. If you liked the first one, you’ll probably like this one, and if you didn’t like the first one well then chances are you wouldn’t like this one. Along with a solid audio and video transfer this Blu-ray title is bound to impress fans of the movie, unless of course these fans are fans of special features then they will be utterly disappointed watching the movie trailer, and that alone. Pick up this movie if you like it, because this is as good as it’s going to look.