Review: 'Transporter' reboot burns out hard - USA TODAY

Even the British star’s iconic action moves may not have helped The Transporter Refueled (*½ out of four. rated PG-13. opens Friday nationwide), a mostly dreadful reboot by director Camille Delamarre ( Brick Mansions ) that casts English youngster Ed Skrein in Statham's role as well-dressed driver-for-hire Frank Martin. It’s not a step in the right direction: Skrein may share Statham’s Cockney accent, but that’s about it. Subsequently, Refueled is akin to a Broadway musical forgetting to hire actual singers and instead settling for a dude who belts Free Bird in... As in writer/producer Luc Besson’s three prior Transporter movies, Frank is a mercenary guy who will transport anything for anybody for a price. Father and son get caught up in the crime drama and the high jinks of the lady foursome, and Frank’s sense of right is tested, as are his fight skills and driving acumen. The first Transporter in 2002 made an instant action star out of Statham, whose bruiser appearance was backed up with graceful martial-arts moves and high-impact, bone-breaking hits and kicks. Source: www.usatoday.com