What was Statham thinking?? I was excited to see this film, as I liked him in "Snatch", and "Two Smoking Barrels". However, this was full of such implausibility's the action was overshadowed by the idiotic scenarios. Take a cookie cutter plot (rescue girl, fall in love, help her save lives) was very poorly implemented.
There were good things in the movie. The fight scenes were very good and original. If you can ignore the fact that one car follows him and he gets attacked by at least 10 people, you will love this movie. If you can also ignore the fact that the police chief hints at Martin's (Statham) illegal activities, but does not develop it, but will put his life and job on the line to assist him for no substantial reason. If you can ignore the fact that in the opening minutes, Martin is stopped right next to some police officers who see him in his car and then he goes through a very elaborate car chase scene, but still no one can identify him. If you can ignore the fact that he breaks his rules of opening the package for no good reason, but rescues the girl, and she is a subservient non-entity, who uses sex ("What we did last night was real") for her own reasons. If you can ignore all those things, then go see this movie fast, or wait until it goes to video (where it should have started).
There were good things in the movie. The fight scenes were very good and original. If you can ignore the fact that one car follows him and he gets attacked by at least 10 people, you will love this movie. If you can also ignore the fact that the police chief hints at Martin's (Statham) illegal activities, but does not develop it, but will put his life and job on the line to assist him for no substantial reason. If you can ignore the fact that in the opening minutes, Martin is stopped right next to some police officers who see him in his car and then he goes through a very elaborate car chase scene, but still no one can identify him. If you can ignore the fact that he breaks his rules of opening the package for no good reason, but rescues the girl, and she is a subservient non-entity, who uses sex ("What we did last night was real") for her own reasons. If you can ignore all those things, then go see this movie fast, or wait until it goes to video (where it should have started).