The Transporter

For other uses, see Transporter (disambiguation).

The Transporter
A white man in a black suit holds two guns on a white backdrop that has a band of orange. The words "The Transporter" is overlaid in the middle of the picture.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Produced by
  • Luc Besson
  • Stephen Chasman
Starring
CinematographyPierre Morel
Edited byNicolas Trembasiewicz
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 2 October 2002 (2002-10-02) (Los Angeles)
  • 11 October 2002 (2002-10-11) (U.S.)
  • 23 October 2002 (2002-10-23) (France)
Running time
92 minutes[2]
CountryFrance[3]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20.5 million[4]
Box office$43.9 million[5]

The Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a 2002 English-language French action film directed by Corey Yuen and Louis Leterrier[a] from a screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first installment in the Transporter franchise and stars Jason Statham in the title role, alongside Shu Qi, François Berléand and Matt Schulze. In the film, Frank Martin, a British mercenary driver living in France, finds himself involved in a human trafficking plot.

The Transporter premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on 2 October 2002 and was first theatrically released in the United States on 11 October by 20th Century Fox, and in France on 23 October by EuropaCorp. It received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its action sequences and Statham's performance. It grossed $43.9 million worldwide and was followed by a sequel, Transporter 2, in 2005.


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  2. ^ "The Transporter (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 4 November 2002. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. ^ "The Transporter (2001)". en.unifrance.org.
  4. ^ "The Transporter (2002)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. ^ "The Transporter". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 10 October 2012.