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A service to our youth through you, their parents and grandparents, in His name by His Word MAR22110 The Transporter (2002), PG-13 Analysis Date: October 11, 2002 CAP Score: 43 CAP Influence Density: 1.98 MinMax: -74 |
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THE TRANSPORTER (PG-13) -- There are no more heroes in entertainment. Production: Current Entertainment (in association with) Seaside Productions Distribution: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation Director(s): Corey Yuen Producer(s): Luc Besson, Steve Chasman, David Lai Written by/Screenplay: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Cinematography/Camera: Pierre Morel Music: Stanley Clarke Film Editing: Nicolas Trembasiewicz Casting: Nathalie Cheron Production Design: Hugues Tissandier  Frank Martin (Jason Statham), ex-operative of the special forces has a job that pays well enough to afford a villa on the French Riviera. His job is simply transporting packages. He takes his job seriously enough to rigidly follow three rules: the deal never changes, no names, never look in the package. Frank's rules are tested in the first transporting job we see. A gang of four bank robbers who hired Frank for his expert evasive driving skills pile into Frank's BMW directly from the theft. With alarms going off and police sirens getting closer, Frank tells the gang leader (Doug Rand) in the front seat the deal was for three passengers, not four but three. The leader then leveled his gun at Frank's face ordering him to drive or die. But the car has numeric coded security. No one can start it without the code. If Frank is dead, the car does not move. After a few moments of argument and threats to kill Frank, the leader in the front seat moves his gun from Frank's face to the robber in the seat behind Frank and kills him to lighten the load. Now the deal is as it was agreed and Frank begins his job. A lengthy car chase scene ensues that gives new definition to reckless driving and reckless endangerment of others. In another job Frank's breaks one of his own rules. A flat tire forces Frank to look into his trunk. He sees the bag he is transporting to a guy named Wall Street (Matt Schulze) on the other side of the country but pays it no mind -- until it squirms. Inside it is Lai (Qi Shu). In "Cool Hand Luke" coolness Frank buys a soft drink, cuts the tape over Lai's mouth, gives her a sip then drives on to his destination. Finding that Frank had peeked into the bag, Wall Street is furious and blows up Frank's car with Frank almost in it. Rather, Frank gets blown into the windshield of another car with some mighty fine stunt work. Equally enraged, Frank ransack's Wall Street's house and steals his car. Unbeknownst to Frank, Lai hid in the trunk of Wall Street's car. Now Frank is off again ... with Lai again. While at his villa with Frank and Lai in it, bad guys decimate it with machine gun and rocket ordnance. A good friend inspector Tarconi (François Berléand) queries Frank about why there are 50,000 spent bullet casings littering his yard. It turns out that Lai is involved in exposing a human slavery smuggling operation with Chinese laborers headed by her father, a father who tries to kill her and who is killed by her to save the good bad guy - er - bad good guy ??? Go figure. There are no more heroes in entertainment. Lots of action violence. Lots of gunfire to kill. Lots of murder and attempted murder. But not much gore. Kidnapping. Lies. [Is. 59:7, Prov. 3:31-32, Ps. 62:10, Ps. 141:4, Prov. 10:23] Vulgar gesture. A woman as a toy. Offer of sex. Intercourse [Gal. 5:19, Rev. 22:15]. Police corruption. All there to shape your 13 year old's perception of the world [Luke 17:2, Matt. 25:40]. Whether you like it or not. And the background music was stupid. (But that's not a finding. It is an opinion.) SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ]. If you wish to have full context available, the Blue Letter Bible is a convenient source. If you use the Blue Letter Bible, a new window will open. Close it to return here or use "Window" in your browser's menu bar to alternate between the CAP page and the Blue Letter Bible page. *******Food for Daily Thought******* As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie. |
 Wanton Violence/Crime (W): Impudence/Hate (I)(1): Sex/Homosexuality (S): Drugs/Alcohol (D): Offense to God (O)(2): Murder/Suicide (M)(3): |
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| NOTE: The CAP Analysis Model makes no scoring allowances for trumped-up "messages" to excuse or for manufacturing of justification for aberrant behavior or imagery, or for camouflaging such ignominy with "redeeming" programming. Disguising sinful behavior in a theme plot does not excuse the sinful behavior of either the one who is drawing pleasure or example from the sinful display or the practitioners demonstrating the sinful behavior. This is NOT a movie review service. It is a movie analysis service to parents and grandparents to tell them the truth about movies using the Truth. |
| "There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our nearly seven years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
