TRANSPORTER 2 (2005)

 

Directed By: Louis Leterrier Written By: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen  Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen Editor: Christine Lucas Navarro & Vincent Tabaillon

Cast: Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Alessandro Grossman, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng, Keith David, Francois Baerleand, Annalynne McCord

Transporter Frank Martin surfaces in Miami, Florida, and is implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.

THE FAMILY (2013)

 

Directed By: Luc Besson  Written By: Luc Besson & Michael Caleo Based in the Book Written By: Tonino Benacquista Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast Editor: Julien Ray

Cast: Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D’Leo, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Pastore, Jimmy Palumbo 

The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the Witness Protection Program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging, as their old habits die hard.

TRANSPORTER: REFUELED (2015)

Directed By: Camille Delamarre Written By: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Luc Besson Based on Characters Created by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen  Cinematography: Christophe Collette & Vincent Richard  Editor: Julien Rey 

Cast: Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol, Gabriella Wright, Tatiana Pajkovic, Noemie Lenoir 

In the south of France, former special-ops mercenary Frank Martin enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin.

ANNA (2019)

Written & Directed By: Luc Besson 
Cinematography By: Thierry Arbogast 
Editor: Julien Rey 

Cast: Sasha Luss, Cillian Murphy, Luke Evans, Helen Mirren, Lera Abova, Alexander Petrov, Anna Krippa 

Anna is a young beautiful girl who managed to make a career in the fashion world. More recently, she was a simple model from Moscow, but in a very short time she was able to enter the elite. Once she entered the hotel of an influential and very dangerous person, after which a whole mountain of corpses was discovered there. The girl is being interrogated by special services, but she has absolutely nothing to tell on this fact. She looks scared, and no one suspects her. Anna goes free and begins preparing for a new business. Under the guise of a fragile beauty, is hiding the world's most dangerous assassin, who has not yet misfired.

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (2010)

Directed By: Pierre Morel 
Written By: Adi Hasak 
Story By: Luc Besson 
Cinematography By: Michael Abramowicz 
Editor: Frederic Thoraval 


Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Amber Rose Revah, Richard Durden 


James Reece is an ambitious aide to the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, doing little jobs for the CIA and hoping to get into black ops. On the night he and his girlfriend, Caroline, become engaged, he's told to pick up Charlie Wax at Orly. Charlie is an unorthodox government employee - large, bald and bearded, foul-mouthed and eccentric. Charlie immediately takes James on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, through ethnic enclaves. As bodies pile up, the purpose remains opaque to James. Caroline, unhappy that James has been out of touch for a day, tells him to bring Charlie for dinner. Charlie can be charming - where will it lead? Does the chess-playing James have what it takes?

LOCKOUT (2012)

Directed By: James Mather & Stephen Saint Leger 
Written By: James Mather, Stephen Saint Leger & Luc Besson 
Based On A Story By: Luc Besson 
Based on “ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK” By: John Carpenter & Nick Castle 
Cinematography: James Mather 
Editor: Eammon Power & Camille Delamarre 


Cast: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Lennie James, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, Jacky Ido, Peter Stomare 


In 2079, in Washington, the ex-CIA Operative Snow is brutally interrogated, accused of treason against the United States. The chief of the secret service Scott Langral believes that he shot the agent Frank in a hotel room. Meanwhile, the idealistic daughter of the president of the USA, Emilie Warnock, is visiting MS One, a maximum security prison in outer space expecting to find evidence that the prisoners are actually guinea pigs of a huge corporation. When one of her bodyguards loses a hidden pistol to the dangerous prisoner Hydell, he subdues the staff in the central control room and releases the prisoners, including his brother Alex who becomes the leader of the riot. Now the veteran agent Harry Shaw offers freedom to Snow if he succeeds in rescuing the president's daughter. But the idealistic Emilie does not want to leave MS-One without the hostages.

POINT OF NO RETURN (1993)

Director: John Badham 
Written By: Robert Getchell & Alexandra Seros 
Based on the original Screenplay By: Luc Besson 
Cinematography: Michael Watkins 
Editor: Frank Morriss 
Music By: Hans Zimmer 


Cast: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Bancroft, Miguel Ferrer, Dermot Mulroney, Harvey Keitel, Olivia D’Abo, Richard Romanus, Geoffrey Lewis, Lorraine Toussaint, Michael Rapaport 

Drug addict Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top secret U.S. government Agent "Bob" arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a killer. She gets a new cover identity as saleswoman Claudia Anne Doran. She also finds a housemate, building super J.P., a broad-minded, gentle photographer. The two fall in love, and that complicates her government assignments. His influence extends to breeding in her a conscience that supplants her violent tendencies, and desire to continue work for the agency.

VALERIAN & THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (2017)

Written & Directed By: Luc Besson 
Based on the Comic Book Series “Valerian and Laureline” By: Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mezieres 
Cinematography By: Thierry Arbogast 
Editor: Julien Rey 


Cast: Dale DeHann, Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Alain Chabat, Rugter Hauer, Louis Letterier, Benoit Jacquot, Olivier Megaton 

In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.

DISTRICT B13: ULTIMATUM (2009)

Directed By: Patrick Allessandrin 
Written By: Luc Besson 
Cinematography By: Jean-Francois Hensgens 
Editor: Julien Rey 

 Cast: David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli, Philippe Torreton, Elodie Yung, Daniel Duval

COLOMBIANA (2011)

Directed By: Olivier Megaton 
Written By: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen 
 Cinematography By: Romain Lacourbas 
Editor: Camille Delamarre 

 Cast: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Molla, Lennie James, Cliff Curtis, Jesse Borrego, Max Martini

TRANSPORTER 2 (2005)

Directed By: Louis Letterier
Written By: Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen
Cinematography By: Mitchell Amundsen
Editor: Christine Lucas Navarro & Vincent Tabaillon

CAST: Jason Statham, Amber Valetta, Matthew Modine, Kate Nauta, Keith David, Jason Flemyng, Alessandro Gassman, Francois Berleand, AnnaLynne McCord

The film is so ridiculous that you can’t help but let it win you over. It is over the top action from beginning to end there is hardly anytime for a break. From the opening action sequence with the hand to hand combat car jacking to the underwater action ending.

I actually enjoyed this film more then the original. Even though the villain is weak his Lover/Henchwoman more then makes up for it she is the live wire that keeps this film alive.

Even though he only writes these movies and movies of this type Luc Besson needs to make a comeback and direct one of these movies he writes his fingerprints are all over them I know they make money for him by just writing and producing. He doesn’t have to go through the extra work and pressure of directing but I miss him from the directing scene. Plus I know he usually makes classics of action oriented filmmaking some of these wouldn’t be a bad addition to his resume. At least his film how ever ridiculous are fun and entertaining and let you know up front they are ridiculous and colorful

I also like the fact that there is a attraction between the driver and the mother of the boy he is saving. But they don’t fall in love or really make a romantic connection probably due to the fact she is still married and the film takes place in one day and most of it is spent trying to prove his innocence and save the child.

I like that this is less hand to hand action then the first one and more guns and explosions I guess each film has it’s set action pieces of what it will emphasize more.

It’s a film that is better not to think too much about but I can guarantee that you won’t get bored and since it is short and moves so fast you will be shocked that it ended so soon.

The only reason this sequel was made was that even though the first film did ok at the box office it did so well on DVD that the studio decided they had to make a sequel it was originally going to be a R Rated film but it was decided to make it PG-13 for a wider audience. Incidentally the movies original cinematographer died in a auto accident which is ironic considering how many car chase scenes and stunts there are in this film.

The scenes like taking the explosive off of his car in mid-air or the fighting between him and the henchwoman while swinging on chains are over the top but is part of the movies charm. Which is also shown by having Jason Statham and Jason Flemyng co-starring together a mini LOCK,STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS reunion.

The story is about the driver has relocated to the united states and has taken a job as a favor for a friend as a chauffeur for a senator’s son who he bonds with but soon is taken hostage and the driver is framed for it so soon not only does he need to prove his innocence but also to save the child.

I can honestly say this is a worthy addition to your DVD collection.