On screen shootings are frequent with some blood effects. The aforementioned violence is pervasive with beatings involving pipes, air tanks and cable whips. Armed guards look stunned and simply stare at the S8 making its way through the plate glass and on to the street outside.įrenetic editing, screaming women, and car chases aside, there is a good likelihood teens will want to check this movie out. Yet the greatest moment for the Audi is when it catches up to a jet plane with its engines gunning and then makes its getaway through the inside of the crowded airport terminal. When the French police make a feeble attempt to bring Frank to justice, they instead see their disposable cruisers left in a heap of busted bumpers and flashing blue lights. Whether tearing through the streets of Monaco or sliding along the serpentine roadway hugging France’s southern coast, the vehicle lives up to its product placement fees. Come to think of it, Siri could even have authored the script, which is a mathematically calculated pattern of fistfights, word fights, gunfights, sensual interludes and, of course, car chases.įrank Jr’s Audi S8 is the star of this show (and arguably the best performer). The problem is they act like androids as well. The women here are deliberately dressed to look like genetic replicants from a sci-fi experiment gone wrong. If Apple’s Siri could be personified and play in a movie, this would likely be her. Now they have turned the tables, and to insure Frank keeps working for them, they have kidnapped the driver’s father to ensure he won’t take a wrong turn. They have endured for the last fifteen waiting for just the right moment to take their revenge on the group of men who have ruled their lives on the street. Working as their getaway driver, Frank is unwittingly implicated in a bank robbery… and that’s just the beginning.Īs it turns out these women, who were kidnapped as children, have been working as prostitutes ever since. In this case it is two other identically dressed and wigged women. But, as is usually the case, she is accompanied by some unusual “cargo”. After meeting his mysterious female client, he takes the contract. When Frank’s phone rings in this movie, it interrupts a nice dinner he had planned with his father, Frank senior (Ray Stevenson).
One thing is for certain, whoever and whatever enters his car always has cops and robbers following close behind. Martin makes a nice living transporting people and packages-with no questions asked. Now that Jason Statham, the former star of this car-chase-a-minute romp, has moved on to bigger interests like Furious 7, The Expendables, and Gnomeo & Juliet (umm… maybe we should nix that last one…), we have Ed Skrein behind the wheel playing the invincible mercenary Frank Martin. This aging franchised has been “refueled” with the hopes that it will continue to sputter along, living off of Audi and American Express sponsorship deals.
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