Reviews

was expecting this to be fun based on whedon's other work but ended up reminding me of the terrible terminator TV show. nice visuals and soundtrack but not much witty dialogue to get in to so far.

after watching the first two episodes - the story seems to take itself too seriously - lousy script, bad supporting cast. elisha dukshu is actually pretty good as the clueless, imprinted woman but that's where it ends.

the tone of this show is well off where i would have wanted it to be. nothing seems to be fun these days. don't think i'll be watching any more episodes.

Read through all the reviews of this movie. Big fan of the first two myself and just got back from watching this. Pretty surprised that nobody has articulated the real reasons why this movie doesn't work.

Firstly, if you didn't enjoy the first or second movie all of this probably won't be very relevant. I would have thought that most people watching the third would have likely seen and enjoyed the other films in the series.

So, why is this the weakest film in the series? Anybody's review who criticises it based on a unrealistic plot or implausible action is missing the point. This might be obvious but there are numerous reviews citing these as the reasons for the film being average/bad. It's also an important part of the formula that worked well in the first and second films.

The reason this third effort doesn't work as well and is not as enjoyable is due to a variety of factors - TONE and PACING probably being the key reasons and also areas where it departs from the previous instalments.

By tone i mean a few things. Is there ridiculous over the top action in this film? Yes, most definitely, but the problem is in how it is being presented. The other movies made you laugh in their almost comic book presentation and stunts. This film is genuinely trying to sell itself as a serious action movie. They completely took the humour out of all the potentially very humorous moments through the more 'arty' editing, over the top score dramatic score (soundtrack definitely plays a big part of the different tone in the 3rd movie) and generally lousy script.

This leads on to the pacing, which is far too slow at times. Way too much dialogue between Statham and the girl. Yes we know the character fairly well but the movies were always about the action and less the dialogue. Jason Statham is capable but the script can't really be saved here.

So, a dramatically more realistic Transporter movie but sucked dry of all the humorous and fun tone that made the previous instalments so much fun. As I said there are plenty of silly and deliberately humorous moments but the way it was constructed and presented meant I wasn't laughing anywhere near as much as I was in the other films. This in conclusion is the main failure of Transporter 3 - 5/10 just for being a new movie in an otherwise cool franchise.

i'm not really into the x-files that much but i've seen my fair share of episodes and always enjoy a good dose of sci-fi/paranormal thriller material. this was just straight boring though. like a pretty bad/average episode of the show but much longer and guest starring billy connolly and xzibit.

the plot isn't particularly paranormal at all, xzibit doesn't pimp any rides and there isn't any aliens. the script was very cardboard too. the way a google search is used got me laughing though. i hope those articles were thoroughly peer-reviewed scully!

yes this is a shallow review but i wasn't entertained at all. a big screen version of the show should be judged on its merits on the big screen. this should have been a straight to DVD release.

i want to believe i'm not alone with my opinion here.

Having just re-watched this film it is indeed a bit dated. Stylistically the editing and camera-work is not the tightest and there are plenty of holes in the story.

Having said that this is indeed a vintage 80's movie for several reasons. Most importantly, it is over the top and fun. There are plenty of laughs and Arnie's limited acting skills and big physical presence enhance the whole aura as they usually do.

The music is the normal 80's synthesiser fare and works perfectly in the films of this era. Fun film = fun, electronic music. Hollywood made the mistake of trying to make films like this too serious when they work best as they originally did in the 80's/90's. It's not believable but that's not the point.

7/10 for The Running Man's high entertainment value and a story that is strangely relevant as it becomes closer and closer to reality. Ironic how Arnold is now getting involved in politics.