Transporter 2 is an action-packed flick brimming with exciting car chases and well-choreographed kung fu fights, making it wonderful escapist entertainment. Gordon Statham reprises his role as Frank, a former Special Forces agent who earns a living as a professional driver specialising in delivering shady packages. He is on a short-term assignment, driving Jack - the cute little boy of a wealthy politician - from school to home in Miami. During a trip to the dentist, Jack is kidnapped by Gianni (Alessandro Gassman), a charming, yet sinister villain. He injects a deadly airborne virus into the boy in an attempt to wipe out his dad and other drug-enforcement officials, who are holding an international health conference in the city. Frank - who had promised Jack that he would to keep him safe - is determined to save the boy and also find an antidote for the virus. Compared with its predecessor, Transporter 2 - directed by Louis Leterrier and written by renown French filmmaker Luc Besson - is a better film in terms of direction and storytelling. By omitting a romantic subplot, which was neither touching nor convincing in the first film (in which Shu Qi played a kidnapped babe who eventually falls for Frank), Transporter 2 is more focused on action. And this is what action choreographer Cory Yuen, a veteran Hong Kong director, is very good at. Those familiar with local action movies will find the kung fu fights rather routine. There is little creativity in them and Yuen is simply repeating the work that he's done before. But it is still a thrilling spectacle to see the stony-faced Statham beating a dozen of bad guys single-handedly with a water hose or performing unbelievable overhead kicks. Transporter 2 is a film that shouldn't be taken seriously. The plot is awful and the acting non-existent. But despite all its shortcomings, this stylish action flick is a blast. It's a trashy B-movie at its best: unpretentious, ludicrous and, above all, very entertaining.