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.