I went to see The Transporter yesterday, and I really enjoyed it. Ebert was right in that the first 1/3 of the film is probably the best third (almost all the clips from trailers and commercials are from that third). However, I have to side with Roeper in that the movie is still good overall.
The last third features a cookie-cutter semi truck action scene, and I thought at the time that I had seen something just like it in one of the Bond films. And, then there’s a wacky oil-slick sequence that may have been better left out.
So, maybe the movie wasn’t perfect, but I thought it was definitely worth seeing. And, Jason Statham shows that he can easily take on an action role. Besides, I’m always a sucker for a good driving movie.