![]() It was the same thing at the Cannes press conference as well. Normally, I'd guess he was maybe 5'8.75" and shrunk to 5'8.5" at age 50, but he was only 40 with Knepper so height loss seems improbable.Īs for Sly, well they can look closer than that, but here's photos with both in similar dress shoes from four different Expendables events in 2010 when I think both were still more or less peak height: Click Here Sly tends to look taller, but usually has better posture so I'd think they'd be within 1 cm of each other.īut if anything, Sly still looked to edge out Statham with both in dress shoes even promoting the Expendables 3 in 2014: Click Here Click Here Sly might have dropped 1/4" by then, but look at them when Sly wears probably a 1" lift in an otherwise normal boot: Click Here Sly suddenly looks near 2" taller and their posture doesn't even look that different. He could also look surprisingly short with 5'10" Jude Law. Despite some bumps in the road, "The Transporter" is pure action fun from beginning to end, and I got my free ticket to see "The Transporter 2" on Friday.Rising - 174 cm said on I use to think Jason was a solid 5'9" or 175-176 cm guy who might look shorter due to posture, but yeah he does look shorter than Knepper so he's looking closer to 5'8" there. But why am I making such complaints? "The Transporter" is an action movie no plot required. There are plenty of holes and unanswered questions (i.e., the extent of Frank's military training and experiences, Lai and how she wound up with Frank and her quarrelsome relationship with her father who is played by Ric Young, and the plot with the Chinese smuggling). The problem may not be Statham because I think he's a really cool actor with a raspy British accent, but the script is worth some deeper examination by more thoughtful minds. Director Corey Yuen (whose work on Jet Li's 2001 action film "Kiss of the Dragon" I admired), is behind it and Besson's got a producer credit. He also (barely) manages to shy away any possible accusations that he's just a British novelty to American audiences. He obviously worked out for this part and there are frequent moments when his ripped torso is on display. Speaking of action and there's plenty of it, Statham does display some pretty impressive moves but the frantic editing just doesn't do him justice. There's a little more to the plot and Lai, and the circumstances surrounding her appearance in the trunk of Frank's car, and it involves some smuggling of poor Chinese immigrants from China to Europe, where much of the action takes place. It's not spoiling much that she and Frank get together and as a result, are forced to do battle with shady and vicious American businessman Wall Street (Matt Schulze) and his army of high-kicking, disposable assassins. But you know what? Common sense tells us that it was curiosity that killed the cat, and the cat in this picture thankfully doesn't die some horrible death but instead, curiosity yields him a break - a beautiful woman named Lai (Shu Qi) - bound and gagged, and in the trunk of his BMW. He can get you, your associates or your property anywhere, anytime, on time, no questions asked. As the lead character, he's a transporter. I think he's a pretty cool guy and at first, even I questioned his casting as Frank Martin in "The Transporter." But the problem is, and I'm assuming this is the result of the quickly edited action scenes (which were toned down to make the film "PG-13"), he's not being given the room to really be the best he can be. I have to admit this is one flick I approached with a very open mind - very open. One of his latest and most ambitious projects was "The Transporter," released in 2002. I mean with the cult classics "La Femme Nikita" (1991) and "The Professional" (1994) behind him, he's basically been given the green-light for every big action picture he comes across. There's no question that Luc Besson is one of Europe's biggest action producers.
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