The transporter driver#
The Transporter franchise comprises three films, directed by Leterrier and Corey Yuen and written by Luc Besson, in which mercenary driver for hire Frank Martin will deliver anything, anywhere, with no questions asked, as long as the client pays the right price.
Nonetheless, The Transporter films and Collateral still remain to be separate universes created by the two different studios, their only connection being the use of the same actor (Statham). When this came out, neither Mann nor other crew members of Collateral confirmed his statement. “He’ll just be a cameo in other people’s movies in Michael Mann’s movies,” Letterier said, hinting at the appearance in Collateral. When speaking about the future of the franchise, Letterier hinted that Frank Martin would continue to appear in other directors’ movies. In an interview with IGN, Letterier, who directed the first two Transporter films, explained that Frank Martin did indeed appear in the 2004 film. The theory that the two characters are the same was originally confirmed in 2005. Related: Jason Statham to Star in Action Thriller ‘The Beekeeper’ From Director David Ayer With The Transporter Refueled slated to hit theaters September 4, 2015, we are giving you the chance to take control of Frank Martin on the streets of. Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin (Jason Statham) lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods - human or. In the movies, Statham plays the titular character (with Ed Skrein taking over the role in the 2015 reboot), a former special operations officer living in southern France as a highly skilled driver and mercenary. Fans believe that Airport Man is actually Frank Martin from The Transporter movies. A woman, chosen to be the driver for one of the biggest drug operations in the world, must outdrive and outshoot enemies. Statham bumps into Tom Cruise’s character, Vincent, at LAX as part of a bag-swapping handoff. As explained in a report by Dark Horizons, Statham’s brief two-line cameo at the beginning of Collateral was only credited as ‘Airport Man’ in Michael Mann’s 2004 film. The theory that the two movies are in the same universe, which The Transporter’s helmer Louis Letterier had previously indicated, has also now been confirmed by Collateral screenwriter Stuart Beattie.įor over a decade, an online theory has circulated that Frank Martin, as played by Statham, is the same character in both Collateral and The Transporter.
There is a long-held online fan theory that Jason Statham’s character in the action-thriller Collateral is the same character Frank Martin he played in The Transporter series.
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