Professional driver Frank Martin is living in Miami, where he is temporarily filling in for a friend as the chauffeur for a government narcotics control policymaker and his family. The young boy in the family is targeted for kidnapping, and Frank immediately becomes involved in protecting the child and exposing the kidnappers.
Careens wildly off course before finally running out of gas.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
6 Sep 2005
rotten:
Besson doesn't fiddle with the first movie's formula -- impossible car chases punctuated by impossible martial arts sequences.
– Matt Singer,
Village Voice,
6 Sep 2005
rotten:
In essence, it's more of the same.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
10 Sep 2005
fresh:
Much like a James Bond movie, only more playful and entertaining than that series has managed in many years, Transporter 2 isn't a continuation of the last one, it's another action enterprise unto itself.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
26 Sep 2005
fresh:
"Transporter 2" is cheap, shiny, indefensible junk, a Hot Wheels hot rod encased in a glossy plastic blister pack. But come on -- you know you want it.