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Avg. Critic Score: 51 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
14 Iffy for 14+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The villainous Polluter-in-Chief is eloquently played by Robert Knepper, familiarly loathsome as T-Bag on Fox's "Prison Break." And when Knepper and Statham get together, there's a fine showdown of grimaces. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post |

    Overall, the production has the polish and pace that producer/co-writer Luc Besson's work is known for. Any complaints about the lack of substance are pointless. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    A perfectly acceptable brainless action thriller. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Though the car chases have grown more banal as the franchise has started to run on fumes, the smackdowns have retained their zing. Read full review

  • 50
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Somehow Statham comes out of this improbable thriller with his dignity intact. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    Boasts a measure of the retro machismo, style and attitude some 007 fans have found lacking in "Quantum of Solace." But it also has a pointless storyline, incoherent editing and a polyglot cast that renders some of the dialogue utterly incomprehensible. Read full review

  • 38
    Philadelphia Inquirer | David Hiltbrand

    At one point, Statham chases down a sports car while pedaling madly on a kids' bike. Pathtique! Read full review

  • 38
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The thrill of the ridiculousness is gone. So is all the mystery that made Statham so appealing in the first place. Read full review

  • 30
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Easily the worst in a trilogy that has been notable mainly for the presence of its everyman action star, Transporter 3 is a nonsensical, choppily edited bore, with awful dialogue. Read full review

  • 25
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Hartlaub

    The fight scenes are lackluster and the plot is needlessly complicated. If you're making an action film that centers on fast cars and fast women, it's usually best to keep the rest of the story simple. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Smash-up action sequel is a little rough for young teens.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that, like its predecessors, the third movie in the Transporter franchise features extensive, visceral martial-arts action (not to mention constant violation of any conception of safe driving). There are shootings, explosions, mutilations, and more. Also expect a good bit of strong language (including "f--k") and some kissing and partial nudity (buttocks). The female lead takes Ecstasy mixed with vodka at one point, and other characters smoke and drink. While the film nominally has a pro-environmental regulation message, it's paper-thin wrapping around a slick, glossy package of violence and velocity.
  • Families can talk about Frank's moral code of professionalism and honor ... while conducting illegal activity. How does his precision represent a relative decency, compared to the other characters/groups in the movie? Do you think the filmmakers are trying to convey any real messages, or is the point of the movie just to entertain with over-the-top action? Parents of kids learning to drive might also point out the stunts are not to be imitated.
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: The plot revolves around a toxic-waste disposal scheme that sees a high government official's daughter kidnapped to coerce her father into clearing multiple shipments of illegal waste for docking and, presumably, dumping. Nominally, the movie's message is meant to be pro-environmental regulation. Extensive violation of the rules of the road. Public urination.
What to watch for
  • violence false4 Violence: Extreme and near-constant violence. Extensive martial-arts violence, with metal pipes, knives, articles of clothing, fire extinguishers, and more used as weapons. Shootings, many lethal, are often solely to make a point. Two supporting characters are shown murdered and mutilated by toxic waste. Characters are fitted with explosive bracelets that will detonate if they move too far from their vehicle. Deaths by explosion. Extensive vehicular action, including chases and crashes.
  • sex false3 Sex: A woman in peril notes in broken English that "I want to feel sex one more time before I die." When the object of her affections demurs, she asks if he is "the gay." Kissing. Nude male and female buttocks. Implied lovemaking. A character is coerced into a "strip-tease." Some discussion of a character's taste for "the rough stuff" in lovemaking.
  • language false3 Language: Some harsh language, including "s--t," "ass," "gay," "f--k," and "hell."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Some brands mentioned and shown on screen -- particularly Audi automobiles.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters drink wine, champagne, beer, and hard liquor. A character takes what's implied to be Ecstasy (MDMA) during a life-threatening set of circumstances, chasing the pills with vodka. Some cigarette smoking, plus discussion of Dean Martin's signature look of "holding a drink and a cigarette."
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