![]() After a painful introduction set in 1995 (where each actor is de-aged with a cheap wig and facial hair), Delamarre fast-forwards to present day - when the small time criminals have become nondescript mob bosses (complete with their own night clubs, private planes, and luxury yachts). Bukvic's Arkady Karasov gets the most screen time, joined by his prostitute-turned lover, henchwoman, and arm candy Maissa (Noémie Lenoir), but the character's backstory and connection to Frank are both convoluted, leaving nothing but a smarmy Eastern European stereotype as the antagonist to the Transporter. Worst of all, throughout the film, Karasov never takes inventive initiative and is just a passenger to his own misfortune: one who's always one step behind Frank and Anna at every turn, undermining any sense of menace he could have commanded. The same can be said for Refueled's villains - one of the most generic and uninspired set of rogues to ever hit movie screens. In addition to swapping Skrein in for Statham, Refueled is also banking on hope that sophomore filmmaker Camille Delamarre ( Brick Mansions) can bring fresh energy to the latest big screen installment - after the Transporter franchise premise was already explored (and stretched thin) in two follow-up films and a full TV series. After fifteen years of abuse and exploitation, Karasov has made dangerous enemies - enemies that, with Frank's help, are enacting swift and ruthless revenge.īased on Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen's 2002 cult-hit starring Jason Statham as the titular Transporter, The Transporter Refueled takes the core concept of a highly-skilled getaway driver caught between a personal code of honor and the (often) underhanded requirements of his job - but places a new actor in the driver's seat. ![]() However, when Frank's father, Frank Senior (Ray Stevenson) retires from life as an global sales representative for Evian water, a group of well-organized criminals use the elder Martin to draw the Transporter into a dangerous high-stakes battle with powerful Russian crime lord, Arkady Karasov (Radivoje Bukvic).
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