Critics Scoreboard
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Average Critic Score:
51
(26 sources)
51
(26 sources)
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80
Salon.com
Statham isn't an actor who coasts, not even in a recklessly enjoyable picture like Transporter 3. He does the work, so we don't have to: His Frank Martin is the personification of pleasure without guilt. Read Full Review » -
75
Entertainment Weekly
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 » -
75
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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 » -
70
Chicago Reader
The end result is "Mission: Impossible" meets "Speed": high-tech gizmos, exotic European locales, and hair-raising stunts, many performed by Statham himself, who, when he's not shirtless, looks spiffy in Dior. Read Full Review » -
67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
In a series elevated by high-flying ridiculousness, Transporter 3 falls a couple of sequences short of the standard, but it does show off Statham's considerable dirt-biking skills. For that, at least, it's kinda rad. Read Full Review » -
63
TV Guide
Though this third installment is not quite as nuts as the second film, it's nevertheless firmly set in the same ridiculous mold. Read Full Review » -
63
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63
Chicago Tribune
The best sequences involve Frank's inventive ability to stay within 75 feet of his car, but otherwise, it's the charismatic unruffled dexterity in the face of impossible odds that rivets. Read Full Review » -
60
The New York Times
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 » -
58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
As action movies seem to get more complicated and convoluted with international conspiracies and technological concepts, the "Transporter" franchise is refreshingly simple. Read Full Review » -
50
Austin Chronicle
Transporter 3 is so far over the top that it more than once spills into outright cartoonishness. Read Full Review » -
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
If you're going to a no-frills action film, though, at least you want the action to be entertaining, which is where Transporter 3 falls down. Read Full Review » -
50
USA Today
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 » -
50
ReelViews
Transporter 3 is the most frustrating entry into a series that has never set the bar terribly high. Read Full Review » -
42
Portland Oregonian
For those disappointed in the grim, gritty feel of the latest James Bond movie and who long for the absurdity of the Roger Moore-era entries, Transporter 3, ought to fit the bill. Read Full Review » -
40
Village Voice
The movie has more lags in action than either of the previous episodes, and somehow the dialogue is even more daft Read Full Review » -
40
New York Daily News
Statham could do these movies in his sleep by now, so he gets credit for offering up so much dry wit. In fact, while Rudakova makes a painful acting debut, Statham appears more engaged than he has in a while. Read Full Review » -
40
Empire
Incoherent and inconsistent, this is a step back for Statham in his quest to become more than a cult figure. Read Full Review » -
40
Film Threat
The film does contain a couple of interesting thrills here and there. However, this film would have been better off thrown straight to DVD. Read Full Review » -
38
New York Post
Transporter 3 is made for airplane viewing, and not just any airplane: an Eastern European one, on the flight from Hrubbishnik to Slutnya. Read Full Review » -
38
Philadelphia Inquirer
At one point, Statham chases down a sports car while pedaling madly on a kids' bike. Pathétique! Read Full Review » -
38
Boston Globe
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
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
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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