I remember when I was a young boy, playing with my Matchbox cars either at home or smuggled into the school playground. I’d race them at impossible speeds, driving them up walls and doing impossible stunts while  imaginary explosions took place in the background (I was heavily into “The A-Team” at the time). Imagine my surprise to discover that  Transporter 2 mirrored my childhood games almost exactly. The film is chock-full of insanity from the very beginning as Frank and his unstoppable Audi take on all comers with a style and flair that defies logic and common sense. Of course it can jump from skyscraper to skyscraper or flip itself over against a crane to knock a bomb attached to the bottom of the vehicle off. Why not?

Statham really looks at home during the action scenes now as he dispatches baddies like a beefier Jackie Chan. But his accent still wanders from London’s East End to Generic, USA but compared to the rest of the cast, he’s positively magnetic. The only other bright spots are Statham’s old buddy from  Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels Jason Flemyng and the frankly bizarre character portrayed by model and singer Kate Nauta. Lola’s typical attire (or lack of it) is entirely unbecoming of a professional killer but it makes a certain impression, at least.