Corrected entry: In the first chase scene, just before Frank launches the BMW off of the narrow bridge, there's a shot of his feet at the pedals showing him mashing the gas pedal while we hear the engine revving and tires squealing. Shouldn't he have had the gas to the floorboard already? How have the tires been spinning up until then?
rswarrior
15th Sep 2004
The Transporter (2002)
10th Mar 2009
The Transporter (2002)
Corrected entry: Was there ever any satisfactory explanation given as to why Lai was in the bag in the first place? Certainly it got Frank Martin mixed up in the plot - but when she was reunited with her father, he was pleased to see her (far more than vice versa) and he wasn't angry that she'd apparently been sold to Wall Street. If it was his intent that she be sold like that, he would simply have handed her back over to him; if not, what was his motivation? I have trouble understanding this.
Correction: She is in the bag because the baddies didn't want Frank to know what he was transporting, as per his rules. It could have been a large suitcase, but the important thing was to keep her quiet and hidden. Her father had business dealings with Wall Street, but certainly didn't expect her to be kidnapped, thus his relief at seeing her in one piece.
6th Mar 2009
The Transporter (2002)
Corrected entry: When Frank is paragliding after the convoy (and overhauling it rapidly) there is a realism conflict. The posted speed limit over most of Europe is at least 110 km/h. To drive too much below that is illegal. However, the top speed of a paraglider is 60-65 km/h, and the stall speed is about 20 km/h. And yet there was no speed difference between him and the truck when he landed (stalling the paraglider to do so). He should not have been able to catch up to the convoy so quickly, and should certainly not have been able to land with so little problem.
Correction: It's illegal to drive too much over the speed limit as well. Just because something is illegal does not mean people don't do it. Truck speeds are usually different, besides which, it takes very little of a grade to slow a truck down. A grade on a road is not usually visible from the air if it is slight, and as such, the truck going slower than the posted speed limit is very realistic, and most probable. The stall speed of any aircraft is affected by wind. If there is a tail wind, the stall speed will be much higher than 20 kmh. There are too many variables to categorically state it is unrealistic. Also, Frank was a trained Special Forces-type officer, and would likely not have a problem landing as much as a recreational paraglider.
There were supposedly 400 people split between 2 trucks. The average weight of a person of Chinese descent is between 171lbs and 131lbs. And we know at least some of the hostages were children. Estimating 200 people at a generous weight of 150lbs per individual, the total weight would only be 30,000lbs. A semi is more than capable of maintaining speed on a grade with a load of that size. My question is what happened to the second truck? Did we forget about that one?
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Correction: On a car with a lot of torque, such as his performance enhanced BMW, it's not necessary to have your foot to the floorboard to get the tires to spin. In the past I had a car that could spin its' wheels at 1000 RPM with my foot pressing the brake, when normal idle speed was 750 RPM.
rswarrior