Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: the film that launched Jason Statham's career.
In France, the beginning of 2000 was marked by an action film embodied on screen by a real war machine. Its title? The Carrier.
Want another TV tip for tonight? We recommend this science fiction film which is an honest B series, and which it would be a shame to miss out on.
Released in cinemas in 2002, this film which mixes action, thriller and thriller is directed by Corey Yuen and Louis Leterrier, and produced by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen (to whom we owe, among others, Karate Kid).
There we meet Frank Martin (Jason Statham), a driver who makes high-risk deliveries for unsavory clients. With each new mission, he obeys three rules: do not ask any questions, do not open the packages and finally, do not break the first two at the risk of death.
But this time, Frank opened the bag in his trunk and discovered a young woman named Lai (Shu Qi). Faced with this case of conscience and a dark matter of human trafficking, he will no longer be able to turn a blind eye and decides to help this somewhat special “package”.
THE film that changed everything
It was late, at the age of thirty, that Jason Statham began his acting career in the thriller Scams, Crimes and Botany by Guy Ritchie. And yet, it was only four years later that luck fully smiled on him.
Indeed, the British actor is chosen to play a (very) muscular first role: that of Frank Martin in The Carrier. His athletic physique and his adventurous face allow him to become a real war machine and a reference in action films.
In total, he wears the taciturn costume three times in the successful saga produced by Luc Besson. And the least we can say is that Jason Statham would have liked to continue, but one detail slowed him down: “I would have loved to continue, but you can't really commit to three films when there's no script, right? And to get paid a pittance? I didn't see what all that could mean to me.” bring.”
Whatever the case, the Briton can thank this action film for opening the doors to success for him. Thanks to him, he has played (and continues) in big productions, such as Expendables 1, 2, 3 and 4, all Fast and Furious since part 6, Homefront produced by Sylvester Stallone, Collateral with Tom Cruise, etc.
Today, Jason Statham is also a producer and has been working on projects since 2019. A great success that he obviously owes to Carrier…
Tonight on TFX at 9:05 p.m.
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