The Transporter 2 *1/2 (out of four) As an action movie, tireless producer Luc Besson's high-octane low-plausibility sequel makes a great car commercial.

With “The Transporter 2,” producer Luc Besson means to beat critics at their own game. How can you criticize the silliness of a movie that embraces its own implausibility? When Frank Martin, the somber-to-the-point-of-drowsiness superdriver played here as in the 2002 original with an all-the-way-to-the-bank smirk by Jason Statham, sees the reflection of a bomb beneath his seemingly indestructible Audi he doesn’t get out of the car and remove it. Instead he performs a corkscrew jump which would make “The Dukes of Hazzard” proud, dislodging the bomb on an opportunely-positioned hook. Ridiculous? Absolutely. Forgiven due to the quality of the rest of the film? Not quite.

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