The Transporter (2002)

Most people think so. 76% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 52%, but audiences disagreed.

Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective. Wikipedia ↗

The Transporter is a 2002 French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen. Jason Statham stars as Frank Martin, a former Special Forces operative living on the French Riviera who works as a professional driver-for-hire, transporting packages for criminal clients with absolute precision and three strict rules: never change the deal, no names, and never open the package. When Frank breaks Rule 3 and discovers his latest delivery is a kidnapped Chinese woman, he is drawn into a war against a human trafficking operation.

The Transporter established Jason Statham as a genuine action star through his combination of genuine martial arts skill, laconic tough-guy charisma, and willingness to perform his own stunts. The fight choreography, supervised by legendary Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen, was the film's primary selling point — the oil-slicked garage fight and the bus fight sequence demonstrated a creative approach to hand-to-hand combat. The Transporter earned $43 million worldwide on a $21 million budget and launched a three-film franchise.