Transporter 3

Positive—This movie was a typical action movie of good v. evil. The action was fun and intense, very similar to a James Bond type movie. The main character was very handsome, excellent at martial arts and had lots of cool moves.

The rating of PG-13 is appropriate given three or four curse words (the F-word and GD) and lots of violence. There was no nudity although there was one very suggestive strip scene. However, it did not show the couple in bed together or waking up together the next day, etc.

Overall, I would say that this movie is fine for Christians over 13. However, I think the reason to get romantically involved with someone is not because you are about to die. With all the talk of death, there was no reference to God or Jesus, and their only thought before, what seemed like impending death, was to make out. This might be good fodder for conversation with your teen!
My Ratings: Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 3½
—Kelly M. Barron, age 41

Negative—I asked my mom if we could rent this movie, as we enjoyed Transporter 1 very much. I checked the reveiws, and they were positive. After watching, I told my mom I would like to leave a negative comment. There is bad language, including the F word that is writen in the subtitles, there is a scene where the lead character is seduced by the girl and takes his clothes off while she is dancing. She also does drugs in the car and drinks Vodka. I don't think this is a good movie for Christians to watch.
My Ratings: Moral rating: Average / Moviemaking quality: 4
—Matyn, age 13 (South Africa)

Negative—Transporter 3! Well, it is a movie to see if you like cars especially Audis and the driving scenes were really awesome. So were the fighting scenes as well. But morally the film was bankrupt. The woman (Valentina) acts like a shameless hussy (especially in one scene at the gas station), Frank loses his little respect and dignity (if he had any). Really it's just another lousey, pathetic, action-pack, romance film. Believe me I have seen a lot of them. However if you take out the “gd” word (a few other profanities), a scene of a guy getting his arm decapitated, and all that other junk it was a great film!
My Ratings: Moral rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3½
—Ian, age 16 (USA)

…Well-begun action franchise crashes and burns… What once was a model for a pure action film, one as lean and ripped as Jason ‘Shirtless’ Statham, its leading man, has been rendered pointlessly preposterous in the third installment.…
—Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel

‘Transporter 3’ stays in low gear… the weakest in the series and a rare disappointment from French action movie producer Luc Besson. …the fight scenes are lackluster and the plot is needlessly complicated.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

“The Transporter” franchise is going nowhere fast in the action department… You know a series is in trouble when it begins mocking its own premise.…
—Peter Howell, Tornoto Star

…Fueled by a soundtrack that bumps from Iggy to Tricky to Busta Rhymes, Frank's latest road trip compares well to the bigger-budgeted Quantum of Solace. The jokes are sharper, and the plot, while silly, is less preposterous than in the latest Bond misfire.…
—Mark Jenkins, National Public Radio (NPR)

Statham delivers in ‘Transporter 3’…proves he's overdue for superstardom. And if you're addicted to action, it will put you in adrenaline-freak heaven.…
—Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun

…Bombastic is too mild a word for the ferocious carnage at the heart of this old-world shoot-’em-up, the third in a trilogy that never lets its narrative torpor impede testosterone-triggered mayhem.…
—Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York

…If you're going to a no-frills action film, though, at least you want the action to be entertaining, which is where Transporter 3 falls down.… The romance, with its awful dialogue, is typical of the linguistic mishmash of the film, which has too many European actors attempting other nationalities’ accents.…
—Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail