Real Name/Secret Identity:
Francis Martin
Universe/Franchise:
The Transporter
First Appearance:
The Transporter (2002)
Abilities:
Martial arts and other hand-to-hand combat techniques; weaponry; expert driver
Occupation:
Former Special Forces soldier turned mercenary
Base of Operations:
Various
Dirty Details Done Dirt Cheap:
Officially, The Transporter is about an ex-Special Forces soldier named Frank Martin who hires himself out as a mercenary - he's a Transporter who will move goods, human or otherwise, no questions asked. And he's got a pretty sweet ride with which to do that transporting, too. That's the official plot and scenario, though we'd like to think The Transporter (and its sequel, Transporter 2) is actually a documentary, and Jason Statham is actually experiencing every crazy thing in the movie for real. He actually drives the car that good, he actually kicks ass that well, he's actually that damn cool, he can actually bend the laws of physics to his whim, and all those guys are actually after him for some reason or another. It is, of course, open to interpretation.
