Although you have to judge a movie by its pedigree, there also has to be a line at which you stop. Thrillers need to at least have moderately smart plots; action needs to actually be exciting, and so on. When going up against Transporter 3, I really was not sure where to draw the "base line". I was not that impressed with the first two; and while I found them no worse than "workmanlike", I was a little bored by the second. I also found the first to be a dreadfully-missed opportunity when it segued from what looked like a really smart crime thriller to an over-the-top action palloza.

I think the baseline for Transporter 3 is the first two. Does it exceed them or not?

The Transporter series is about a guy with the generic tough-game of Frank Martin (Jason Statham), who leads a precision life as a guy who transports cargo (by car) with no questions asked. He lives by an iron clad set of rules, drives with the same ability that a brain surgeon cuts, and fights like a machine. He is an awesome, disciplined physical specimen; and he looks damn good in a suit. He also speaks with a British accent, so you know, that's extra cool!