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Mark Kermode|10:00 UK time, Monday, 8 December 2008

From Hercules via Women in Love and Eastern Promises, Jason Statham's Transporter is in a grand cinematic tradition of naked wrestling He-Men.

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  • Comment number 1.

    Well said, Dr. K. I got inordinately excited when I saw "Transporter 3" was coming out. As a female movie enthusiast, I'm pretty sure you can guess why.

  • Comment number 2.

    probably the funniest blog entry for a while there mark.

    good stuff.

  • Comment number 3.

    Made my wife (notice how I make my sexuality clear at the beginning here!) watch Transporter with me last night as I had to see how on earth they crowbarred a oiled Statham into the picture. What's even more impressive, is he kisses the big strapping lad he started the fight with in the first place! Okay, so, ostensibly it was to steal the oxygen in his lungs when underwater, but we suspected ulterior motives...

  • Comment number 4.

    I've never seen any of the Transporter films.



    Now I must.

  • Comment number 5.

    Male stars that are noted primarily for their physiques are exploited by having to bare (nearly) all, just as female stars are. If they rise from B movie exploitation flicks to A grade movies you can tell because they choose to show less and less flesh. Schwarzenegger is a good example; his early films (Conan etc.) often were little more than an excuse to have him dressed in a jock strap, in Red Heat he had to do a nude shower scene, Predator had him stripped and covered in mud; but by the time he made T2, Twins and the films that followed he got to keep all his clothes on.



    Jason S. only does B movies - so kit off, show us yer pecs etc.

  • Comment number 6.

    Hey Mark, sure your marriage is not a cover? ;-)



    Perhaps that is why i don't like the transporter films, i have no interest in seeing a half naked man.

  • Comment number 7.

    Charles Brons is the original, and they all take his cue.