Without Statham on board, who bowed out due to contract disputes, could a fourth film, titled Transporter: Refueled, accomplish what its namesake promises and get the series back on its feet? Luc Besson, co-creator of the first trilogy, saw fit to dive back into the well in the hopes of reviving the character and his many antics in southern France, announcing at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival Frank Martin’s eventual return to the silver screen. Since then, a television series starring Chris Vance (a co-Canadian production, no less) lasted a couple of seasons and the film franchise’s true star, Jason Statham moved on to bigger things, although whether they were better is entirely up for debate.

Whereas each of the first three Transporter vehicles were released at three-year intervals, Refueled arrived in theatres in September of 2015, seven years since audiences last saw lone wolf Frank Martin pack a mean punch towards clients that always try to change the deal. After all, Box Office Mojoreveals that the movie's worldwide gross was a respectable $72 million – not bad for a movie with a $22 million budget (via Variety).Written by Luc Besson, Bill Collage and Adam Cooper Unfortunately, the reboot doesn't quite reach the action movie heights of the original trilogy, as evidenced by The Transporter Refueled's abysmal 16% critics consensus on Rotten Tomatoes. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that you've heard the last of Frank Martin. Skrein's Frank Martin immediately gets drawn into a fight against a criminal empire, as a group of former trafficking victims frame him as a robber and kidnap his father (Ray Stevenson) as part of their plot to take down their abuser, crime lord Arkady Karasov (Radivoje Bukvić). So far, the only one of these to materialize is The Transporter Refueled. It came out in 2015, with Besson once again serving as a writer and producer, but Ed Skrein (of Deadpool, Game of Thrones, and Alita: Battle Angel fame) now donning the black suit of the perennially professional driver.

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