The Transporter is a 2002 English-language French action film directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen from a screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the first installment in the Transporter film series and stars Jason Statham in the title role, alongside Shu Qi, François Berléand, and Matt Schulze. In the film, Frank Martin, a British mercenary driver living in France, finds himself involved in a human trafficking plot.