Action man Jason Statham shows a softer side here, in the disjointed and poorly scripted third entry in his signature high-flying franchise. As moody driver Frank Martin he's forced to drive kidnapped "package" Valentina (Natalya Rudakova) around Europe until her father, the Ukrainian environmental minister, signs a crooked toxic waste agreement. The eco-villains will kill her if he refuses. Frank is forced to wear a bracelet that's rigged to explode should he wander too far from his car, meaning he and Valentina have to get closer than expected and inevitably fall in love. The irrelevant plot merely serves to showcase the typically outrageous, gravity-defying stunts - cars skidding atop speeding trains - and provide excuses for the ultra-fit Statham to get his kit off - the hilarious strip-fight. But while the "flash, bang, wallop" stuff once used to be fun, this is just boring and more brainless than ever.

Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery and not let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.