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    Transporter 2

    Featured In Issue 118, March 2007

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    (Studio/Distributor):
    20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number):
    2240127
    (MPAA Rating):
    PG13
    (Rating Reason):
    (Retail Price):
    $39.98
    (Disc Type):
    Single Side, Single Layer (BD-25)
    (Widescreen Edition):
    Yes
    (Full Screen Edition):
    No
    (Running Time In Minutes):
    88
    (Color Type):
    Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access):
    Yes
    (Closed Captioned):
    Yes
    (Regional Coding):
    A
    (Theatrical Year):
    2005
    (Theatrical Release):
    Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release):
    No
    (Disc Release Date):
    12/26/06
    (THX® Digitally Mastered):
    No
    (Director):
    Louis Leterrier
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    DTS HD Lossless 5.1
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    Frank (Statham) is back in his amazing Audi. This time, Frank stops by a school to pick up young Jack Billings (Clary) and serve as the child's Transporter 2 his parent's mansion. When asked to transport Jack to a doctor's apoointment, Frank must fight to save the boy from kidnappers...and fails. Soon, Frank finds himself blamed for the kidnapping himself. Based on the characters created by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. (Suzanne Hodges)

    The original theatrical trailer and additional trailers are the only special features.

    The 2.32:1 Blu-ray Disc has deep blacks with good shadow delineation, but details are not as well resolved as the best releases, making the image look rather flat. The highly contrasted picture's fleshtones are also unnaturally hot. (Danny Richelieu)

    The lossless DTS-HD™ Master Audio 5.1-channel soundtrack is superb, with well-placed phantom images around the room and clean fidelity. The LFE channel is incorporated often, but does not have the level of articulation that the best tracks include. (Danny Richelieu)

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