Made before, Besson's similarly-themed actioner 'Transporter', the cult martial arts maestro Jalal Merhi is the reserved, no-nonsense tough guy Ray Stanton, a Stoic champion whose 'special kills' are put to devastating use against an especially belligerent coven of vicious B-movie thugs headed by handsome bad guy, Adrian Kaminski (Olivier 'Savate' Gruner). Nigh on inconsolable after a personal tragedy perpetrated by these callous hoods he finally attempts to pick up the remnants of his life by investing in his own delivery service (G. O. D) and before long he is hired by smooth criminal, Adrian to deliver a suspect package for $1.000. Later, en route, much to Ray's surprise the deliciously blond package (Justine Priestley) escapes, thereby desperately propelling them fatefully towards a hard-fought confrontation with killer Kaminski.
While relatively light on the expected fisticuffs, which proved doubly strange considering, Olivier Gruner's exemplary fight flick pedigree, and the showdown between, Merhi and renowned martial artist, Darren Shahlavi was, sadly, a little under cooked. So, in terms of blazing action, running contrary to its brash title, this fight-lite feature didn't exactly deliver the God-like goods, but nonetheless, this proto-Transporter still makes for a pretty zesty ride with a decent slam bang thank you, Van Damme, abandoned warehouse gun-fu climax! I genuinely like, Merhi in this, not only is he a capable director, his low-key hero was a likeable, fleet-fisted Kung Fu cat and Ray's grizzled buddy, Norm (David Carradine) worked well as his gnarly, shotgun-toting sidekick.
While relatively light on the expected fisticuffs, which proved doubly strange considering, Olivier Gruner's exemplary fight flick pedigree, and the showdown between, Merhi and renowned martial artist, Darren Shahlavi was, sadly, a little under cooked. So, in terms of blazing action, running contrary to its brash title, this fight-lite feature didn't exactly deliver the God-like goods, but nonetheless, this proto-Transporter still makes for a pretty zesty ride with a decent slam bang thank you, Van Damme, abandoned warehouse gun-fu climax! I genuinely like, Merhi in this, not only is he a capable director, his low-key hero was a likeable, fleet-fisted Kung Fu cat and Ray's grizzled buddy, Norm (David Carradine) worked well as his gnarly, shotgun-toting sidekick.