Transporter 2 is a 2005 French English-language action-thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen. It is the sequel to The Transporter (2002) and the second installment in the Transporter franchise. It stars Jason Statham as Frank Martin, with Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, François Berléand, Matthew Modine, and Jason Flemyng. In the film, Frank is tasked with protecting the young son of politician Jefferson Billings (Modine) from an international drugs cartel.