THE TRANSPORTER 5 2025

THE TRANSPORTER 5 (2025) — "Code of Shadows"

Genre: Action / Thriller
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Ana de Armas, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mathieu Kassovitz
Runtime: 2h 3min
Studio: EuropaCorp / Lionsgate

He once drove with no questions asked. But this time, the package has a past—and Frank Martin may be driving straight into his own.

"The Transporter 5: Code of Shadows" brings Jason Statham back in his iconic role as Frank Martin, the ex-special forces operative turned elite courier. In this high-octane chapter, Frank is pulled into a global conspiracy involving rogue assassins, a cryptic code, and a woman whose secrets could rewrite the rules of espionage.

Frank Martin lives quietly in the French Riviera, away from the chaos of his past. He teaches self-defense classes to troubled youth, drives vintage cars for collectors, and enjoys an anonymous, structured life. That all changes when he receives a sleek, black envelope at his doorstep.

Inside: coordinates, a set of car keys, and a simple message—
“One drive. No questions. €2 million.”

Reluctantly, Frank takes the job. The pickup location is Marseille’s underground dockyard. There, he meets Lyra Voss (Ana de Armas), a mysterious hacker on the run. She is the "package," and she’s being hunted by an elite kill squad known as Shadow Protocol—a rogue group of ex-intelligence operatives turned mercenaries.

Unwilling to break his rules—but unwilling to let her die—Frank agrees to drive her across borders to Zurich. She holds the only copy of “The Cipher,” an algorithm capable of overriding global surveillance systems. Everyone wants it. And everyone is willing to kill for it.

As Frank and Lyra blaze through scenic mountain roads, snowy passes, and neon-lit cities, they’re relentlessly pursued by assassins led by Kaito Ren (Hiroyuki Sanada), a stoic ex-Yakuza with a personal vendetta.

Lyra gradually opens up, revealing she was part of a black-ops cyber division called "Phantom Grid"—before she went rogue and stole the algorithm to expose corruption within NATO’s own intelligence branch. Her twin brother, the program’s co-creator, was murdered during a cover-up.

Frank is drawn deeper, not just by the mission, but by Lyra’s courage and vulnerability. For the first time since leaving special forces, he begins to question his rule: “Never get involved.”

A spectacular chase across Lake Como in amphibious vehicles ends in near-capture, but Frank and Lyra narrowly escape. During a brief respite in an old safehouse in Prague, Lyra decrypts part of The Cipher—uncovering a list of global figures using the system for blackmail and assassination.

As they approach Zurich, betrayal strikes. Frank's old associate Inspector Tarconi (Mathieu Kassovitz) warns him that the bounty on Lyra’s head has reached seven figures—and someone inside Interpol has flipped. No one can be trusted.

In a final showdown at a high-security server farm in the Swiss Alps, Frank and Lyra must upload The Cipher into the public domain before Shadow Protocol wipes it—and them—off the map.

A brutal hand-to-hand fight between Frank and Kaito plays out in a server room bathed in flickering blue light and falling snow from broken panels. Frank narrowly survives by outmaneuvering Kaito with improvised weapons and sheer will.

Meanwhile, Lyra sacrifices herself to ensure the upload—staying behind to stall the enemy as Frank escapes in a tunnel rigged with explosives.

But just when Frank believes she’s gone, Lyra reappears at a remote train station weeks later—wounded, but alive. “Told you I always find my way back,” she smirks.

Frank returns to the Riviera, this time with a new rule: “Only drive what matters.”

He modifies a new vehicle—a hybrid stealth prototype—and receives an anonymous call:
“There’s a girl in Istanbul. She’s in trouble.”
He smiles, pockets the keys, and replies:
“Send me the coordinates.”

Cut to black.

• Car Chase Sequences:

  • An underwater tunnel pursuit in Monaco.

  • A snowy cliffside drift in Switzerland.

  • A zero-gravity vault heist scene inside a moving armored train.

• Combat Style:
  Frank blends Krav Maga with brutal, improvised weaponry using tools from the trunk of his car—tire irons, seatbelt cords, and even car door panels.

• The Transporter’s Rules, Rewritten:
  In previous films, Frank’s rules were absolute. In this one, he evolves—not by breaking them, but by rewriting what they mean in a changed world.

“This time, the cargo carries the truth. And the truth is lethal.”