Armondo hyperbole

Look, I'm sure that The Transporter 2 is loads of high-octane fun (and that it rots your brain in the same way as most gasoline-based amusements), but Armond White seems to think it's something more than a dumbass genre goof fest. Ross Douhat already pointed this out, but White's latest nutty essay compares the new Statham flick to Torque, which, as you'll all recall, White loved.

Now, I've not seen either film in entirety, but I saw the first Transporter and caught just enough of Torque on HBO to know that there's no way either deserves such drooling praise. Drooling might be appropriate, actually, but only because the movies are brainless enough to send you into a catatonic stupor.

I love White as a critic. There's no question that he can write, and he never fails to surprise. But really - Torque? Sahara? War of the Worlds equivalent to Godard? Next thing you know he'll be championing Supercross.