“From Paris with Love” is a pure adrenaline-pumping, popcorn-crunching action movie. And with a bald, scenery-chewing John Travolta in the lead good-guy role, it’s better than your average B action flick. Even the odd-couple casting of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as Travolta’s partner works. Pierre Morel, who also directed “Taken,” focuses on building a body count and blowing things up so story takes a backseat. But you don’t go to this kind of movie for the narrative.
The story is told from the perspective of mild-mannered James Reese (Rhys-Meyers), who is the assistant to the American ambassador in Paris and has just become engaged to his girlfriend, Caroline (Kasia Smutniak). James in training to be a secret agent, but so far, his assignments have been less than exciting. Then he is assigned as driver/partner to superspy Charlie Wax (Travolta). At first, Charlie seems to be after a bunch of drug dealers, but as they follow the information, James discovers that they’re really after a terrorist cell that’s planning something big. “From Paris with Love” is essentially big action sequences with brief scenes of exposition in between. If that’s your kind of movie, then you’re going to like this one. 2/7/10
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John Travolta should win the "no fear" award for taking some of the wildest roles he can find. In "Hair
Spray" he played a fat girl singing and dancing, in “Pelham 1-2-3” he was a very good bad guy and in "From Paris with Love" he plays a very bad good guy. He has the courage to take on any role and do a pretty good job every time. I liked this crazy film!
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