cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Directed by Pierre Morel
Produced by Luc Besson
Directed by Pierre Morel
Produced by Luc Besson
Distributed by LIONSGATE
release date: FEB 5 ,2010
A personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has an enviable life in Paris and a beautiful French girlfriend, but his real passion is his side job as a low-level operative for the CIA. All James wants is to become a bona fide agent and see some real action. So when he’s offered his first senior-level assignment, he can’t believe his good luck – until he meets his new partner, special agent Charlie Wax (John Travolta).
A trigger-happy, wisecracking, loose cannon who’s been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack, Wax leads James on a white-knuckle shooting spree through the Parisian underworld that has James praying for his desk job. But when James discovers he’s a target of the same crime ring they’re trying to bust, he realizes there’s no turning back…and that Wax himself might be his only hope for making it through the next forty-eight hours alive.
You could safely assume that 'tis the season for the studios to dump a bunch of non starters to fill up the date sheets. And one would not hold that against you. Yet, FROM PARIS WITH LOVE stands out from the crowd. This one is a little action flick from director Pierre Morel. The name exactly might not gets the bells ringing...atleast not until we mention that he directed that gem called TAKEN. There goes the ding dongs! :-)
So would it be too much to expect yet another flick atleast close on the heels of TAKEN from the production house of Luc Besson. I guess not...I hope not!
THE PANEL ROOM
Hmm, so certainly got off the wrong foot here with all the early reviews hinting that this is going to have one bumpy ride at the BO. Travolta therefore would need to do a re-re-re-invention of himself if things need to go his way.
Thought not without its charms -- chief among them John Travolta's endearingly over-the-top performance -- From Paris with Love is too muddled and disjointed to satisfy. ROTTENTOMATOES 5/10
a buddy-spy thriller that exudes Euro-trashiness from first frame to last. Frank Sweitek C-
The preposterously silly and bullet-riddled From Paris With Love is so leaden and obnoxious that it actually makes you long for the John Travolta of Old Dogs. Claudia Puig 1.5/4
it's mostly bang bang and not kiss kiss; as an actress once asked Russ Meyer: What's love got to do with it? Roger Ebert 2/4
Stoopid fun,... doesn't do much for Paris or love, or your brain cells, but it flies like a crazed eagle on uppers. Michael Phillips 3 /4
THE PANEL ROOM
Hmm, so certainly got off the wrong foot here with all the early reviews hinting that this is going to have one bumpy ride at the BO. Travolta therefore would need to do a re-re-re-invention of himself if things need to go his way.
Thought not without its charms -- chief among them John Travolta's endearingly over-the-top performance -- From Paris with Love is too muddled and disjointed to satisfy. ROTTENTOMATOES 5/10
a buddy-spy thriller that exudes Euro-trashiness from first frame to last. Frank Sweitek C-
The preposterously silly and bullet-riddled From Paris With Love is so leaden and obnoxious that it actually makes you long for the John Travolta of Old Dogs. Claudia Puig 1.5/4
it's mostly bang bang and not kiss kiss; as an actress once asked Russ Meyer: What's love got to do with it? Roger Ebert 2/4
Stoopid fun,... doesn't do much for Paris or love, or your brain cells, but it flies like a crazed eagle on uppers. Michael Phillips 3 /4
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