Review of From Paris with Love (2010) by Stuart K — 01 Feb 2011

Produced and written by Luc Besson and directed by Taken's Pierre Morel, From Paris With Love is a cheesy by the numbers action films that has it's moments, and some good moments of action to it's name, but it's plot is all over the place, and it's lost all sense of direction and for most of the film it's quite schitzophrenic.

Set in Paris, this has James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who is a personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador of France, Reese is also engaged to costume designer Caroline, (Kasia Smutniak), but Reese has higher ambitions, and wants more.

So, he's given a chance to work with American Special Agent Charlie Wax (John Travolta), who is a bit of a loose cannon. Wax is over in France to help uncover a drugs ring, it leads them to uncovering a plot by Pakistani terrorists to blow up the U.

S. Embassy, during a gala, and they discover that Reese has been under surveilance, but why?? It's pretty much what you'd expect, and it does feel a tad dated by todays standards, and it could have been alot better.

But, it gives Travolta one of his best parts in years, and it's got an offbeat sense of humour too.