ZielinskiMichal321
Another brilliant performance from John Travota. He has proved to be a great actor indeed. Travolta at his best. Showing what a great actor he is. Non stop action and death all around him. Really looks different with no hair but suits the part his partner in the film is great as well. Great ending. Call me shallow but I loved this film. It is a departure for John Travolta to play a shaven haired agent.If you take the film for what it is - an action film - with a great line about the French in the opening scenes with Travolta! then you are in for a treat.If you like Die Hard, Last Action Hero, Commando etc - you'll love this - both my wife and I really enjoyed it.If you enjoy Opera, Classical Literature, Country Walking or ironing your jeans - this film is probably not for you - but hey give it a go, try something new you may love it!
Christian Adank
OK FIRST: The movie was "good". The fighting scenes are cool! From Paris With Love is an actionmovie from 2010 with John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.A badass American comes to Paris to do a special job with Reese.Cool sayings from John Travolta don't make this film better.Travolta finds out, that his gf Caroline is a "murdress".She was only together with him, to spionage him.She shoots on Reese, but of corse he survives.They want to find Caroline."Good" Movie.
statuskuo
...whenever he is out of control and in charge of his world, it's hard not to like him. He's smug, violent loud and American in a world that despises all of that to which we embrace. I don't think snobs would enjoy this movie, as it boils down all your most ridiculous fears about terrorism, drugs, and gangs into the simplest form of targets. It's not for the intellectual, it's for venting. And if you approach it with that idea of fun, you can go along with the outrageous set up.I absolutely had fun watching this film. Pierre Morel is very capable of stunt coordination without it just being non-sensical. Everything is amp'd up but plausible. He balances it out with a warm look at Paris. And it's idiosyncratic characters. He stretches the love of its people and also the things that drive him nuts (bureaucracy).Not so when Travolta comes in like a bull and takes charge. It's a cartoon to be sure.
blanche-2
John Travolta has a ball working heavily against type in "From Paris with Love," a 2010 film also starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Meyers places the efficient albeit ambitious James Reece, who works for the U.S. Ambassador in Paris. He's been working here and there for the CIA in hopes of moving into black ops.One of his assignments is to pick up a man named Charlie Wax (Travolta) at Orly airport. Charlie is a wild man both in looks and personality. Before James knows it, he's been involved in murder, shoot-outs, car chases, practically taken a bath in illegal drugs, to what purpose? He isn't sure. His fiancé, Caroline, isn't happy that James hasn't been in touch and asks her to bring Charlie over to their apartment. What happens then is, as all things have been with Charlie, unexpected.This is a completely derivative film but somehow manages to be entertaining, mainly due to the performance of Travolta, with the talented Meyers as his confused, deer-in-the-headlights straight man. It's a big action film and the story is there just as an excuse. Everyone keeps saying that Travolta is odd casting; yes, he is, but I think he pulls it off.Some very funny moments in between all the shooting and car chases. Don't think about it too much, just enjoy it.
