From Paris with Love

Name: From Paris with Love
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: February 5, 2010
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 42
Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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Lionsgate | Release Date: February 5, 2010 | R

Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Summary: A personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reese 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’tA personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France, James Reese 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. 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. (Lionsgate)
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Director: Pierre Morel

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Michael Phillips

Stoopid fun, From Paris With Love doesn't do much for Paris or love, or your brain cells, but it flies like a crazed eagle on uppers and comes from the talented, propulsive schlocketeer Pierre Morel. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

He (Morel) brings in lobotomized entertainment at 90-odd minutes. During the February doldrums, this cannot be underestimated. Read full review

Empire Angie Errigo

It’s absolute nonsense, of course, but does quite nicely as knockabout Friday night fun. We can smell a sequel if Travolta can be bothered. Read full review

Wesley Morris

This is the sort of asinine action exercise that needs a star to blow up cars and leap from rooftop to rooftop with gusto. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Pete Hammond

If so inclined for a breezy, violent time-waster audiences could do worse. Travolta sadly can do so much better. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Still, the action is ponderous too. Mr. Morel is no Kubrick, or Tarantino, just as Mr. Travolta's caricature of John Travolta is no Travolta. Read full review

Rex Reed

We all know how rotten today’s movies can be, but even at the bottom of the slag pit, you won’t find a load of garbage any smellier than From Paris With Love. Read full review

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LOG1Kpi

Jun 21, 2023

For a mindless action flick, it was incredibly accurate to how terrorist cells operated in Iraq/Afghanistan when the sht was hot in the 2000s, speaking from personal experience. It takes a dump on women and racial minorities but it's too accurate...the netwoks, the bomb making cells, theFor a mindless action flick, it was incredibly accurate to how terrorist cells operated in Iraq/Afghanistan when the sht was hot in the 2000s, speaking from personal experience. It takes a dump on women and racial minorities but it's too accurate...the netwoks, the bomb making cells, the drugs to fund the terrorist schemes, the ideology, etc. It's also a good reference to the Royal With Cheese.… Expand

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RielC.

Feb 11, 2010

I don't know why the critics didn't like it... I enjoyed this movie very much. It has the perfect balance between action and comedy.

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TheQuietGamer

Mar 8, 2011

From Paris with Love shacked the crap out of me with how good it was, I thought it was just going to be your typical buddy cop movie (or in this case buddy spy), it's not perfect do to the fact that you never really know what's going on because of the fact they change it up every fiveFrom Paris with Love shacked the crap out of me with how good it was, I thought it was just going to be your typical buddy cop movie (or in this case buddy spy), it's not perfect do to the fact that you never really know what's going on because of the fact they change it up every five minutes, but with two plot twists I didn't see coming, and satisfying action, this is a great movie I can recommend to action fans.… Expand

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MichaelH

Feb 6, 2010

I enjoyed this movie. It was slightly sarcastic, slighty stupid, slightly over-the-top. But I went in with little expectations and walked out with a smile on my face. If you see it, just don't overthink it.

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Tokyochuchu

Sep 23, 2013

Whilst it's not exactly high art, From Paris with Love is a very entertaining slice of popcorn action. John Travolta is excellent as the maniacal agent Wax; he's just tons of fun to watch. Well paced with exciting action scenes, From Paris with Love is a superior action flick.

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grandpajoe6191

Sep 30, 2011

"From Paris with Love" is a weak film compared to those French action films such as "Leon", or "Nikita", but at least it passes the average grade.

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Halfwelshman

Feb 5, 2012

I was thoroughly disappointed by From Paris with Love. Luc Besson's normally energetic and no-nonsense writing feels turgid, and director Pierre Morel has made films that are both more fun (District 13) and more consistent (Taken) than this sorry affair. Both leads are miscast - JohnathanI was thoroughly disappointed by From Paris with Love. Luc Besson's normally energetic and no-nonsense writing feels turgid, and director Pierre Morel has made films that are both more fun (District 13) and more consistent (Taken) than this sorry affair. Both leads are miscast - Johnathan Rhys Meyers' ambassador's assistant and part-time CIA operative James Reese quite remarkably manages to come across as both wooden and camp at the same time, and John Travolta's agent Charlie Wax is just an offensive, egotistic, fat old man who couldn't believably pull off half the stunts he does in this film (Travolta clearly has a good stunt man to do the tricky stuff, and the camera craftily cuts away whenever he's required to run). The plot is predictable, the representations of various ethnicities in Paris borderline offensive, and the action is unimaginative, and surprisingly infrequent for an action film. The only thing the film really does is raise the occasional smile with a few passable jokes (usually when Reese points out the ridiculousness of the situation, or when Travolta is particularly hammy) though even this is somewhat spoiled by a decision to crowbar in a reference to one of the lead actor's biggest hits. I'm sure said line was intended to be funny, but instead it just causes you to groan in deep embarrassment. From Paris with Love is only worth watching for the odd chuckle - it works on no other level, not as an action film, thriller, comment on terrorism and paranoia, not even as a buddy movie. It's merde, Monsieur Besson and Monsieur Morel, and you both need to have a long, hard think about where your careers are heading.… Expand

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