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2/4
"From Paris With Love" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 12/24/2011
A wannabe special ops field agent is partnered with a specialist to root out a terrorist cell intent on assassinating a peace conference in gay Paris. Very much in the same vein as 80s chalk and cheese buddy cop movies written by the likes of Shane Black, From Paris With Love is similarly misogynistic and gratuitously violent as wise cracking super agent Travolta teaches lily livered liberal Rhys Myers how to become a trigger happy Nazi in order to "get the job done". The result is a cross between Training Day and The Rookie for spies, and as usual the old "terrorism" card is played to excuse the indiscriminate slaughter of everyone they come across, while John does his wacky hitman schtick anyone who has seen Broken Arrow or Swordfish will be familiar with. The direction is decent and …
Rating of
2/4
"From Paris With Love" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 12/24/2011
A wannabe special ops field agent is partnered with a specialist to root out a terrorist cell intent on assassinating a peace conference in gay Paris. Very much in the same vein as 80s chalk and cheese buddy cop movies written by the likes of Shane Black, From Paris With Love is similarly misogynistic and gratuitously violent as wise cracking super agent Travolta teaches lily livered liberal Rhys Myers how to become a trigger happy Nazi in order to "get the job done". The result is a cross between Training Day and The Rookie for spies, and as usual the old "terrorism" card is played to excuse the indiscriminate slaughter of everyone they come across, while John does his wacky hitman schtick anyone who has seen Broken Arrow or Swordfish will be familiar with. The direction is decent and …
Rating of
2/4
"From Paris With Love" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 12/24/2011
A wannabe special ops field agent is partnered with a specialist to root out a terrorist cell intent on assassinating a peace conference in gay Paris. Very much in the same vein as 80s chalk and cheese buddy cop movies written by the likes of Shane Black, From Paris With Love is similarly misogynistic and gratuitously violent as wise cracking super agent Travolta teaches lily livered liberal Rhys Myers how to become a trigger happy Nazi in order to "get the job done". The result is a cross between Training Day and The Rookie for spies, and as usual the old "terrorism" card is played to excuse the indiscriminate slaughter of everyone they come across, while John does his wacky hitman schtick anyone who has seen Broken Arrow or Swordfish will be familiar with. The direction is decent and …
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2.5/4
Travolta & Meyers Romp In The City Of Lights
MovieMike - wrote on 12/22/2011
‘From Paris With Love’ is John Travolta’s first outing since the 2009 tragic death of his son, Jett. His character, Charlie Wax, is a loose cannon-type CIA agent, but surprisingly, is not the central character in this movie. No, that honor goes to Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who plays James Reece, a diplomatic assistant who frequently does some ‘light lifting’ for the Agency. Travolta’s portrayal of Wax is every bit as good as his Chili Palmer (‘Get Shorty’, ‘Be Cool’), or Vincent Vega (‘Pulp Fiction’) characters, and his motions are what fuel the action in this action film. However, the audience is really drawn to Reece, a person with ambitions to graduate to serious spook-work – until he partners with Charlie Wax.
Helmed by freshman Director, Pierre Morel, …
