Review: From Paris With Love

John Travolta is back. And this time, he's bald?

That's right. A hairless Travolta stars in "From Paris with Love". The latest offering from director Pierre Morel (Taken).

Co-starring Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (The Tudors, Mission: Impossible III) as James Reece, a low level CIA operative in Paris, his life gets turned upside down when he gets partnered with with special agent, Charlie Wax (Travolta).
In typical "Lethal Weapon" fashion, Reece and Wax take on an entire drug and terror network by themselves. Reece being the sensible one, and Wax, the loose cannon, willing to do anything it takes to get the job done.

The movie itself is an action lover's delight, featuring a lot of things blowing up, in addition to a lot of great fight scenes. Travolta, himself is great as Wax, who for the first time, you really get to see him bust some heads, unlike other action fare of his in the past. His wisecracking abilty and comedic timing being put to good use as well.

The only weak point of the film would be Jonathan Rhys-Meyers himself, who next to Travolta, looked more like a deer caught in the headlights. It was almost like he didn't know what type of movie this was going to be going in, and he was overwhelmed during production. Approaching the end of the film, his character grows a bit of a backbone, so you start to like him, so it could be just the way Rhys-Meyers was playing Reece, or his finally being comfortable during filming.

A sequel to this movie is not without question, as it was left open to one, and of course that will all be up to ticket sales. That all depends on how long people are going to continue to see Avatar, which seems to be an unstoppable juggernaut at the box office.

Written and produced by Luc Besson (The Transporter Films, Taken), From Paris delivers exactly what you would expect from his past films, which is non-stop action, a lot of gun fire and some really well done fight scenes. So if you're into that sort of non-stop action thrill ride, then From Paris with Love is a movie that I would highly recommend.

I give From Paris with Love 7 out of 10 stars.

By Forch F. Fortier