From Paris With Love Movie Review
February 8th, 2010
Paris is a beautiful city and James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) enjoys working for the U.S. government there. By day, is an assistant U.S. ambassador, but in his spare time, he’s trying to get into the spy game. Perform simple tasks such as changing sheets and cleaning cars, James is waiting for his big break.
The great opportunity is coming to Paris in the form of Charlie Wax (John Travolta). Wax is one of the bigwigs at the agency that is brought to Paris to finish a job, and James will be his driver. But there is more wax than meets the eye, and soon discover that James is in more than his driving skills. Now, you may complete the mission? And what is the mission?
This is one of the scenarios in the story of two films. The first half of the film is the dialogue clumsy and antiquated, terrible rendition of the dialogue and everything was a disaster. I felt that Rhys Meyers was not only to snuff with what normally leads to a movie. But then it happened.
About half way through this brief 92 minute film, the action cranked up and the fun returned. There were some very entertaining action sequences that I have not met that often. That made for a fast-paced and exciting end to a movie that I had left for dead.
But problems persist. There were moments in the beginning of this film that was as bad as anything I can remember in recent years. And though the film’s action helped accelerate the pace, the plot is full of many holes than a piece of Swiss cheese would envy.
From Paris With Love is a rare film that has more potential in a sequel that exists in this company. A script for sharper, better focuses, and has the makings of a movie from a good friend. For now, this is a fleeting relationship.
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