“From Paris with Love” is a fast-paced action comedy with John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Â I found this movie by accident, but I quite enjoyed it. Â So much in fact, that I watched it twice in the last month or so. Â Sure, it has a few weird romantic moments that needed more polish, but all of those are nicely compensated by action, humor, and an explosive, brutal, yet humane character of John Travolta. Â It’s John Travolta at his best. Â The one I missed for a long time now, since “Pulp Fiction”, “Be Cool”, and “Michael”.
Remember all those James Bond movies with Sean Connery? Â And then how all the charm was taken out of Agent 007 by Daniel Craig? Â Well, this movie is a variation on a modern James Bond (an American, of course, but still in Europe), with plenty of charm, and yet with enough brutality of Daniel Craig. Â Without Daniel Craig. Â (Not that I have anything against Daniel Craig outside of James Bond role).
There is not much else that I can say about it. Â Not your regular family entertainment, but a bunch of guys could have a blast with it over a pint of beer. Â My rating – 4 out of 5.
