From Paris with Love
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James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
What critics thought
Critics largely found this Luc Besson-produced action thriller too incoherent to work as a whole, though Travolta's loud, unhinged performance was frequently singled out as its one saving grace. The action sequences were criticized for blending into a numbing blur, and some reviewers took specific issue with what they saw as racist undertones and plot logic that collapses under any scrutiny.
“From Paris with Love has no vital signs at all, just crushing dull repetition that makes one noisy, violent scene play exactly like the last one.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Pierre MorelDirector
John TravoltaCharlie Wax
Jonathan Rhys MeyersJames Reece
Kasia SmutniakCaroline
Richard DurdenAmbassador Bennington
Bing YinM. Wong
Amber Rose RevahNichole
Éric GodonForeign Minister
Chems DahmaniRashid
Sami DarrThe Pimp
Mostéfa StitiDir Yasin
David BuckleyComposer
Adi HasakWriter
Luc BessonWriter
Michel AbramowiczCinematographyFrom Paris with Love
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
What critics thought
Critics largely found this Luc Besson-produced action thriller too incoherent to work as a whole, though Travolta's loud, unhinged performance was frequently singled out as its one saving grace. The action sequences were criticized for blending into a numbing blur, and some reviewers took specific issue with what they saw as racist undertones and plot logic that collapses under any scrutiny.
“From Paris with Love has no vital signs at all, just crushing dull repetition that makes one noisy, violent scene play exactly like the last one.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Pierre MorelDirectorJohn TravoltaCharlie WaxJonathan Rhys MeyersJames ReeceKasia SmutniakCarolineRichard DurdenAmbassador BenningtonBing YinM. WongAmber Rose RevahNicholeÉric GodonForeign MinisterChems DahmaniRashidSami DarrThe PimpMostéfa StitiDir YasinDavid BuckleyComposerAdi HasakWriterLuc BessonWriterMichel AbramowiczCinematographyStream
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