
James Reece is an ambitious aide to the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, doing little jobs for the CIA and hoping to get into black ops. On the night he and his girlfriend, Caroline, become engaged, he's told to pick up Charlie Wax at Orly. Charlie is an unorthodox government employee - large, bald and bearded, foul-mouthed and eccentric. Charlie immediately takes James on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, through ethnic enclaves. As bodies pile up, the purpose remains opaque to Jam... (Full plot summary below)
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James Reece is an ambitious aide to the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, doing little jobs for the CIA and hoping to get into black ops. On the night he and his girlfriend, Caroline, become engaged, he's told to pick up Charlie Wax at Orly. Charlie is an unorthodox government employee - large, bald and bearded, foul-mouthed and eccentric. Charlie immediately takes James on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, through ethnic enclaves. As bodies pile up, the purpose remains opaque to James. Caroline, unhappy that James has been out of touch for a day, tells him to bring Charlie for dinner. Charlie can be charming - where will it lead? Does the chess-playing James have what it takes?
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| Reel Talk OnlineCandice FrederickAside from a generic plot twist and a little clever banter between the two fellas, From Paris With Love fails to deliver the excitement to which the trailer alludes. |
| FilmsInReview.comVictoria AlexanderTony Manero, Vincent Vega, Charlie Wax. Travolta has his franchise now! Gleeful killer Wax makes Bond and Bourne look like clumsy amateurs. Roaring fun. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigSo leaden and obnoxious that it actually makes you long for the John Travolta of "Old Dogs." |
| CinematicalEric D. SniderIt's funny, a lot of it, but the movie isn't parodying old-school action-movie excesses. It's wallowing in them, with great enthusiasm. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA buddy-spy thriller that exudes Euro-trashiness from first frame to last. |
| About.comRebecca Murraya non-sensical ultra-violent R-rated action film that exists only to please those into high body counts |
| News of the WorldRobbie CollinAn uproarious late-night action blast, and it's going to get trashed by virtually every other reviewer on the planet. Ignore them. It's brilliant. |
| GreenCineAaron HillisMorel's underrated eye and knack for making kinetic movement rhythmic and easy to follow elevates Besson's run-of-the-mill, mismatched-buddy thriller into a propulsive, enjoyably Eurotrashy entertainment. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinNot even the pleasures inherent in watching John Travolta mug it up as a gonzo CIA operative bent on breaking things and killing people... are sufficient recompense for sitting through this by-the-numbers slog from the fevered brain of Luc Besson |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMorel and his crew certainly know how to stage action: the fight scenes and shootouts, the stairwell pursuits and motorway mayhem, are as good, if not better, than anything to come out of Hong Kong in a long time. |