From Paris with Love 2010 by AverageMansReviews

From Paris with Love 2010 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/terrorism/drugs/kamikaze/vehicle crash/torture/impaling/strangling/suicide/medical

In Paris: briefly; we have James Reese [Jonathan Rhys Meyers:] he is the assistant to the ambassador of the United States of America, but he also does little things for the CIA, in fact he is desperate to get given an opportunity to prove himself more useful to them, but don't worry you will not have to wait that long as he gets paired up with  Charlie Wax [John Travolta:] he is a very experienced operative which is very much a loose cannon, but eventually between them they will have to stop the terrorist attack before it is too late.

Generally speaking: the script for most parts is tedious garbage, but then you eventually head towards the final quarter of this film roughly speaking and then it decides to have some real substance, the framework and pacing of this 92 minutes film can also reflect this as well; as for most parts it isn't fun to watch, so if you are like me a content creator, you will feel that you will have to do is get through it.

Actions, comedy and art; Wax does have a habit of bringing the carnage wherever he goes; be it using a gun to shoot at the ceiling to reveal drugs whilst Meyers catches some of it in this vase for evidence or our lead partnership are quickly leaving this location in short Wax has to show his working partner that their previous vehicle is booby-trapped, so he uses this new vehicle in reverse to do this shunting effect; so by hitting this other vehicle backwards on to another, on to another on to their previous vehicle; it explodes and then they quickly make their getaway: these two examples are comical and these are just two examples of the common the flavour that this title has to offer, much later on Wax is safely hanging out of this vehicle whilst it is on the move finding fire off this rocket launcher and for art man I really don't like these slow motion effects; I do like them in the 2000's and I especially don't like them in the 2010's.

Character developments and performances; well how can I say this... If this is what they were going for they hit the goldmine, especially this dysfunctional yet functional team chemistry between Reese/Meyers and Wax/Travolta; as one is very new into this way of doing things, while the other is basically; I will find out what I need to find out, raise hell and then leave. But roughly around the later stages of this project we get some really positive character developments as it relates to this individual and them being radicalised [ that's as much as I can say about that without giving too much away; broadly speaking in the real world I don't say this is a good thing, but in this film I wish they would have spent more time on this turn of events as it gives this title; some real gravitas and progress as it relates to this entire project in one way or another as a whole; this happens to be the biggest asset to this project by some distance. Yes this lead partnership is formulaic as it needs to be and their performances reflect that, so they are solidly good they fulfil that purpose.

This film receives: 2/10, this film is poor; I mean as I have already illustrated in one way or another there is lots going on, but for the vast majority of this film it can be really immature and monotonous. But likewise as I have also illustrated it really does have some heavy hitting substance in the final quarter or less or somewhere around here, this is one of those occasions where I can say I just don't get this film; for most of it it is goofy garbage and then it deals with something so heavy and beautifully managed as well.