From Paris with Love

Sonea Fifer · 1 Mar 2010 at 13:54

Watching this movie earlier today - wondered if anyone else has seen it and their thoughts? It stars a shaven headed, goatee wearing John Travolta and Mission Impossible 3's Jonathan Rhys Meyers. This seems to me to fit in the category of one those action type movies where you simply disengage your brain and watch.

Travolta strikes me as far too old (he's 56) to be jumping off rooftops and beating up / disarming French gang members while snorting coke and appearing to be indestructible. He carried off the role as well as he could but I think his days of Broken Arrow, Swordfish and Pulp Fiction main action man movies are behind him. Jonathan Rhys Meyers just seemed to stumble from scene to scene following Travolta's shirt tails and not really doing much else.

I thought it was a pretty disappointing movie and certainly not one I'd rush to watch again.

Grandmaster Fap! · 1 Mar 2010 at 14:02

Whats the deal with the "Royale with cheese" line in this. is it some sly wink to his PF role or some crappy tenuous link between the characters that Hollywood invented for ticket sales?

gettothechopper · 1 Mar 2010 at 14:12

why did they make travolta look like garry glitter for this film?

Yas786 · 1 Mar 2010 at 16:01

Personally i thought it was pretty awesome...like you said switch your brain off and watch it is the type of movie it is...i couldnt give a flying toss why he was bald and why he was jumping around, taking out french teenagers nor could i give a hoot if he was jumping across buildings...

FACT is that its an action movie....i swear some of you in here are closet film critics

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Definitely would watch this again...in fact ill probably watch it again tonight for the sheer madness that is Travolta...definitely steals the show and found him highly enjoyable to watch.

daztrouk · 1 Mar 2010 at 16:23

Thought Travolta was over the top in parts, almost cringe worthy. Film was ok, but doubt id watch it again

antijoke · 1 Mar 2010 at 16:28

Saw the ad last night on TV, certainly not one I would waste my time watching. Travolta, bald with a goatee? No thanks.

macster · 1 Mar 2010 at 16:45

I went to see this on friday, I found it very funny and entertaining!

RetiredGreyFox · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:11

I thought this was Travolta's best part and had me in stitches.

zootfloot · 1 Mar 2010 at 19:13

dmpoole said:
I thought this was Travolta's best part and had me in stitches.

I too really enjoyed him in this too....really enjoyed the whole film in a switch off, sit back and relax kind of way.

Rybo89 · 1 Mar 2010 at 21:05

we enjoyed this film, unlike his previous one with my fave actor denzel washington "taking of the pellham 123" which was complete utter toss

Kanifee · 1 Mar 2010 at 21:15

I thought it was pretty good, i don't think the character would have had the same impact i he wasn't an aging oddly looking bald man, personally i was impressed i could disengage and just enjoy.

pieplough · 1 Mar 2010 at 21:43

Was an enjoyable action film. Wouldnt watch it again though.

Sh3rlock · 6 Mar 2010 at 13:52

Watched it the other night also.

Really enjoyed it and IMO one of Travolta's strongest roles.

Chojin · 6 Mar 2010 at 18:53

Really want to see this, can't think of any Travolta action flicks I didn't enjoy. Broken Arrow, Face Off, Swordfish, Pelham 123 all good.

DB_SamX · 8 Mar 2010 at 10:29

Very impressed with this film; I didn't realise it was by Luc Besson until it started, so I knew it was going to be a good one. For the first hour, I had no idea where the story was going, but then it just clicked and took an unexpected turn for the serious, yet it was still great. Good watch, recommended.

Phyre · 8 Mar 2010 at 19:52

I watched this the other day and I'm definitely in the "enjoyed it" camp. Thought it was a fairly amusing action packed action film. The story was nothing hugely complicated and clever but then, most action films aren't. It's not what you see action films for... Well, I don't anyway.