Lots of action, well filmed and edited, but somewhat pointless and tiresome. Comparing Pierre Morel, even favorably, to John Woo begs the issue, since the style exhibited here is more than ten years old and everyone, especially Woo, has gone on to more interesting things. "Taken", Morel's last film, was more muscular and engaging. This is mostly just a mindless shoot 'em up.

I enjoyed this movie. It was slightly sarcastic, slighty stupid, slightly over-the-top. But I went in with little expectations and walked out with a smile on my face. If you see it, just don't overthink it.

Loved it! Don't listen to the asinine critics who've only been promoted out of the mail room or obits. They don't know film. This is a hip, fun action flick.

Turn your brain off at the door, and you'll have a great time!! Non stop action and humor, but not much of a story line. Travolta is a over the top bad-ass super agent who can take out an entire gang of thugs without breaking a sweat. If you can get past that... you'll be entertained!!

Luc Beson delivers another good story and chilling portrayal of Terrorist zeal and commitment in final scenes. Action is non stop and entertaining. Worth seeing.

The plot was confusing and boring, just some action scenes strung together.

In the annals of the CIA, James Reese(Jonathan Rhys Meyers) deserves to go down as one of its worst operatives ever. While being brought into the secret intelligence fold, one of the first rules his handler must have impressed on the new recruit was that he trust nobody, especially the ladies. The moviegoer has seen the likes of "From Paris with Love" before, and is way, way, way ahead of our naive hero when Caroline(Kasia Smutniak) gives him an engagement ring before their romantic dinner on the apartment terrace. In an anterior scene, as Reese approaches the front door, he sees a red substance in the corridor(Reese! Bend down and check to see if it's blood! Taste it!), which is the filmmaker's pathetic attempt to misdirect the moviegoer into thinking that Caroline has no ulterior facet to the supposition in which she's merely the vulnerable girlfriend of a secret agent. "From Paris with Love" obscures Caroline's true identity by employing a MacGuffin, a cocaine ring in which Charlie Wax(John Travolta) and the fledgling CIA operative have to bust up. If the true nature of their partnership were revealed from the outset, all that John Woo-inspired action(Travolta as John Old-Fat.) would seem impertinent. And it does, once the real objective of their mission is stated, causing the moviegoer to wish that "From Paris with Love" was less like Michael Cimino's "Year of the Dragon"(or one of Woo's great Hong Kong films) and more like Julia Loktev's "Day Night Day Night". That's because it's hard to correlate the Caroline we're first introduced to: Reese's hot French girlfriend, beaming over an outfit she made out of curtains, with the finished product, the grim ideologue brainwashed by her fundamentalism. What makes Caroline tick? That's your movie, not shooting up Chinese restaurants. Like Nancy Kwan in Henry Koster's "The Flower Drum Song", Caroline clearly enjoys being a girl, so her double life plays like a plot contrivance to suit the explosive climax.… Expand

Characters were GREAT!!!!! Simple and VERY fun. We laughed and laughed. Go see it if you are fun-loving.

A surprisingly fun movie, actually. I went in with modest expectations, but Travolta was excellent in this film. And JRM was the straight, and he did a decent job. I had no idea that Besson was the director until the intro titles, but he did a terrific job with the story and direction.

This movie is alot of fun, the action is fantastic and this is travoltas best role since pulp fiction. Director Pierre Morel has proven himself a fantastic action director and I look forward to seeing more from him.

Well, I could of predicted the entire movie as soon as John Travolta was fortelling the moves in the movie. This was a "been there, done it" movie. Nothing specatular or new... I was kind of funny though... It could of been a rental for me, instead of a night out with the hubby movie.

As lame a film as I've seen in a long time. There is no plot, the mismatched buddy bit has never been done this poorly, the parts that are supposed to be funny fall flat, the main antagonist's motives are unknown, and it's probably offensive to people from the Middle East.

I don't know why the critics didn't like it... I enjoyed this movie very much. It has the perfect balance between action and comedy.

An average popcorn action movie. John Travolta was the main fun part, his character was dominate the screen and really helped cover all of the boring/confusing plot.

This movie was a plain and predictable action flick. It was worth a watch but not much more. John Travolta as the bad ass american agent was definitely the highlight of this flick and he manages to carry it through till the end. If you like action movies you will definitely want to see this. It was worth watching but I'm not holding my breath for the DVD.

Weekend action at it's best.brutal,action,sex and comedy by travolta as we know hime. maybe a bit over the top but nonetheless, very heart wretched!!

When I first entered the theatre i thought that perhaps the trailer was so outlandish that the film might not have any left in it. I was pleasantly surprised indeed, it doesn't have that "love conquers all" attitude that is infecting most films these days, not counting the ones that are deliberately depressive to make a name for themselves as the not-happy ones. Perhaps I'm a bit vindictive, but this movie pressed the right buttons and, without giving anything away, was smoothly satisfiying if you're a bit on the dark side.… Expand

Fun movie, great action. Could use some more depth and substance though. But really brings nostalgia action movie factor into the mix.

It 's a really good action movie.

In a day and age of tip-toeing political correctness, It was very refreshing to see a film that didn't care who it was offending, it just laid out what it had to say and set out what it had to do. Now, don't get me wrong, this wasn't the brainiest of scripts, and it was a ridiculously over the top actioner, but it was fun! Travolta seemed right on target and seems to be genuinely having a good time...having fun...remember people, that's what films are supposed to be! With tongue firmly in cheek, this one's worth watching over a nice tub of popcorn.… Expand

Entertaining movie for the John Travolta crowd.

Don't take this rating the wrong way when I give it a 10, I mean this ten in a cult movie way. This is one of the best cults I've seen. John Travolta, don't get me wrong, does look a little messed- up when he's bald, but damn can he play a pretty kick- ass actor! There are relations to Pulp Fiction in this that made me laugh, and if you don't know what I'm talking about, uh, maybe you should've seen that before you saw this, dumb-ass. I don't mean the **** AMC version, I'm talking DVD, IFC, or anything else that's uncut. And not **** CBC, don't waste your time with the damn tracers. Still, this movie is a very good combination of action, drug- hunting, and all the humor you'd expect from such an actor like John Travolta, not the greaser, John, but pretty much any other John. The good thing about this cult, no **** ending like all the Scary Movies, or the Hottie and the Nottie. Go see From Paris w/ Love...… Expand

Buy, Rent, Skip. That's how I'll rate my review. Ignore the number above. Pretty decent action flick. Travolta plays a pretty convincing badass. The story gets is kind of slow in the beginning, in the sense you not really sure what the movie is about, but once the movies gets to the point it's a pretty great thrill ride the rest of the way. If your looking for a movie that keep your attention for a movie night in, give this a movie a rent. Plus their is a little reference in this movie to one of John Travolta's most famous lines I thought was hilarious. Not the best action movie but definitely worth a watch.… Expand

Totally predictable all the way through but still fun. If you like action scenes and drug references, this movie is for you. Doesn't give you enough to actually care for the lives of any of the characters so it's just all fun rather than emotional.

Very action packed but a little unbelievable in parts which made you not want to believe it. though it still hooked you in and made you want to keep watching. James Reece is turned from this rule abiding worker into this careless and unruly killer. I think that's what helped make it all the better.

I was excited to hear that director Pierre Morel and writer Luc Besson were teaming up again to create another action thriller. After they created "Taken", which I thought was amazing, I thought they could do no wrong. Well, with "From Paris with Love" they did a little wrong. Just a little. Read full review at FlicksWorthWatching.com

Watching old-John Travolta was running, hopping, and climbing was very refreshing. It looks like he is trying to be Bourne. Thiz criminal-thriller was directed by Pierre Morel. The man is known as creditable Cinematographer, behind THE TRANSPORTER (2002), SOMETHING GOTTA GIVE (2003), and UNLEASHED (2005). In my point of view, Morel action scene is always excessive and hard to believe to happen in real situation, although is still entertaining. His directing credits are DISTRICT 13 (2004) and TAKEN (2008), which loved by most critics. Thiz side kick-action-adventure, Travolta accompanied by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who once again showed his skill by speaking Chinese language fluently in one of the scenes. The script had some potential to develop to be more interesting and interspaces with some funny scenes. The story is about an US ambassador assistant (Rhys Meyers) tasked to escort a special agent (Travolta) in some mysterious mission. Later, this mission also involve with Rhys Meyers character fiancé (Kasia Smutniak). The surprise character on thiz movie spotlights on Smutniak who just made her Hollywood debut. In my notes, thiz movie had some weaknesses on story-telling, by spoiling too much on its surprising elements. I already had a feeling where thiz story would goes to, even on the early scenes. The elements were too obvious to notice, (Spoiler Alert!) Bcoz the character played by unknown artist and shared too much screen (even on the beginning scenes). In one of the scenes, when Smutniak character were waving goodbye to her fiancé (Rhys Meyers), where the scene is too underline and the duration is too long, I already known definitely she will be the bad guy. Or just simply, if you sensitive enough, you could already found out on the title itself! Visit My Blog on JONNY'S MOVEE : http://jonnyfendi.blogspot.com… Expand

From Paris with Love shacked the crap out of me with how good it was, I thought it was just going to be your typical buddy cop movie (or in this case buddy spy), it's not perfect do to the fact that you never really know what's going on because of the fact they change it up every five minutes, but with two plot twists I didn't see coming, and satisfying action, this is a great movie I can recommend to action fans.… Expand

I was thoroughly disappointed by From Paris with Love. Luc Besson's normally energetic and no-nonsense writing feels turgid, and director Pierre Morel has made films that are both more fun (District 13) and more consistent (Taken) than this sorry affair. Both leads are miscast - Johnathan Rhys Meyers' ambassador's assistant and part-time CIA operative James Reese quite remarkably manages to come across as both wooden and camp at the same time, and John Travolta's agent Charlie Wax is just an offensive, egotistic, fat old man who couldn't believably pull off half the stunts he does in this film (Travolta clearly has a good stunt man to do the tricky stuff, and the camera craftily cuts away whenever he's required to run). The plot is predictable, the representations of various ethnicities in Paris borderline offensive, and the action is unimaginative, and surprisingly infrequent for an action film. The only thing the film really does is raise the occasional smile with a few passable jokes (usually when Reese points out the ridiculousness of the situation, or when Travolta is particularly hammy) though even this is somewhat spoiled by a decision to crowbar in a reference to one of the lead actor's biggest hits. I'm sure said line was intended to be funny, but instead it just causes you to groan in deep embarrassment. From Paris with Love is only worth watching for the odd chuckle - it works on no other level, not as an action film, thriller, comment on terrorism and paranoia, not even as a buddy movie. It's merde, Monsieur Besson and Monsieur Morel, and you both need to have a long, hard think about where your careers are heading.… Expand