Two-time Academy Award® nominee John Travolta and three-time Golden Globe® nominee Jonathan Rhys Meyers join forces in the high-octane action thriller, From Paris With Love.  Hailed as “one of the best action movies this year,” (Los Angeles Examiner) From Paris With Love arrives as a 2-disc Blu-ray Set which includes Digital Copy – and is also available as a separate DVD and as a digital download.  Both the DVD and Blu-ray Disc are loaded with bonus materials including numerous featurettes highlighted by a “making-of,” audio commentary or picture-in-picture commentary (on the Blu-ray) with Director Pierre Morel plus a Trivia Game.

Trigger-happy special agent Charlie Wax (Travolta) leads rookie James Reese (Rhys Meyers) on a high-speed shooting frenzy through the Parisian underworld during a high-stakes CIA mission to foil a terrorist attack planned on the city.  Before Reese realizes he’s bitten off more than he can chew, the duo discovers that he’s a target of the same crime ring planning the attack.  With only 48 hours to save the city, there is no turning back and only one deadly way out.  Pack your bags and get ready for a serious adrenaline-rush of adventure!

Don’t over-think this one, folks.  This movie is heaping order of pistol porn and plenty of over-the-top action that rocks it out shortly after starting through the very end.  Myers plays James Reece, an American CIA operative, living and working in the city of Paris, trying to increase his status within the secretive government organization.  He’s currently at the lowest rung, doing barely dangerous and very light jobs delivered to him via impromptu phone calls from a mysterious boss we never see.  Still, the end of the day is always a payoff as he returns home to his beautiful French girlfriend, Caroline (Kasia Smutniak)…then comes the call.  Reece is deemed ready for the big time and is ordered to pick up Charlie Wax as his new partner.

Wax (Travolta) is an ultra-confident, super-capable CIA spook whose unorthodox methods often bring results, but with an abundance of mayhem and a whole lot of spent casings.  The two are an odd couple to be sure.  Think of them as Mathieu and Lemmon, but armed to the teeth.  Travolta carries this film from the moment he makes his entrance to when the credits roll.  Myers makes for a good sidekick and holds his own, but the pistol-packing disco king is who will be winning over audiences here. 

As for the film’s content, the dialogue is shoddy at times, inducing comments of ‘oh god’ and ‘please’ muttered under the breaths of cinema patrons throughout the theater.  Myers’ and Travolta’s verbal ping pong is well placed for the most part, and it doesn’t take long for the two actors to develop their partnership chemistry.  The film’s action is not entirely believable, though it’s delivered in a manner that’s just plain fun with a nearly relentless fast pace.  The plot is nothing new; kill the bad guys, but it’s also a timeless formula so if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!  You will even find a pretty smart and rather unexpected plot twist once or twice during the 92-minute runtime of From Paris with Love. 

Sit back and watch the bullets fly in this small arms free-for-all that contains a bit of espionage, a fair share of comedy, a little suspense and a few good booms.  This is a release-day buy on Blu-ray for me when the time comes and while it may not make the list for best films of the year, it was certainly an entertaining one.  Mission accomplished.