From Paris with Love
France
2010
92 Min
Color
2.35:1
French, German, Mandarin, English
Synopsis
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? –IMDb
Director
Pierre Morel
Pierre Morel (born 12 May 1964) is a French cinematographer and film director.
After spending his formative years in cinema school, Pierre Morel debuted in 2000 as camera operator with the first Richard Berry’s film L’Art (délicat) de la séduction.
The next year, he began a career as cinematographer, working with such directors as Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen, Nancy Meyers, Alek Keshishian, Luc Besson and Phillip Atwell. At the same time, he directed his first film District 13 in 2004, followed by Taken in 2008 and From Paris with Love, in 2010.
According to an online article, Morel has taken over the directing duties for the upcoming Paramount remake of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Morel will replace Peter Berg who left the film in October 2009. He has since left the project. He was in talk to direct the film adaption of the Hasbro game Ouija.
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Some critics have the opinion that Morel has a racist agenda for his negative portrayal of Albanians… read more
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Grasshopper
18Nov11
Totally fun, totally unrealistic script. Travolta is OVER THE TOP in my favorite performance since Pulp Fiction. Get out the popcorn, people!!!
Brian Ackley
7May11
Dialogue and plot have little to do with the wiring of this thrill ride: Travolta's two-dimensional bad-ass anti-hero ignites the show, setting off a constant barrage of action-embracive set pieces that propel it into cinematic spectacle. A well-timed, unsuspecting plot twist spins the story into overdrive. From Paris is not fresh, and it's not particularly close to the best of its genre, but its fun nonetheless.
Arctvrvs
23Jan11
sooooooooooooo fucking horrible. its not even fun or funny in a boondock saints just enjoy it type of way. this is a cinematic bag of cheetos
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Morel vs. Besson
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky on February 10, 2010
Sure, the idea that directors are always authors is a big ol' fallacy. What's true, though, is that, in the traditional system of commercial
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The Art of the Trailer: "From Paris with Love"
By Daniel Kasman on January 20, 2010
After 2008's Taken, Pierre Morel's 2010 film From Paris with Love is building a nice little niche for this Besson protégé of carting over
French Trailer for FROM PARIS WITH LOVE is NSFW, yet Funny as Hell!
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
John Travolta as a foul mouth, take-no-crap, loose cannon with the tendency to lashed out violently at the drop of the hat in slick fashion? Yeah baby! Now that’s what I’m talking about. The french trailer
John Travolta drops an All-out Assault of F-Bombs in FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
By Twitchfilm.com on April 30, 2011
Apparently, an assload of F-Bombs is not the only thing John Travolta will be firing in the French actioner From Paris with Love from Pierre Morel, the director of the sleeper hit Taken and Banlieue 13
Todd's Thoughts On FROM PARIS WITH LOVE.
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
In a word, icky. It’s a buddy comedy with zero chemistry between the buddies in which one is saddled with an unconvincing accent and distracted John Waters moustache and nothing particularly interesting
John Travolta drops an All-out Assault of F-Bombs in FROM PARIS WITH LOVE
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
Apparently, an assload of F-Bombs is not the only thing John Travolta will be firing in the French actioner From Paris with Love from Pierre Morel, the director of the sleeper hit Taken and Banlieue 13
French Trailer for FROM PARIS WITH LOVE is NSFW, yet Funny as Hell!
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
John Travolta as a foul mouth, take-no-crap, loose cannon with the tendency to lashed out violently at the drop of the hat in slick fashion? Yeah baby! Now that’s what I’m talking about. The french trailer
Todd's Thoughts On FROM PARIS WITH LOVE.
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
In a word, icky. It’s a buddy comedy with zero chemistry between the buddies in which one is saddled with an unconvincing accent and distracted John Waters moustache and nothing particularly interesting
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Who cares if it wasn’t that original or subtle, it wasn’t supposed to be. It’s so well made and fun that you can’t escape the great characters and relentless violence. You just don’t see buddy cop… read review
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