This was a surprisingly decent action flick. Not much aside from that, but there you go. Sometimes you just need a little brain candy.James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is an embassy aide in Paris. What he really wants is to be a CIA field agent. He's been doing little things, changing license plates and bugging offices, but he's ready to move on to the big leagues. He finally gets his chance when he is assigned Charlie Wax (John Travolta) as a partner. Charlie is everything Reece is not: loud, arrogant, and a card-carrying badass. They tromp around the City of Light capping fools and carting around a vase full of cocaine. The action moves fast and escalates into a fairly predictable climax, but doesn't sacrifice having a good time doing it.
Luc Besson wrote the screenplay and produced this film, which makes a lot of sense. It's very firmly in his wheelhouse. Meyers tamps down his accent, which flattened out the character a little bit for me. Travolta is completely over-the-top which, if I'm honest, totally makes this picture. There's not really much in the way of a supporting cast, not one that lives anyway, but you won't be looking for one because you'll be distracted by all of the car chases, explosions, hookers, and bullets. So many bullets.
Honestly, this is great to just throw on after a long day of mentally taxing activity when you just need to put your brain into neutral, not rot it entirely.
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