Rated R – 1h32 -

John Travolta serves up a lot of fromage in this (sort of) action spy thriller. Some of its tasty…but a good part of this is smelly cheese.
From Paris With Love stars Charlie Wax (Travolta) a buffed out, bad ass cheseeball American spy, sent to Paris to take out the bad guys who are involved in drugs and terrorism. He is met by the Assistant to the American Ambassador to France, James Reese (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who is unknowingly wrapped up in a terror plot.

Charlie provides James with some high intensity on the job training as they lay waste to Chinese drug dealers and other brown skinned men of an unclear origin, who believe blowing up Americans is the just thing to do.

Wax is another redundant action hero, who’s bulletproof, can disarm ten thugs by himself and has an endless clip of ammunition. He’s further exaggerated by having a hefty desire for Royale’s with Cheese, a clear reference to Travolta’s far superior character in Pulp Fiction. Bad call referencing a better movie the audience could be watching at home.

Then again, if not for Charlie Wax, this movie would have been a complete waste of time. Sure, his action sequences are set up, and I couldn’t imagine wanting to spend more than five minutes with him, but he’s there for a reason. It’s for us to vicariously live through him. Who wouldn’t want the skills of a ninja, combined with the bravado of a rock star?

If you do choose to see this one, prepare yourself for a pretty transparent plot and action sequences that would make any 13 year old boy smile.

As far as the title goes, Tina Turner would say…”what’s love got to do with it?”

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