Rating: R
Movie Release Date: February 5, 2010
DVD Release Date: June 8, 2010
Plot 411: An intelligence operative gets activated for his first real field assignment and is partnered with an unorthodox cowboy of a spy.
Review: James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is a young spy who moonlights as the American ambassador to Paris' personal aide. In addition to his duties as an aide, he spends time working small jobs that assist other field agents. However, when he is tasked with getting a senior agent named Wax (John Travolta) out of customs, he is quickly schooled in the ways of international spydom. Travolta and Meyers play well off each other and are able to portray their characters in believable and likeable ways. Wax is incredibly free-spirited and dead bodies pile up fast around him. You can't say he isn't effective. Reece's inexperience reflects the audienece's shock at Wax's method. In an almost carefree manner, Wax shoots up an entire room without flinching. Together Travolta and Meyers are a pretty entertaining comedic duo. The movie's pace was slow going at first as it's trying to establish the scene, but it quickly got into gear. The combination of direcctor Peter Morel and writer Luc Besson worked well in my opinion. When the action blew up, it reall went for it. There were multiple gunfights in close quarters and some decent action sequences.
Movie Release Date: February 5, 2010
DVD Release Date: June 8, 2010
Plot 411: An intelligence operative gets activated for his first real field assignment and is partnered with an unorthodox cowboy of a spy.
Review: James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is a young spy who moonlights as the American ambassador to Paris' personal aide. In addition to his duties as an aide, he spends time working small jobs that assist other field agents. However, when he is tasked with getting a senior agent named Wax (John Travolta) out of customs, he is quickly schooled in the ways of international spydom. Travolta and Meyers play well off each other and are able to portray their characters in believable and likeable ways. Wax is incredibly free-spirited and dead bodies pile up fast around him. You can't say he isn't effective. Reece's inexperience reflects the audienece's shock at Wax's method. In an almost carefree manner, Wax shoots up an entire room without flinching. Together Travolta and Meyers are a pretty entertaining comedic duo. The movie's pace was slow going at first as it's trying to establish the scene, but it quickly got into gear. The combination of direcctor Peter Morel and writer Luc Besson worked well in my opinion. When the action blew up, it reall went for it. There were multiple gunfights in close quarters and some decent action sequences.
Watch It: Because it's pretty entertaining and there's a cool scene where Travolta slides down a pole upside down. Wonder where he learned that trick? Carmen Electra's pole dancing video?
Skip It: Because it's probably highly inaccurate as far as the special ops world is concerned. The body count keeps rising and no one blinks an eye.
