Rating: 9 out of 10, a truly fabulous action movie that totally snuck up on me. I was expecting a run of the mill action flick which it was until Travolta arrives on the screen. He is a complete wrecking crew who hides his competence behind a facade of pure mayhem. He totally takes over the movie and is almost hypnotic to watch just to see what outlandish thing he is going to do next. He takes novice Rhys Meyers with him on a search for terrorists in Paris. The story is contrived but they play it straight and for some reason it works, magnificently. The action is pretty much non-stop for the entire movie and the body count quickly out of control. The parallel story of the love story is quickly turned on its head and becomes the driving theme for the second half of the movie. This is a truly great movie that I enjoyed from the start - cannot say enough good things about it.
MVP: Travolta as the super agent and completely dangerous Charlie Wax
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