Synopsis
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.
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Cast
- John TravoltaCharlie Wax
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersJames Reece
- Kasia SmutniakCaroline
- Richard DurdenAmbassador Bennington
- Bing YinM. Wong
- Amber Rose RevahNichole
- Eric GodonForeign Minister
- François BredonThe Thug
- Chems DahmaniRashid
- Sami DarrThe Pimp
Recommendations
- 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Morel will inevitably be compared to John Woo, whom he trounces. He has fewer mannerisms (no damn doves) and a keener eye; his fastest, most kinetic shots flow together like frames in a flipbook. - 70
Village Voice
He (Morel) brings in lobotomized entertainment at 90-odd minutes. During the February doldrums, this cannot be underestimated. - 60
Time Out
John Travolta breaks the braggadocio meter in the latest tightly wound actioner from "Taken’s" Pierre Morel. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Travolta has/is a blast in an action-thriller-comedy that otherwise comes up short. - 50
Variety
To his credit, Travolta hams it up with the kind of laissez-faire irony that might have made the film a tongue-in-cheek pleasure, had his attitude extended to the filmmakers. - 50
Arizona Republic
Doesn't really know what it wants to be. Morel would have done better to remember the "to thine own self be true" bit, and stayed with the dunderheaded shoot-'em-up vibe, with Travolta having a blast, often literally. - 50
Orlando Sentinel
Basically a bloody buddy picture that tries too hard. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
A ''fun trash'' movie that's more trash than fun.
