From Paris with Love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | From Paris with Love |
| Original title | From Paris with Love |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | English , French |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 16 JMK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Pierre Morel |
| script | Adi Hasak |
| production | Virginie Besson-Silla |
| music | David Buckley |
| camera | Michel Abramowicz |
| cut | Frédéric Thoraval |
| occupation | |
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From Paris with Love is a 2010 French action thriller directed by Pierre Morel based on a story by Luc Besson .
action
The cultured and educated agent James Reese works for the CIA as the personal assistant to the US ambassador in Paris . During his secret missions, he only exchanges license plates for certain vehicles for fellow agents or installs bugs at diplomatic meetings. Reese, who spends his time playing chess in his apartment or with his girlfriend Caroline, always works reliably, but would like to get promoted to the CIA and experience more action.
Reese is called to the airport to pick up his new partner Charlie Wax. This guy is a noisy, vulgar proletarian, hung with rings and chains. Reese elegantly solves Wax's difficulties with customs by sticking a diplomatic sticker on his luggage, only to find out a little later that Wax had his personal weapon "Mrs. Jones ”smuggled into the country in pieces. Shortly afterwards, Reese also realizes that Wax uses this weapon without scruples. With his idiosyncratic, improper tricks and methods, the savvy agent is the exact opposite of the thoughtful Reese.
The two of them go to a Chinese restaurant and Wax takes the place apart completely within minutes and takes down the entire workforce except for a single waiter in a short shootout. This should lead the agents to his backers. So far it has remained hidden from Reese that the alleged restaurant was actually used as a transshipment point for huge amounts of cocaine . He is unceremoniously embroiled in a drug war that has taken on an unexpected edge. Wax lets Reese know the truth behind the investigation he is making with him. The drug business only serves to finance a terrorist cell that needs to be eliminated. Through the backers of the Chinese, Wax and Reese get to Pakistani terrorists who are preparing an attack in a ghetto on the outskirts of the French capital.
In the course of a massive shootout , Wax and Reese finally manage to kill most of the terrorists. Reese discovers photos of himself in the criminals' apartment and realizes that the conspirators were tailing him.
Reese and Wax are gradually getting closer to each other. After their breakneck mission, they spend the evening in Reese's apartment with Caroline and a friend who brought them with them. Then events come thick and fast: In cold blood and apparently for no reason, Wax shoots Caroline's friend after a call on her cell phone. Wax then explains to Reese that Caroline belongs to a terrorist cell and bugged their apartment. Caroline manages to escape after shooting Reese. Reese realizes that the terrorists are planning an attack on an upcoming diplomatic meeting in which a high-ranking US delegation is also attending.
While Wax tries to take out Caroline's mastermind, who wants to blow up the delegation's convoy , Reese races to the meeting of politicians at which Caroline, who has gained access with the help of Reese's security pass, mingled with the guests. After all, they face each other. Reese with the gun at the ready, Caroline with an explosives vest under her traditional African robe. When it seems that the woman still wants to activate the belt despite an idealistic appeal from Reese, Reese kills her with a headshot. Wax catches them and defuses the bomb by removing a plug that's just above the trigger.
In the last scene of the film, Reese and Wax play chess on the tarmac and Reese reveals to Wax that he too is now part of the secret service .
synchronization
The German-language dubbing of the film was done at FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH in Munich. Author of the dialogue book and dialogue director was Christian Weygand .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie Wax | John Travolta | Thomas Danneberg |
| James Reece | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Norman Matt |
| Caroline | Kasia Smutniak | Stephanie waiter |
| Ambassador Bennington | Richard Durden | Erich Ludwig |
| Nichole | Amber Rose Revah | Angela Wiederhut |
| French Foreign Minister | Eric Godon | Étienne Gillig |
| Rashid | Chems Dahmani | Ziad Ragheb |
| Yasim to you | Mostéfa Stiti | Osman Ragheb |
background
According to the title, the film was shot in the French capital Paris . The shooting took place from September 2008 to December 2008. The filmmakers had an estimated budget of 52 million US dollars . The theatrical release in Israel and Kazakhstan took place on February 4, 2010, in the USA the film was shown from February 5, 2010. The start in Germany and Switzerland was March 25, 2010, in Austria the film was shown one day later. In the USA, almost 24 million US dollars could be brought in at the box office.
The film contains some cameos . So Luc Besson in a vehicle and Kelly Preston on the Eiffel Tower during the trial of James Reese to call his girlfriend Caroline to see.
In addition, some allusions to other films are made in the film. When Caroline enters James' apartment, the book " Nikita " can be seen for the film of the same name, which was written and filmed by the director Luc Besson. In addition, John Travolta in the role of Charlie Wax raves about the fact that the quarter pounder with cheese is his favorite food. In Pulp Fiction there is a corresponding conversation between John Travolta as Vincent Vega and Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield: “And do you know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in Europe? [...] They have the metric system , they don't even know what a quarter pounder is. […] They call it “Royal with Cheese”. ”After all, the title of the film is an allusion to the title of the James Bond film“ From Russia with Love ”.
Reviews
The cast and performance of the main actors are mainly praised. " Travolta, bald for the first time, in a wonderfully loud action cracker in the tradition of 80s hits like" Die hard "or" Two tough professionals "" liked Oliver Kube from the editorial team of Bild . "In the explosive, humorous action-buddy movie, John Travolta shines as a CIA puke with a bald head and a goatee," says the cinema editorial team .
However, the discrepancy between action scenes and moral appeal gives reason for criticism. Mike Beilfuß from film-dienst is of the opinion, “It doesn't work. None of the characters are able to handle the sudden seriousness of the plot emotionally. With its (initial) ironic casualness, the two well-cast leading actors and the fulfillment of clichés customary in the genre, the film should be acceptable to its target audience; Beyond that, however, he cannot set any accents within the action genre. " Sascha Westphal writes for Die Welt :" But at some point there comes a point where Reese and Wax should be taken seriously as heroes and their wild west methods are celebrated as the only true ones . You can only turn away with horror, especially since Morel is a true master of kinetic cinema, but in quieter moments immediately loses interest in the story and the characters. "For film releases, Carsten Baumgardt sums up:" After a pleasant beginning and a lot In the third act, the film wrecks with aloof fun and stumbles over its plot, which is suddenly searching for substance in vain. "
Oliver Lysiak from Moviepilot criticizes the “Travolta One-Man-Show” and the character embodied by Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who “in no single point [...] Travolta has anything to oppose”. His conclusion: "It remains another annoying film by producer and story writer Luc Besson, which mixes dubious moral worldview with routine action mumbo-jumbo and at the same time shoots logic, tension and human dignity." The lexicon of international films draws the following verdict: ironically broken action film with a coherent leading actor duo staged in an entertaining way, the film burdens its already thin story with a superimposed terrorist plot and also loses unity due to the dramatic change in tone. "
Web links
- From Paris with Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- From Paris with Love at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- From Paris with Love on Metacritic (English)
- From Paris with Love in the online movie database
- From Paris with Love in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for From Paris with Love . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2010 (PDF; test number: 121 838 K).
- ↑ Age rating for From Paris with Love . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ German dubbing index - Films - From Paris with Love. In: synchronkartei.de . Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Locations according to the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ a b c Budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ a b Start dates according to the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ a b Background information according to the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "John Travolta kills at the Eiffel Tower" , picture , Oliver Kube, March 24, 2010
- ^ Film review , Cinema
- ^ Film review, film service , Mike Beilfuß
- ↑ “From Paris with Love”: Action with a look ” , Die Welt , Sascha Westphal, March 25, 2010
- ^ Film review , film starts , Carsten Baumgardt
- ^ Film review , Moviepilot , Oliver Lysiak, June 3, 2010
- ^ From Paris with Love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .