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In From Paris With Love," actor Jonathan Ryes Myers plays James Reese -- a straightlaced, button down aide to the U.S. Ambassador in France. Reese has a good job as well as a beautiful Parisian girlfriend, but his dream is to be a full fledged secret agent. He gets that chance when his boss sends him on a mission to apprentice with whacked out, trigger happy special agent, Charlie Wax, played by John Travolta.

Wax's methods are unorthodox to say the least.

But Wax always gets the job done and young Reese, although he protests at first to Wax's weird way of doing things, Reese quickly comes around and realizes that he has much to learn.

The filmmakers are going for a mismatched buddy picture, with a conservative guy paired up with a loose cannon.

The storyline is mildly interesting, but it's predictable. But that's secondary. The film boils down to two things -- Travolta's entertaining, over the top performance and tons of actions scenes with a high body count.

The film was written by Luc Besson, who made the great action flick "The Professional." It was directed by Pierre Morel who was responsible for last year's "Taken." This movie doesn't come up to the level of those two films, but there is some fun to be had here.

The well choreographed action scenes are cinematic, shoot out ballets with slow motion bullets flying. It reminds me of a John Woo film, just not as good. However, if you're an action fan, it goes down easy. So does Travolta, who is a bit much here, but seems to be enjoying what he's doing to such a great extent, that it's hard not to occasionally get caught up in his enthusiasm.

Myers was a bit of a stiff, but that is what the character calls for. Still, you can't help thinking that another actor could have brought more to the role. The chemistry between these two guys is just not there and seems forced.

This is the kind of film that you might want to watch on an airplane or maybe you catch it by accident late at night on HBO or Showtime. You can really pop into anywhere and just watch the action scenes, or catch a half hour of Travolta's manic energy. Bottom line, it's entertaining but certainly not worth full price at the box office.

Neil Rosen's Big Apple Rating: 2 Apples