Thursday, Feb. 04, 2010

From Paris With Love

Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Pierre Morel's revenge thriller "Taken" -- which cast Liam Neeson as the ultimate overprotective papa --proved a surprise box-office hit last year and now the director unleashes another Paris-set action adventure, this one starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as a pair of international cops on the trail of a terrorist cell. Here's hoping it'll help us forget about Travolta's last film, the horrendous "Old Dogs"...

1 hr. 35 mins.

Ethan Alter is a New York-based film critic and journalist. He can be reached at nycfilmcriticgmail.com.