James Reece is the assistant to the US Ambassador to France and is a low level spy, carrying out important tasks such as planting bugs and changing license plates on cars. He aspires to bigger things, but really has no idea what "bigger things" are all about. This all changes when he is assigned to help out Charlie Wax (John Travolta), an over the top, guns blazing, invincible secret agent. The plot takes a circuitous route to the actual reason that Wax is in town which provides a convenient training ground for Reece. There is no subtlety here. Midway through, you can confidently say "The Butler did it" and then watch the rest of the plot play out without thinking or guessing. I would rate this as a standard fare action film that is carried by Travolta's over-the-top bravado.
3 stars (out of 5)
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