Idris Elba plays a CIA operative stationed in Paris a few days before Bastille Day. When a bomb goes off, and the prime suspect is an American pick-pocket working the streets of Paris, Elba is on the hunt. But he finds that the pick-pocket is a believable rube, and the two spend a couple hours together finding out who the real bomb-maker is, and what the real purpose is behind the attack. Elba uses his smoldering detective/operative persona to great effect and our pick-pocket uses his skills to help [SPOILER ALERT] everything work out in the end [END SPOILER]. When a film contains actors I love (Elba) and plot elements I enjoy (heist, pick-pockets, slight of hand/plot), I consider myself entertained.
4 stars
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