Those French. They may look down their collective noses at fat Americans, but they sure do love the way we get s**t done. Luc Besson– cinema’s most prolific Frenchman— has unleashed another action drenched story template (ala Taken, The Transporter) and cozied up with his “Besson School of Filmmaking” graduate Pierre Morel (Taken and the upcoming Dune remake) to offer up the guiltily pleasurable From Paris With Love. Together, Besson and Morel massage French-American relations like it’s nobody’s business. If …
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I’m not dying to see From Paris with Love, but I will admit, a bald-headed, foul-mouthed, nasty John Travolta is much better than the goofy, hair-plugged Travolta in Wild Hogs and Old Dogs. From Paris with Love is directed by Pierre Morel and also stars Johnathan Rhys Meyers (Mission: Impossible III) and hits theaters on February 5, 2010. Morel was the director of last year’s Taken, starring Liam Neeson. According to IMDB.com, he is set to direct the remake of …