Bastille Day is an adequate but solid actioner, that adds very little to what was seen in the trailer but is carried by Idris Elba and Richard Madden clearly having fun in a film that treads that fine line between taking itself seriously and being fully aware of just how generic it all is. In spite of the uncomfortable mix of terrorism, fascists, demonstrations and corrupt cops, the Paris setting makes for a slight change, the action is reasonably well-handled (but hardly Bourne) and the film is always watchable, even if it only seems a couple of notches above a decent TV drama.
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